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Diary of a Young Farmer Written by William Robinson 1939 - 1941, then aged about 20. (click here for William's brother, Wilson's, diaries from 1935) links to other months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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February 1940
Thursday 1
Very cold north east wind
Rabbiting got none. Digging lane out
Little snow shower overnight
Friday 2
Very cold north wind
Digging lane out. Got 30 carts out 15 carts thrown over hedge. 4 kits of water
Saturday 3
Very cold north wind hard frost
Digging lane out. Got 25 carts out. 25 carts thrown over hedge. 2 carts of water
Sunday 4
Cold north wind. Thawing and raining all day
Roads very slippy
Monday 5
Very misty all day. Thawing a little
Sorting Aaron Banner potatoes. 1 cart of water
Tuesday 6
Dull all day thawing
4 carts of water. Jobbing about.
At Old Hutton Social
Roads still bad in places
Wednesday 7
Wet all day
Dosed tup hogs. Sprouting potatoes. Jobbing about
Thursday 8
Fine and very warm, sunny at times
Took ploughs and harrows to smithy. Tried to scale muck; couldn't. Digging in lane
Penrith Sale - very bad trade
Preston Patrick Guild
Friday 9
Fine and sunny, very cold north wind. Freezing all day out of sun and in wind
Cleaned hen huts out. Jobbing about
Greaves
Saturday 10
Very hard frost, fine and sunny
2 carts of water. 2 carts of muck into Bleaze Meadow
First work Jess has done since Jan 16
Sunday 11
Very hard frost, fine and sunny. Very cold north wind
Monday 12
Hard frost, light snow showers. Sunny at times, very cold north wind
Haltered 2 bulls
Tuesday 13
Very hard frost, sunny and warm
Rolling oats. 1 cart of water. Sawing wood. Washed bulls. Burned heap of sticks on Strickley Hill
Wednesday 14
Frost, light snow shower A.M. Dull all day, odd flakes coming
Kendal Bull Sale, took 2
Strickley Sunbeam sold for 14½ gns
Strickley Telluria King sold for 13 gns
1 cart of water
Thursday 15
Frost, sunny and warm at times
Carting muck. 1 cart of water
Friday 16
Very hard frost
Little sun in morning, very cold. East wind in afternoon
Carting muck. Built wall gap in yard
Saturday 17
Very cold north wind in morning. Sunny at times and warm afternoon
Carting muck. 2 sledge loads of sticks. 2 carts of water
Sunday 18
Dull and cold in morning. ¼ inch of snow afternoon
Monday 19
Snow all morning, ½ inch. Thawing a little in afternoon
Cart of muck. Jobbing about
Tup hog died
Tuesday 20
Heavy rain early morning. Thawing slowly all day
Scaling muck. Jobbing about
Wednesday 21
Frost, sunny at times. Thawing fast, very warm
Cart of muck into Sammy and Bleaze Meadow
Sorting sticks
Thursday 22
Frost, fine and sunny. Very wet night.
Cart of water. Brought plough from smithy. Hedging
2 lambs off Suffolk shearling
Friday 23
Fine and sunny, wet night. Big lot of snow gone since yesterday.
Nearly all frost out
Scaling muck. Hedging
Very bad burst in beck at Strickley Bridge and under road
Saturday 24
Fine and sunny
Finished ploughing Strickley Hill and started in Crow. Scaling muck.
Cart of water
First day able to plough since long before Christmas
Sunday 25
SUMMER TIME STARTS
Wet morning. Fine but dull later. No frost left in ground.
Still drifts of snow about
