Wea. [Weather] SAT. [Saturday] NOV. 7, 1903 [November  7, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Sunny most of day with raging
N.W. [northwest] wind. Country covered at sunrise
with about 2 in. [inches] of snow most of
which disappeared after evening.
My cold worse with bad cough.
Kept in house all day writing a
letter, reading a good deal.
Forbush & Hansen working on
doors for apple cellar. All the
other men absent. Gilbert took
Larry to Boston to call on C. [Caroline] in
my place.
Wea. [Weather] Sunday 8 [November 8, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Warmer with light N.W. [northwest] wind
and fairly constant but rather pale
sunlight.
  Spent most of day in house but
walked to Ritchie place after breakfast
& to Birch Field in P.M. An
immense flock of Sparrows collected
at bed of millet near our farm -
upwards of 100 of them (about 60
Juncos, 30 or more Tree Sparrows,
3 Fox Sparrows, 2 White-throats [white-throated sparrow]
also 6 Goldfinches & (fide Forbush)
one Redpoll. Edward & Mrs Emerson,
[margin] Raymond & William called in A.M..
staying about an hour. [/margin]
  Wea. [Weather] MON. [Monday] NOV. 9, 1903 [November 9, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Cloudless & delightfully warm again
with light S.W. [southwest] wind. Saw a
Antiopa Butterfly skimming over the fields.
Smelt a skunk at evening. No chipmunks
noted for upwards of two weeks.
  My cold better this morning & I kept out
all day spending it at Ritchie place.
Long ploughing, Forbush working on doors
of apple cellar. Howard doing odd jobs.
Hansen & Gilbert went to town in P.M.
Wea. [Weather] Tuesday 10 [November 10, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
  Another fine warm day.
  Worked with Forbush, Hansen
& Howard at the farm &
the Ritchie place. Put a 
lot of apples in the cellar,
cleared out the barn & accomplished
other similar things. Long
ploughing alone with his two
horses.