March 1919
–Sunday, March 16, 1919
Went to Blaine.
–Monday, March 17, 1919
Ordered six tones fertilizer. Andrew Ladner. Took load of potatoes. Hauled load of hay, brought 2 pair gloves.
[H & M. Andrew Ladner
” Smith $30.50
-.50]
–Tuesday, March 18, 1919
H. hauled 18 lbs potatoes. M Hauled load of wood to PineTree. Killed hog weight 94 lb W.B. got 45 lb.
[H & M. Powers $36.00
” Geo Marthew $13.00
“W. Bartley]
–Wednesday, March 19, 1919
M. Hauled out frame lumber from mill. H hauled a load of wood to Hersey a.m. raced over potatoes p.m. feed sheep.
[A A Flew 4 hr
H & M Clint Hersey $6.50 -.50]
–Thursday, March 20, 1919
M & H Twitched in logs a.m. Broke up to sap woods. H went to Daves. I taped 60 trees. Sap run good.
–Friday, March 21, 1919 (weather cloudy)
Hauled in logs to mill a.m. Dave took Churchils sleds and harness home. We went up to sap woods taped 103 trees. Paid for History of World War. $3.00
[-3.00]
–Saturday, March 22, 1919
We racked a few potatoes in a.m. I took Dick and King (*names of horses) and helped Ned P. snowplow the road out to Easton Centre p.m. Austin and Sherman helped us. Harvey and Dave went to Blaine tonight.
[H & M Ned Porter
Hair cut -.35]
[total for the week: $86.00 -5.10]
–Sunday, March 23, 1919 (rained today)
Harvey is at Mars Hill. no Sunday school or meeting here today. Had supper at Earls.
[collection Big Grant. -$1.50]
–Monday, March 24, 1919
I went up to the other barn and fed the sheep and taped 80 trees in a.m. Harvey, Papa, and Mama came home at noon. Harvey helped Ned 3 hours p.m.
[Ned Porters]
–Tuesday, March 25, 1919 (weather fine)
Taped 100 trees a.m. alone. Harvey took 16 bbl potatoes a.m. Took 18 bbl p.m. $2.00 I twitched out frame lumber with Dick.
[C Powers $32.00 -$4.50
Wittecer $34.00
$16.50]
–Wednesday, March 26, 1919 (weather fine)
Harvey and I went up and taped 175 trees in morning . He went after the girls to the station at noon. Took load of wood to Hersey $13.00. I gathered sap p.m.
–Thursday, March 27, 1919 (weather fine)
Hauled out frame lumber. and went up to sap woods. fathered sap in afternoon 3 puncheon’s boiled in afternoon Ned hauled over slabs today.
–Friday, March 28, 1919 (weather foul)
Started up to woods and had bad luck broke pole. I boiled all day. Lillian (*Lillian Flewelling Deane, daughter of Boyd A Flewelling) and Melvina (*Melvina DeMerchant Doak) were up this p.m. and made candy. Dave and Cliff were down.
–Saturday, March 29, 1919 (weather fine)
Harvey went up to daves and got saw machine. I boiled sap a.m. H. snowplowed road . we hauled manure 3 loads. ” brought harness home from Bartley.
–Sunday, March 30, 1919 (weather stormy)
Had meeting here today. Fred Keirsterd and Mr. Carter were here . 3 meetings. Carter preached in a.m. & p.m. and Fred in evening.
–Monday, March 31, 1919 (weather stormy)
I hauled manure out back. 5 load. Harvey 1 load he went to Presque Isle took Fred Keirsterd and Carter up ; brought Moody, Mabel, Papa & Miss Rafford.
Diary of an Aroostook Farmer 
I scanned (read through) this very interesting diary this AM. If my father, Neal H. Landers, was still alive, he would have found it very interesting as he was born in Easton, Me., in 1910 and very well might have recognized some of the names mentioned. His mother was an Ames and he had Hoyt’s as uncles, and years ago when my parents and I were visiting the Bridgewater, Mars Hill, Easton, Fort Fairfield, Caribou areas I think we saw some Ladner’s. Too many years ago, probably in the 1970’s.