Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1918 [October 23, 1918] Wea [Weather]
30 [degrees], 64 [degrees] Corn harvesting finished. Perfect.
Indian summer day following a
night so frosty that all our flowers
were ruined or nearly so. The entire
landscape white with hoarfrost at
daybreak but by 9 A.M. the sun
shone warm & by noon Butterflies
(yellow ones) were on wing. From
sunrise to sunset there was scarce
a breath of wind to stir the crisp
pellucid air. The sunset was one 
of perfect calm serenity & beauty.
  Not many birds. In our dooryard 
at breakfast time were assembled
half a dozen Juncos accompanied 
by one Fox Sparrow & a Song Sparrow.
Later I heard a Yellow rump [Yellow-rumped Warbler] & a
Downy [Downy Woodpecker] there. 3 Goldfinches in the
lane, 3 Jays at Ritchie place, a
few local Crows, a cock Pheasant
calling at sunset, afar off.
  Spent forenoon at Ritchie place picking 
corn with Burbank, George & Gilbert [Robert A. Gilbert]. George
finished with it at 4 P.M. We got
33 bushels. Total crop 185 bushels.
Spent afternoon supervising apple picking.

Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Oct. 24, 1918 [October 24, 1918] Wea [Weather]
29 [degrees], 62 [degrees] Perfect.
Essentially a duplicate of yesterday as
regards weather conditions, albeit a trifle
colder one night & with a light, cool
easterly breeze in afternoon. Everything
white with hoar frost & the surface of
bare, loamy ground slightly frozen, at
sunrise.
  In or near our dooryard I saw about a
dozen Juncos & 5 Robins & heard a White thr. Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow],
a Downy & a Hairy Woodpecker & a
White-bellied Nuthatch, 2 Titlarks & 2
Starlings passed on wing at 8 A.M
Several Jays were looking for acorns
in our larger oaks & a few local
Crows (including the one that says ca-car)
were seen or heard from time to time.
  Spent entire day out of doors but
close about farm buildings where
Brown & Henry were pruning orchard trees,
Burbank & George boxing apples, 
Zeph working on a rack for lumber.
To look after them all kept me very 
busy from 8 A.M. to 4.30 P.M.