Diary of Arthur Bryan Bass

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Week of August 30, 1960

Tuesday, August 30, 1960
Fair and Hot
Erecting wire along
canal in sub soil field
west side so can put rows of Lespedeza
[Editor’s note: lespedeza is a plant in the pea family
that is planted to improve soil quality]
Cut some rows in beans
at silo field so that I will have
have place to put weeds
Two men pulling weeds out of
Beans on the north side of cabin

Wednesday, August 31, 1960
Fair to Cloudy and Hot
I went to Richmond to see
Dr. Wood and Sarah went to Norlina
to see her mother. Back
at 9:30 pm.
Completed filling silo
Cut hay, too wet to bale

Thursday, September 1, 1960
Fair and Hot to 6 PM
Heavy rain at 6 PM   1 inch
Worked on Corral to
Shut up calves and bull cows
Most of day on this job
Sorting calves from cows
Rain has wet the hay again

Friday, September 2, 1960
Cloudy and Showers. Cool.
Chas. Lockhart came out and we
Picked the cows to be sold.
It required all labor.
Bundled up tobacco sticks.
Came to town and pulled P/N picker and
bailer to Walston shop.
Run mower to C&W Equip Co for repair
Disc Tobacco fields and land from
which we cut silage.
Sold 1300 lb tobacco—low average.
Sarah went to Ry Mt [Rocky Mount] Hospital
for a check up.

Saturday, September 3, 1960
Fair and Hot
Carried stalk cutter to Pender Farm
Disc around Beans on front of farm
Went C&W Equip to get mower which
had been repaired.
No labor except Curtis

Sunday, September 4, 1960
Fair and Hot
Lewis is at home and he and
Turner got Turner’s boat in the River
using a trailer from Carstarphen after much
Work and adjustment they got going
[Editor’s note: Turner and Lewis were his
 twin sons; this day was their 26th birthday]

Monday, September 5, 1960
Fair and Hot
LABOR DAY
I carried two men from Grimesville
To farm for 4 hor and Curtis did some
discing.
Not any of the regular
Labor is working.
I also went to Conetoe to
Have the PTO on roto mower repaired.

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