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The clock has just struck the hour of 11 am
no dinner started nor dishes washed. Emma
has washed the milk cans. The wood work
in kitchen and pantry is beautifuly
clean. I am sad because I cant help.
Emma cant do it all work in door and
out. Edith is all right only so slow and
saucy. Oh why! Edith poled the quail heads.
If I was a millionaire I'd give a thousand
dollars a week to have my feet attended to
once a week. I have written a letter to
Margaret this a.m. didn't mail it. I dont
do all I ought to but my fingers do get so prickly
and numb.

Thursday 19 July 1917
Another hot day in July. Voltie mowing in
field after driving to dock with Rachel and
her eggs & drove around that way to factory.
Emma raked hay with horse rake. Constance
here looking at cattle and sheep. V asks a
hundred dollars for the holstein, 12 dollars per
sheep, 8 dollars for lambs. Trying to can five
plant but is awful hard work. hard work to
pull the stocks, hard work to prepare them for the cans
but why tis hard work I dont know; tis something
I have yet to learn. V drove to dock for R she
bought V a new shirt. Send over some bananas
ones apiece.