Baking Cookies

February 28, 1930  I went to Morris and sold 35 bushels of wheat for 91 cents per bushel.  The boys brought in some straw again.  Mary baked cookies.  It snowed again.  We had a north wind. 

Cornelius liked to save as much wheat as possible to sell during the winter and spring when prices were higher.  Of course, a farm family always needed as much cash as possible after the harvest, so it was tough to save some back, even knowing that he would get more for it later.  But here he must have taken a wagon-load of wheat to Morris to sell at the elevator – that gave him a little cash for his upcoming trip.

The boys were bringing in straw from their stack.  Perhaps they were refreshing the bedding for the animals in the barns.

And notice the difference in climate between Kansas and Manitoba.  In the diary entry from two days ago (February 26, 1932) in Kansas, they finished their spring plowing.  In Manitoba at the same time of year, it was snowing and north wind was blowing.  There would still be more snow and frost in Kansas in March and even April, but in Kansas the ground was warm enough to work at the end of February.

And Mary baked cookies, which would have warmed the house with a wonderful aroma, no matter how cold it was outside.  I wonder what kind of cookies she baked.  And when is the last time you treated yourself to some made-from-scratch cookies?  Make some in honor of Aunt Mary today!