Concord.
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Oct. 25, 1918 [October 25, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Apple picking finished. Fair
  Forenoon windless, at first densely
foggy afterwards sunny. Clouds 
gathering & S.W. [southwest] wind rising in P.M.
  Comparatively few birds. 3 or 4 Robins,
10 or 12 Juncos, a Song Sparrow, a
White-throat [White-throated Sparrow] & a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] visited the
dooryard; 2 Bronzed Grackles & 2 or 3 
Jays [in] the oaks at rear of barn.
Shortly before noon a flock of at
least 30 Horned Larks passed low
over the house heading S.W. [southwest] & uttering
piping calls that drew my 
attention to their authors. They
are accustomed to appear here very
regularly at just about this date.
  A tedious day spent clearing
up rubbish in & about farm
buildings with assistance of Zeph
& George. Burbank boxing apples.
The very last trees were picked
clean yesterday. The crop is of
average size & quality. Even the
poorest fruit sells for 75 [cents] or more 
per bushel.
 
Concord
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Oct. 26, 1918 [October 26, 1918] Wea [Weather]
68 [degrees] max. [maximum] Fair.
Another calm, densely foggy morning
succeeded by a partly cloudy but largely
sunny day accompanied by a light
southerly breeze and unseasonably high
temperature, especially in late P.M.
  Bird life at low ebb. 2 or 3 Robins,
about a dozen Juncos & a flock of at
least 15 Goldfinches (feeding on weed
seeds near Bungalow). Bluebirds calling
& Crows cawing afar off - these
represented about all the birds that
came under my notice during the
day.
  Although out-of-doors the whole
time from sunrise to sunset (save
during the noon hour) I did not 
once get far away from our farm
buildings but worked mostly at clearing
up things near them with George's help.
Burbank boxed apples. Biggi & Zeph
brought 3 truck loads of fresh sawed
lumber from Grass's (now Hoff's) mill
& piled it loosely behind barn.