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14th. Raining all day. This has been a bad week for leading. Showers nearly every day. 15th, 16th, 17th, Heavy rain every day. Oats are sprouting in the stook. No leading possible. 16th. Sold four fat ewes for £7. 1. 0. each. 26th. Rain has fallen nearly every day for a fortnight. Lot of corn still out. 21st. Mr Butterworth’s farm was offered for sale by auction at the Black Lion at Bridlington today but was not sold. Cliff cottage was sold to father for £180. Oct 1st. Fine day.This is only the second day on which a full days leading has been possible since we commenced to lead. 5th. Finished leading sheaves. Strong wind & showers daily. 6th. Horses sleeping in. 11th. Finished harvest. We have been seven weeks & 1 day from starting to finishing harvest.A lot of farms & land have been sold this summer in this district for high prices but there is a slump in land at present. In several cases lately no offer at all has been made for farms offered by auction. A pair of six year old cart horses sold by auction this week at Driffield realised £375. Nov 2nd. Mrs Temples baby died today.Lot of people down with influenza This is the worst visit of this plague that I remember. Thousands of people have died during the last three weeks in England. Nov 6th & 7th. Sowing wheat. Two fine days in the midst of a very unsettled period. 18th. The influenza epidemic has invaded this district. On some farms all the men are ill. Field work has to be left till a more convenient season. A Filey doctor yesterday sent out his medicene(sic) to the villages North of Filey in three large laundry baskets. 70 people are ill at Wold Newton. |
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