Harvest time in the 1940s
From the diary of W.J. Ritchie, Maple Lodge Farm, 125 acres, Sideroad 18, Glenelg Township, Grey County
July, 1941
Monday, 21st - Hot. We cut fall wheat in west front field. Took in some hay (meanwhile finishing haying).
Sunday, 27th - None of us at church. Very hot. 96 in shade.
Monday, 28th - We cut barley in second west field. D. McQueen here.
Tuesday, 29th - We were cutting oats in front east field.
Wednesday, 30th - Went for beef. Raining. Choring around and fixed fence south side of third field.
Thursday, 31st - I finished cutting front field east. D. McQueen here in PM and we cut oats west end of second west field.
August, 1941
Friday, 1st - We hauled in fall wheat - eight loads and finished stooking front field east [note in margin - DM 3 1/2 days].
Saturday, 2nd - Hector (neighbour) called and took me to council meeting.
Sunday, 3rd - Edith, Dorothy (sister-in-law and daughter) and I at church. Warm.
Monday, 4th - Cutting new ground and then in back field.
Tuesday, 5th - Finished cutting all except one acre at noon [71 pounds twine].
Wednesday, 6th - Over at Clarence’s (son-in-law) threshing with team. Fine and clear. Bessie (wife), Dorothy and Edith over.
Thursday, 7th - Finished Clarence’s threshing and moved here. Alix (sister-in-law) and Dorothy at threshing. [8
Friday, 8th -Threshing, fine and bright. Through at 6 o’clock. 10 hours. 8
E. Ellison C. Robinson 3 teams 4
G. Eden H. Edge 1 truck 3
Danny Edge H.H. MacDonald 7
H. McCaslin F. Staples [1200 bus oats 3
J. Weir Geo. Campbell 135 barley 2 ½
D. McQueen J .Wells 140 wheat 6
Harry Ryan 1475] 41 ½
71 ½]
Saturday, 9th - Over helping Hector to haul in. One of the finest harvest weeks ever seen. Bright clear and dry. [Dan’s little girl born (granddaughter)].
Ruth Anne Hollands Robinson
September, 2021
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