Diary of Arthur Bryan Bass

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Week of September 27--More Peanuts!

Tuesday, September 27, 1960
Cloudy and cool
Stacking peanuts (Only David’s tractor working on peanuts)
Digging peanuts with shaker
Restacking down stacks and broken poles
Plowed up two stack rows for Norville.
I went to Bethel and bought from M. O. Blount & Sons
I used Victory Two stack peanut stack lift $50.00
I used American double chain elevator with unloading extension $75.00

Wednesday, September 28, 1960
Cloudy and warm
Discing & harrowing & planting land & oats for cover crop in field front of cabin
Corn had been planted for silage
Cleaning up in peanut fields, places that plow had missed
Light rain & all hands came to lot and cleaned up in shop and under shelter
Plowed up one stack row for Norville

Thursday, September 29, 1960
Cloudy with rain starting at 9:30 light showers
Started sowing oats & fixing land stop by rain
Curtis & David came into town, put windows in porches & cleaned out gutters till 5 pm

Friday, September 30, 1960
Cloudy and Hot
Went to Job Savage Farm @ Speed and got a new ground plow (loan) Curtis and Norman
Went to  W.O. Blount Grimes Farms @ Mayo X rds got a 30ft elevator
Purchased from WOB @ $75.00
Turner & Norman pulled old chev 1 Ton truck to Shorty Simpson Garage @ Hy Wa 64 for Shorty to sell for me
Curtis and Norman disc harrowed & sowed oats & rye for cover crop
Arthur and David Turner went to Raleigh tonight to Football Game

Saturday, October 1, 1960
Cloudy to Fair Cool
Only Curtis working
Fed and plowed up peanuts for Norville & in wage crop

Sunday, October 2, 1960
Cloudy & Cool
Sarah, Turner & I went to Norlina to see Mrs. Robinson
Back at 6 pm
Lewis did not come home week end

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