Tuesday, November 1, 1960
Cloudy & Warm.
Cleaning up scrap iron pile and in orchard.
Dragging out water furnace in field. Rear of (?) house.
Started picking corn in field #1.
Wednesday, November 2, 1960
Fair and warm. Nice Day.
Started thrashing peanuts. Completed hill field and field in front of Dave Moore.
Fill holes in road with 420 tractor.
I attended dinner at club by Edgecombe County to all industries in Edgecombe.
Harvested 72 bags of peanuts.
Three men from Town.
Thursday, November 3, 1960
Fair and Cool. Nice fall day.
Picking peanuts ½ day.
Hauling up peanut hay to loft in town shelter.
Bailing hay.
Combining beans at mail box.
Six men from town.
Friday, November 4, 1960
Fair and Cool. Beautiful Day.
Picking peanuts. RH Norville Crop.
Bailing Lespedeza hay.
Hauling up peanut hay.
Combining beans at Mail Box west and east of lane.
Our peanut elevator is working fine. We hauled one load peanuts in bulk to Col. Peanut Company; sold at $11.15 per CWT 3100 lbs.
Six men from town.
Saturday, November 5, 1960
Fair and Cool. LAST DAY OF TARBORO’S BIRTHDAY PARTY
AND IT WAS A BIG DAY.
7 mile long parade started at 10AM. Big dinner on Commons.
Two white and two negro dances at night. Parachute drop from Fort Bragg.
Quiet day. No farm work.
Sunday, November 6, 1960
Fair and warm. Nice Day.
Sarah, Turner and I at home.
Turner and I fed cows and hogs. Everyone thanks our Birthday Party last night was Tops.
I went to BWB Sr. fro a visit.
Turner went to Raleigh to see Lewis. Left at 6 PM.
Monday, November 7, 1960
Fair and very cold. Windy. Our first cold day; only about 40 degrees but felt like 20.
Not enough labor to pick peanuts. Hauled up hay and hay to cows.
Cleaned up at picker beds.
Cleaned up at picker beds.
Got started combining beans and picking corn after dinner.
Turner returned from Raleigh at 4 PM.
Turner returned from Raleigh at 4 PM.
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