Dad had a diary he would wright in every day for years. When I was in the Navy from 64-68. Reading his diary's now, I knew what went on every day on the farm, from boot camp to when I got out. Mom would buy him one every year for Christmas. I wish I would have started one. I don't know about you, but there is so much I forget now. Stan
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danofarming
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I started one this year.
I have kept a journal for the last 30+ years; it's fun to look back and see what was going on back then. I am also keeping all emails between my daughter and me since she graduated and moved far away 22 years ago, My plan is to have them all printed and bound in a spiral booklet(s), and either surprise her with it, or let her find it when she cleans out my house when I'm gone.
My wife has been having a daily diary for over 10 years.Now our daughter gets her 2 each year so both our daughters will have one.She can tell me the exact days I planted or combined in pasted years or what happened each day.I am sure the grandkids will get a laugh once they read them
rusty6
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Been recording daily events since February of 67 myself and it has been an invaluable source of reference for farming records such as who hauled how many bushels where from which bin. No way my memory would record that so I look it up.
My mother kept a diary from late fifties til 2002. Her mother did the same all through the 1930s to 52. Her cousins also kept daily journals from the thirties up into the 70s for one and 95 for the other. So I have a wealth of family facts and reference stored away here. Some of them are incredibly detailed.
My mother kept a diary from late fifties til 2002. Her mother did the same all through the 1930s to 52. Her cousins also kept daily journals from the thirties up into the 70s for one and 95 for the other. So I have a wealth of family facts and reference stored away here. Some of them are incredibly detailed.
redforlife
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Dad use to wright things down on a calendar. Bob wrecked car, Bill's shed burnt down. No church today (snow). You get the idea. Some days he wouldn't wright anything down (nothing eventful happened).
Jan. 1 he would start a new calendar and review last year's calendar. Would actually read it out loud if other family members were sitting around on new year's day. It was amazing what all skipped your mind, or didn't realize that it had just happened in the past year (and not further back).
I don't keep a diary. And only wright down bill paying stuff I need to keep track of on the calendar.
Jan. 1 he would start a new calendar and review last year's calendar. Would actually read it out loud if other family members were sitting around on new year's day. It was amazing what all skipped your mind, or didn't realize that it had just happened in the past year (and not further back).
I don't keep a diary. And only wright down bill paying stuff I need to keep track of on the calendar.
rusty6
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My dad did the same for the last few decades of his life. Fairly brief as the little squares on the calendar don't give much room. Sometimes just the extreme weather numbers are interesting enough to read.
Crazy Horse
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When my last year of work started in the fall of 2000, I started a daily work diary. Lasted a few weeks, then I realized I was writing the same stuff down after day .... so the diary project went into file 13.
casecollectorsc
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When I started farming, I wrote daily on the calendar in the milk house what happened each day. Stopped when I quit milking cows...learned from Dad as he did the same.
Found a clipboard in my grandparents' old barn. Several tablets clipped on it that they had handwritten records in pencil for over 40 years. Records they kept on all kinds of livestock breeding/sales, crops, weather, equipment purchases and maint. Some hard times described but a lot of faith got them through.
John in Mich
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My mother and her father (my grandfather) wrote letters to each other weekly. My mother kept all of grandpa's letters and I kept them after her passing. Both he and my mother had exquisite penmanship. I can remember reading many of grandpa's letters as a youngster. We only got to in person visit twice per year.
A number of years ago, I pulled those out, reviewed many of them, and had a mind's eye for what he was saying.
After we were married, I had written several letters to grandpa and told him what we and the kids were doing. He would promptly reply.
I have saved those addressed to me and then I sent all of the others to my youngest sister (11 years younger). I said she could do what she wanted to with them.
A number of years ago, I pulled those out, reviewed many of them, and had a mind's eye for what he was saying.
After we were married, I had written several letters to grandpa and told him what we and the kids were doing. He would promptly reply.
I have saved those addressed to me and then I sent all of the others to my youngest sister (11 years younger). I said she could do what she wanted to with them.
Tractorcedric
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- Garland. Utah
I do my best to write in a little notebook each day. As I have a very bad memory problem since I had to have a pacemaker. I tried to read a regular book a few days ago and realized that after reading a few pages, I could net even remember what I had read. Anyway this so called journal helps if I need to see when I did something!
Hobo,NC
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I have documented every thing I have worked on for 42 years I don't have another life to document... Why I saved it all I dunno but the next full book will go in my file cabinet.
Steve@Advance
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Going through some of Moms stuff, I came across a tiny 2 inch spiral notebook my dad must have given her in their courting days.
They were married when he was 18, she was 16.
Wasn't much in the book, some pencil shechting's of jackrabbits (yes, jackrabbits!).
And one very mushy but brief love letter!
The letter is what really surprised me, nothing suggestive, just a lot of 'I love you so much!'
Something really changed my Dad as he aged, I don't remember ever hearing him say anything about love of anything but fishing! LOL
They were married when he was 18, she was 16.
Wasn't much in the book, some pencil shechting's of jackrabbits (yes, jackrabbits!).
And one very mushy but brief love letter!
The letter is what really surprised me, nothing suggestive, just a lot of 'I love you so much!'
Something really changed my Dad as he aged, I don't remember ever hearing him say anything about love of anything but fishing! LOL
Phil-mar Farms
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In my moms things I found letters my grandparents had written when they were courting. Grandma was at teachers college and wrote several times a week. Grandpa was on the farm working with great grandpa The letters are written in cursive with pen and ink Their handwriting was very good
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