>We laughed when we went through his stuff about how the heck he had any time
>to farm when he seemed to have spent hours and hours and hours on
>recordkeeping. But we sure were pleased with all the information it
>provided us with.
Wow, this sounds like a really marvelous set of notes. Ever thought of
publishing it, or having one of the local universities scan it for
socio-historical research? First-person detailed accounts like that are a
treasure trove for historical reconstructionists and historians in general.