Still bitterly cold with east wind. Washed Shake’s car. Salted the paths and chipped the ice off. Put cinders along the roadway. Brought the draining rods from the field.

Still very cold, frost again last night. Cut some wood for the incin. 600 galls of oil last night. Cleared silage lab. Knee pretty bad again today. John Perry back. O.

Another cold day with a keen frost last night. Len back at work. Ron off. A big calf to burn today. Cleaned both jets and polished all the copper. Too cold for car cleaning.

Thawing a bit during the day but frost again at night. Got up 10 a.m. Did no work. Dot and Ron came for tea. Dot will soon have baby now. Went to Wheatsheaf at night.

A day on today. Got done 10 a.m. Roads quite bad on way to work but thawing a bit. Got a hell of a cold. No football on. Not fit to go to P. Cleared snow off paths.

Old Lane bad this a.m. Snowing all afternoon again. Another big sow to cut and burn. Lost rod down the drain. Got Norman’s man to help but no luck. 10/- rise.

Snow in the night and most of the day. Old Road pretty bad. Still trying to clear drain. Got it once but blocked up again. Have a go again in the morning.

Still very cold. Wind in the east. Finished whitewashing boiler room. Only two back places now. Big sow to cut up and burn. Trying to clear drain in the field.

Another year starts today. Please God it will be a good one. Still very cold. Len off sick. New girl learning Maureen’s job. Whitewashing in the boiler room again. Not much to burn.

Another bitterly cold day with east wind. Road bad in the morning. A lot of fowl to burn. 600 galls oil came. White washing B room. O.

TOTAL CARS FOR 1962: 280.