DIARY OF JOSEPH BERTRAM
1904-1932 (Not continuous)
Transcribed and contributed by Lois Bertram Wapakoneta, Ohio
Diary of Joseph Bertram
1924 & 1925
1924 & 1925
1924
Jan 1 This morning we all went to church. At home the balance of day. Fair cold day.
Jan 2 Frank Baker and Paw are here today. The came from Indianapolis last night. We are hunting today. Cloudy with rain this evening.
Jan 3 Today I helped Bess do the washing. Paw went back to Seymour this morning. Fair cold day.
Jan 4 Nothing done today. Very cold day.
Jan 5 Coldest day in four years,10 below zero. Bess & Alice went to town this evening.
Jan 6 Still very cold today. The children went to church this morning. I stayed home to do the chores.
Jan 7 Nothing done today. Bess and I went to town this evening. Fair cold.
Jan 8 Today I took Linkhart 50 bu. load corn, 65 cents. Fair cold day.
Jan 9 Today I am shredding corn for Horstman. Tom Spencer is helping me. This evening I moved the shredder to Tom Spencer. That is the last Gobb(?). Fair warm day.
Jan 10 Rainy cold day. Nothing done.
Jan 11 This morning I took cow to Horstman. This evening I took 400 lbs corn to town and had ground for feed. Snowy cold blustery day.
Jan 12 This morning we hauled in wood. This evening Bess and I went to town. Cloudy cold day. Snow.
Jan 13 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cold day.
Jan 14 Today I attended a Shipping Association Meeting at town today. Fair cold day.
Jan 15 Today I took load of corn to town. Sold to Linkhart and brought home load of cinders. Warm cloudy.
Jan 16 Bess and I went to Seymour today. I had the radiator repaired on the little car. Rainy cold day.
Jan 17 This morning I hauled out manure. This evening I helped Ed Stewart kill 5 hogs. Cloudy cold day.
Jan 18 This morning I hauled out manure. This evening I shredded corn for Tom Spencer. Fair cold day.
Jan 19 Today I finished shredding corn for Tom Spencer. All done shredding now. Cloudy and warmer with snow tonight.
Jan 20 Fair and very cold. We didn't go to church this morning. All home this evening.
Jan 21 Nothing done today. Fair cold day.
Jan 22 This evening I went to Seymour after Paw & Maw. Fair cold day.
Jan 23 We are butchering today. Killed 4 hogs. Paw, Bill Boner, Tom Rose and Ed Stewart helped. Pleasant day.
Jan 24 Today we are finishing cutting lard and rendering. Made the sausage. Rain snow today.
Jan 25 Cloudy cold day. Nothing done.
Jan 26 This morning I took Paw & Maw back to Seymour. The roads are very slick with icy. As I was coming home I turned the car over and mashed the windshield off and tore the top off. I didn't get hurt much. Bess and I went to town late this evening. Fair cold.
Jan 27 The children went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cold.
Jan 28 This morning I hauled out manure. This evening I took calf to town for shipment by Marsh. Fair warm.
Jan 29 Today I took car to town and had new top and windshield put on. Cloudy warm with rain tonight.
Jan 30 This morning I took cow to Horstman to breed. This evening Bess and I went to town and took Net Dog to breed. Fair warm day.
Jan 31 Today I am the car and curtains after the wreck. Cloudy warm day.
Feb 1 This evening Bess and I went to Seymour to see Paw & Maw. Pleasant day.
Feb 2 This morning I am rearranging the roosts in hen house. This evening we went to town. Cloudy cold day.
Feb 3 We all went to early mass this morning. All home this evening. Pleasant day.
Feb 4 Repairing the stables today. Warm and cloudy with some rain.
Feb 5 I am working in the hen house today. Cold blustery.
Feb 6 This morning I am working in the hen house. This evening Bess and I went to town. Fair colder day.
Feb 7 Today I took Linkhart load of corn. Cold blustery day.
Feb 8 Same as yesterday. Cloudy cold.
Feb 9 This morning I hauled Simon load of corn. This evening we went to town. Fair cold day.
Feb 10 The children went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cold.
Feb 11 Nothing done except I went to town this evening after sack of feed. Blustery rainy and snow.
Feb 12 This morning I hauled 15 head of hogs to town for shipment by Marsh. Cloudy cold day.
Feb 13 I am hauling out manure today. Cloudy warmer day.
Feb 14 Today I sold out Tom Spencer at public sale. Pleasant day.
Feb 15 Today I am hauling up wood to buzz. Cold cloudy day.
Feb 16 This morning I hauled up wood. This evening we went to town. Cloudy cold with rain, sleet tonight.
Feb 17 Rainy cold day. We are all home all day.
Feb 18 Nothing done today except I went to mill this evening. Cloudy some rain.
Feb 19 Nothing done today. Rain sleet. Very slick with ice today.
Feb 20 Nothing done today. Cold blustery day. The roads are very icy.
Feb 21 Nothing done today. Cloudy cold day.
Feb 22 Bess and I went to town this morning. This evening I prepared the saw to buzz wood tomorrow if fit. Fair cool day.
Feb 23 Today I attended a Shippers Meeting at town. Cloudy cold day.
Feb 24 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cold blustery day.
Feb 25 This morning I am working in the brooder house. This evening I hauled out manure. Fair cool day.
Feb 26 This morning I went to town after feed. This evening Ernest Stewart and Fred Culp are helping me buzz wood. Pleasant day.
Feb 27 Today I am buzzing wood all day. Pleasant day.
Feb 28 This morning I hauled Wm Wasking's load of corn. This evening Bess and I went to town. Pleasant day.
Feb 29 Today Bess and I went to Vanover's sale. Pleasant day.
Mar 1 This morning Bess and I went to Tuttle's sale. This evening we went to town. Pleasant day.
Mar 2 This morning we went to church. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Mar 3 This morning I took 1600 lbs corn to Wm Glixner and had crushed for cow feed. This evening I prepared the meat to smoke. Pleasant day.
Mar 4 Rainy cold day. Bess and I took can of cream to town this evening.
Mar 5 Today I took Lady and calf to town and shipped by Marsh. Pleasant day. This morning the creek is out some in the bottoms.
Mar 6 This morning I put a frame in the brooder house. This evening Bess and I went over to Alvin Marsh's. Partly cloudy cool with rain tonight.
Mar 7 This evening I took heifer to Horstman to breed. Cloudy cold day.
Mar 8 This morning I helped the boys clean the stables. This evening we went to town. Pleasant day.
Mar 9 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cloudy and cool day.
Mar 10 Nothing done today. Snowy all day.
Mar 11 Nothing done this morning. This evening I took registered cow to Horstman to breed. Cloudy day.
Mar 12 This morning I helped Bus Wash. This evening I took Dot cow to Horstman. Cloudy cool day.
Nar 13 Today I took load of corn to Linkhart and exchanged for feed. Fair cool day.
Mar 14 Today I took 2 loads of corn to Pen and Bracket factory and 1 to Crist Horstman. Fair cool day.
Mar 15 This morning we are cleaning. This evening we went to town. Fair cold day.
Mar 16 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cool cloudy day.
Mar 17 Today Bess and I wnet to Butlerville after 300 baby chicks. Bought off Mills. Cloudy cool day.
Mar 18 I am working all day with the baby chicks and the house. Cloudy cool day.
Mar 19 Nothing done today. Cloudy cool.
Mar 20 This morning I hauled out manure and hauled in small load of gravel. Began to rain at noon. Tonight we all went to N. Vernon High School play. Alice has a part in it. Rain tonight.
Mar 21 Snowing this morning. Bad day. I am working in the hog house all day getting ready for the new coming pigs.
Mar 22 This morning we cleaned the stables. This evening we went to town. Cool cloudy day.
Mar 23 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cloudy cool day.
Mar 24 Today I took 16 hogs to town. Shipped by Marsh. Cloudy cool day.
Mar 25 This morning I made a gate in the barnyard. This evening Bess and I went to town. Township assessor, French, was here for dinner. Today is Alice's 16 birthday. Cloudy cool day.
Mar 26 Today I took load corn to town to Linkhart. Cloudy cold day.
Mar 27 This morning I sowed clover seed in Betsy Bottoms. Nothing done this evening. Fair windy day.
Mar 28 Nothing done today. Rain today.
Mar 29 The creek is all over the bottoms. Nothing done. Went to town this evening.
Mar 29 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Mar 30 Nothing done today. Snow blustery day.
Apr 1 Bess and I went to Seymour today. Some snow today.
Apr 2 Today I cleaned the stables. Fair cool.
Apr 3 This morning I made a road drag. This evening I cultivated the garden, ready for plowing. Pleasant day.
Apr 4 I plowed the garden this evening. Fair cool.
Apr 5 This morning Stewart and I transplanted strawberries. Fair cool day.
Apr 6 We went to early mass this morning. All home this evening. Pleasant day.
Apr 7 Today we planted some potatoes in the garden and planted the onions. Fair high wind day.
Apr 8 I plowed the potato patch today. Pleasant day.
Apr 9 Nothing done this morning. Threatening rain. This evening Bess and I went to town. Fair cooler this evening.
Apr 10 Today Fred Culp helped me plant the potatoes. Pleasant day. This morning I let the cattle go on pasture. I am going to plow this pasture for corn little later, other wise pasture would not be fit to turn over yet.
Apr 11 Today I am disking the old orchard and sowed in rape. Pleasant day.
Apr 12 This morning we cleaned the stables. This evening we went to town. Pleasant day.
Apr 13 This morning we all went to confession at town. Charles' old teacher, Miss Malona came home with us for dinner. This evening we took her back to church. Pleasant day.
Apr 14 This morning I went to town. This evening I plowed truck patch. Pleasant day.
Apr 15 This morning I helped Eddie buzz wood. This evening Bess and I went to town.
Apr 16 I hauled gravel for culvert to be repaired on the road in front of house. Fine day. The ground is getting quite dry.
Apr 17 Fine rain this morning. Bess and I took can of cream to town this evening.
Apr 18 Tom Rose is helping me put up a new fence between Laudermilt and me. Pleasant day.
Apr 19 Same as yesterday. Tom helped me till noon. Charles & Bess went to town this evening. Pleasant day.
Apr 20 Easter Sunday. We went to early mass. Home this evening. Cloudy cooler.
Apr 21 The boys had no school today, so we began to take off stocks and raked, burned them. Fair, high winds.
Apr 22 Rain last night. Doing some repair around the yard fences this morning. This evening I am cutting stocks. Fair cool.
Apr 23 This morning I am disking down stock ridges. This evening I am raking and burning stocks. Fair cool day.
Apr 24 This morning I took 2 calves to town to ship by Marsh. This evening I am cutting stocks. Fair cool day.
Apr 25 Today I finished cutting stocks. Fair warm rain tonight.
Apr 26 Nothing done this morning. Went to town this evening. Cloudy cooler.
Apr 27 We went to church this morning. Then went to Seymour to Joe Stewart's for dinner. Brought Virginia home with us. Rainy cold day. Alice was taken into the Daughters of Isabell Circle today at St. Marys.
Apr 28 Nothing but chores done today. Fair cool day.
Apr 29 Today I am helping repair the fill at the north side of the bridge at the creek. Fair warm day.
Apr 30 Rain all day today. Nothing done.
May 1 Nothing done today. Bess and I took 2 cans of cram to town this evening. Cloudy cool day.
May 2 I hauled out manure today. Fair cool day.
May 3 This morning I am helping to repair the culvert in front of the house. This evening we went to town. Fair cool day.
May 4 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
May 5 I am disking down corn ridges today. Fair warm day.
May 6 Disking down ridges this morning. This evening Bess and I went to the Primary. Fair warm day.
May 7 This morning I took 2 sows to town to ship by Marsh. Bess and I took can of cream to town this evening. Fair this morning. Rain this evening.
May 8 Nothing done today. Rainy day.
May 9 Today I cut willows along the creek. More rain this afternoon.
May 10 Rainy cold day. Bess and I went to town this evening.
May 11 We went to church this morning. All home this evening Cloudy cool.
May 12 Nothing done today. Cloudy cool day.
May 13 This morning I went to Seymour. This evening Bess and I went to N. Vernon after repairs for spreader. Fair cool day.
May 14 This morning I began to plow for corn. Plowing the old pasture along the creek. Fair cool day.
May 15 Breaking for corn today. Fair.
May 16 Same as yesterday. Fair cool.
May 17 This morning I finished plowing the old pasture. Went to town this evening. Fair cool.
May 18 Went to church this morning. Home this evening. Joe and Sade were here. Fair cool day.
May 19 This morning I am disking and harrowing. Began to rain at noon. Rain all evening.
May 20 Nothing done today. Rainy cold day.
May 21 This morning I am shelling seed corn. This evening I hauled potatoes. Cloudy cool day.
May 22 This morning I hauled out manure. Bess and I went to town after dinner. Late this evening I plowed the potatoes first time. Fair cool day.
May 23 Today Charles and I are harrowing and disking for corn. Fair cool day.
May 24 Rainy day. Nothing done. Alice and Bess went to town this evening.
May 25 We went to church this morning. Home this evening. Jemima is here for dinner. Fair cool day.
May 26 Charles and I are disking today. Cloudy cool with rain tonight.
May 27 This morning I repaired the little brooder house. This evening I am roofing the closet. Cloudy some rain this morning.
May 28 Nothing done today. Wet cloudy. Bess and I took can of cream to town this evening.
May 29 Ascension Day. We went to church this morning. Home this evening.
May 30 Decoration Day. We went to show at town today. Pleasant day.
May 31 This morning we cleaned the stable. This evening went to town. Fair cool. This has been a wet cool month. I have no corn planted yet. Not very much planted any where.
Jun 1 We went to church this morning. Home this evening. Pleasant day.
Jun 2 Today we are plowing in Long Bottoms. Pleasant day.
Jun 3 Little rain last night made it too wet to work this morning. This evening I made my first planting. Fair day.
Jun 4 This morning Paw took 12 hogs to town to ship by Marsh. Charles and I are plowing til the rain stopped us.
Jun 5 Nothing done this morning. This evening we planted little corn. Fair day.
Jun 6 Rain last night mad e it too wet to work so Paw went back to Seymour. Fair cool day.
Jun 7 We went to town this evening. Fair cool day.
Jun 8 This morning the children made their first communion. Charles made his Solemn. Harold made his First at St. Mary's Church. All home this evening. Rain this morning. Warm cloudy.
Jun 9 This morning I went to Hayden after 7 bu early seed corn. This evening I shelled and graded some. Cloudy warm, little rain.
Jun 10 Today Bess and I went to Mr. And Mrs. John Denton's golden wedding at N. Vernon. This dinner was served in St. Mary's School Hall. Hot sultry with some rain.
Jun 11 This evening I began to plant again in the pasture by the crib. Fair warm day.
Jun 12 This morning I finished planting in the pasture. This evening began to plow in Sullivan Bottoms. Fair hot day.
Jun 13 Plowing and planting in Sullivan Bottoms. Fair hot day.
Jun 14 Plowing and planting today. Fair hot day.
Jun 15 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Joe Miller & wife were down tonight to spend the evening. Hot sultry with a hard rain about 4 o'clock.
Jun 16 Nothing much done today. Bess and I went to town this evening. Fair cooler.
Jun 17 Picking cherries this morning. I am plowing this evening. Fair day.
Jun 18 Plowing and planting today. Fair hot day.
Jun 19 Plowing and planting today. Fair hot day.
Jun 20 We finished planting today noon. This evening I am plowing for Henry Burgmeyer. Fair hot day.
Jun 21 Nothing done today. Rainy forenoon.
Jun 22 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Hot sultry with some rain.
Jun 23 Rainy sultry day. I picked some cherries today.
Jun 24 This morning we finished picking cherries. This evening I cleaned the hen house. Fair warm day.
Jun 25 this morning I took load of hogs to town to ship by Marsh. This evening Charles and I began to plow corn in Long Bottoms. Fair hot day. Tonight we all went up to Joe Miller's.
Jun 26 Today we are plowing corn. Fair hot day.
Jun 27 Bess and I took some chickens to town this morning. This evening I am getting the binder ready for work. Hot sultry day.
Jun 28 This forenoon we began to cut wheat. Cut balance of day. Hot very windy day.
Jun 29 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Jun 30 Bess and I went to Seymour this morning. The boys are plowing corn. Fair cool.
Jul 1 We finished cutting wheat today. Fair cool day.
Jul 2 We are plowing corn today. Bess and Alice went to Seymour this evening. Bess got a pair of gulashes for herself from Gillespie. Fair cool day.
Jul 3 We are plowing corn today. Fair cool day.
Jul 4 This morning we are plowing corn. This evening we went to Seymour to the 4th Celebration. Fair cool.
Jul 5 Plowing corn this morning. Went to town this evening. Fair cool day.
Jul 6 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Jul 7 We are plowing corn today. Fair hot.
Jul 8 We are plowing corn today. Fair hot day.
Jul 9 We are hauling out manure today. Fair hot with a good rain tonight.
Jul 10 Hauling out manure today. Fair warm day.
Jul 11 Plowing corn today. Fair hot.
Jul 12 Plowing corn this morning. Had a good rain at noon. We all went to town this evening.
Jul 13 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair warm day.
Jul 14 Little rain this morning. Charles is plowing corn this evening. I took a fat heifer to Foxes this evening. Cloudy cooler.
Jul 15 Tom Rose is helping us plow corn. Today fair cool day.
Jul 16 Charles and I are plowing corn today. Fair warmer day.
Jul 17 We began to lay by corn today in Long Bottoms. Fair cool day. This evening I cut down small patch of hay. Will beg in hay tomorrow.
Jul 18 We are laying by corn in Long Bottoms today. Fair warm day.
Jul 19 This morning we are laying by corn. This evening we went to town. Fair warm.
Jul 20 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair hot day.
Jul 21 This morning Bess and I went to town and paid off the old mortgage at First National Bank and gave a new one to Federal Bank at Louisville.
Jul 22 Plowing corn this evening we put up hog this evening. Fair warm day.
Jul 23 We are putting up hay today. Fair hot day.
Jul 24 Putting up hay today. Fair hot day.
Jul 25 Tom Rose is helping us put up hay this evening. Fair hot day.
Jul 26 Tom Rose is helping put up hay. Today Charles is laying by corn. Fair hot day.
Jul 27 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Jul 28 Ralph Hess helped us put up hay. This afternoon Charles finished mowing. Hot sultry day.
Jul 29 Charles and I finished putting up hay this morning. Bess and I went to town this evening. Fair hot day.
Jul 30 This morning I took 5 head of cattle to town for show at County Fair. Fair hot day.
Jul 31 At County Fair all day. Fair hot day.
Aug 1 At County Fair all day. Brought the cattle home tonight. I got $10 in premiums. Fair warm day.
Aug 2 We are having a soaking rain this morning. We went to town this evening. Warm and cloudy.
Aug 3 We all went to confession this morning. All home this evening.
Aug 4 The boys are laying by corn today. We began to thrash this evening at Lawrence Stewart's. Hot sultry day.
Aug 5 Today the boys finished laying by corn for the season. I am helping trash at L. Stewart's. Hot sultry day.
Aug 6 Thrashing at Howard Childs' today. Had a good rain about 5 o'clock. Hot sultry.
Aug 7 Nothing much done today. Went to town this evening. Fair warm.
Aug 8 We are thrashing at S. Euler's today. Hot sultry.
Aug 9 The rain last night made it too wet to thrash this morning. Finished Euler's this evening. Hot sultry day.
Aug 10 We went to church this morning. All went to a picnic at Four Corners this evening. Fair cool day.
Aug 11 We are thrashing at Woodward's this morning. Began to rain after dinner. I came home.
Aug 12 I went to Seymour after Maw, Edna and Mary Mersella Bertram. This evening we finished Stewart's thrashing at Woodwards.
Fair warm. Aug 13 We are thrashing at Alvin Marsh's today. Fair warm day.
Aug 14 Thrashing at Ivan Marsh's today. Fair warm day.
Aug 15 We finished Ivan Marsh's today and moved here late this evening and thrashed 46 bu. for me. Fair warm day.
Aug 16 Rainy forenoon. We went to town this evening. Little rain this evening.
Aug 17 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Aug 18 We are thrashing today. 280 bu from 13 Acres. Fair hot day.
Aug 19 Today I helped thrash Frank Fisher. Hot sultry with rain tonight.
Aug 20 Rainy day. Bess and I went to town this evening.
Aug 21 I am getting the plow ready for plowing. Began to plow for wheat this evening in the 15 Acre field. Very hot sultry day.
Aug 22 I am plowing today. Hot sultry day with rain tonight.
Aug 23 The rain and storm last night blowed the corn over the fence and the cattle got in the corn, so I had to fix fence this morning. Went to town this evening. Fair hot day.
Aug 24 The children went to church this morning I stayed at home to watch the cattle out of the corn. Warm cloudy with a heavy rain this evening.
Aug 25 Began to plow again this evening. Fair hot day.
Aug 26 I am plowing today. Finished plowing for wheat today. Fair hot day.
Aug 27 This morning we put up fence around the young clover so as to pasture. This evening I am helping Patton thrash. Hot sultry day.
Aug 28 Today we are thrashing Tom Rose. All done thrashing now. Hot sultry day.
Aug 29 Nothing done today. Live Kesner and Emmie spent the day here. Tonight we took William Kellermeyer to Seymour he has been here several days. Hot sultry day.
Aug 30 Today we are harrowing wheat ground. Bess and I went to town this evening. Fair hot day.
Aug 31 We went to church this morning. This evening we went to picnic at Klein's Grove given by the K of C of N. Vernon. Hot sultry day.
Sep 1 Nothing done today. Some rain this evening. We went to Seymour to a Klan(?) Picnic.
Sep 2 This morning Bess and I went to Emerick's sale at Scipio. This evening Charles and I cleaned the stable. Fair very cool day.
Sep 3 This morning I drove to Indianapolis with Velmour Spencer. Went to the State Fair this evening and tonight. Stayed at Emmie's all night. Fair cool day.
Sep 4 This morning I am in Indianapolis this evening. I went out to the Fairgrounds. Tonight I am at Flora's and all the kids came there. Fair cool day.
Sep 5 I am doing some shopping in Indianapolis this morning. This evening Velmour and I and Stewart started for home. Reached home at 5 o'clock. Pleasant day.
Sep 6 I am harrowing wheat ground this morning. Went to town this evening. Pleasant day.
Sep 7 Went to church this morning. All home this evening. Pleasant day.
Sep 8 Today I am preparing to haul gravel. Also turned 59 shoats into the corn field. Cloudy, warm with little rain this evening.
Sep 9 We are hauling gravel today. Fair cool day.
Sep 10 Same as yesterday. Fair cool day.
Sep 11 I am hauling gravel for concrete today. Fair cool day.
Sep 12 This morning Bess and I went to town. This evening I hauled home gravel. Cloudy with rain tonight.
Sep 13 This morning we are digging potatoes. This evening Bess and I went to Spencer Reunion over at church. Fair cool day.
Sep 14 We went to church early this morning. Then I went to Hayden after Sam Swarthout & Wife and Alice Hartpence & daughter, Maggie. They were here for dinner. Fair cool day.
Sep 15 This morning I took Henry Burgmeyer 43 ½ bu of wheat. This evening Bess and I went to town after Dodie Burns. He is going to work for us. Fair cool day.
Sep 16 Dodie and I are hauling home gravel for concrete this evening. Dodie went to town after cement and lumber. I am repairing the silage cutter. Fair cool day.
Sep 17 Dodie and I hauled out manure this morning. This evening Dadie went after load of fertilizer. Bess and I went to Roy Nordlah's sale. Fair cool day.
Sep 18 Today Dodie and I are raising the sill behind the horses to put in cement wall. Fair cool day.
Sep 19 I am, as yesterday, putting in form. Some rain today.
Sep 20 This morning we are pouring in concrete. This evening we went to town. Fair cool day.
Sep 21 We all went to church this morning. All home this evening. Joe & Sade were here this evening. Fair cool day.
Sep 22 Today Tom Rose is helping Dodie and I put in the concrete. Fair cool day. Rain last night filled the creek bank full today.
Sep 23 This morning I hauled load of gravel to cemetery for concrete base for Grandmother's tombstone. Dodie sacked load of wheat to Eberts at town. $1.28 per bu. Bess and I went to town also. Fair cool day.
Sep 24 This morning Dodie and I cleaned seed wheat over at Euler's. This evening we took the form from the concrete at the stable and cleaned the bands. Fair cool day.
Sep 25 This morning we are getting ready to sow wheat and began sowing after dinner. Fair warmer.
Sep 26 Today we are sowing wheat. Finished sowing today 15 Acres. Fair cool day.
Sep 27 This morning I drawed the water furrows on the wheat field. Dodie and the boys dug potatoes all day. I took load of wheat to town this evening. Fair cool day.
Sep 28 We went to church this morning and tonight. Home this evening. Some rain this morning. Hard rain last night. Fair cool.
Sep 29 This morning Dodie and I went to Mrs. Joe Verberg's funeral at town. This evening I am repairing the silage cutter. Fair and very cool day.
Sep 30 Today we are filling Fisher's silo. Cold cloudy day.
Oct 1 Dodie and I are cutting corn today. Fair cool day. This morning we had a nice little frost. First of season. Didn't do much harm.
Oct 2 Same as yesterday. Cutting corn. Fair warmer day.
Oct 3 Dodie and I are cutting corn this morning. This evening we are putting in some concrete in horse stable. Warm cloudy this evening.
Oct 4 Putting in concrete this morning. This evening we went to town. Charles took load of old corn to town. Fair cool day.
Oct 5 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Went to church tonight. Threatening rain tonight.
Oct 6 Today we are filling Euler's silo. Fair warm day.
Oct 7 This morning Dodie and I cleaned out the stable. This evening we finished digging potatoes. Fair warm day.
Oct 8 Today we are thrashing buckwheat for Ed Stewart. Fair warm day.
Oct 9 Today we are thrashing buckwheat for Ed Stewart and Ch. Patton. Fair warm day.
Oct 10 Bess and I went to town this morning. This evening Dodie and I thrashed beans for Mr. Cannon. Fair warm day.
Oct 11 Today we are filling our silo. Fair warm day.
Oct 12 This morning we went to church also tonight. This afternoon we went to Seymour to see Paw & Maw. Fair warm day.
Oct 13 Today we filled J. G. Marsh's silo. Fair warm day.
Oct 14 Today I filled Patton's silo. Fair warm.
Oct 15 Today we helped fill Alvin Marsh's silo. Fair warm day.
Oct 16 Today I helped fill Ivan Marsh's silo. Fair warm day.
Oct 17 This morning I am thrashing beans for Henry Burgmeyer and Ed Stewart. This evening Dodie and I cleaned the stable. Fair warm day.
Oct 18 Today I filled Henry Burgmeyer's silo. Fair warm day.
Oct 19 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Oct 20 Today we filled Will Derringer. Fair cold day.
Oct 21 Today Dodie and I are hauling gravel for concrete. Fair cold day.
Oct 22 This morning we hauled gravel. This evening I refilled Derringer's silo and moved the cutter to William Hanes. Fair cold day with a killing frost last night.
Oct 23 Today we filled Wm Hanes' silo. Fair cool day. Heavy frost last night.
Oct 24 Today we filled George Horstman's silo and moved the cutter home. Fair cool day.
Oct 25 This morning Dodie and I got in feed and loaded load of wheat. Dodie took same to town this evening. Bess and I went to town after dinner. Fair cool day.
Oct 26 Alice and I went to confession this morning. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Oct 27 This morning I went over to Six Mile and pulled the tombstone man in the cemetery with Grandmother's stone. Dodie hauled in feed. This evening Dodie went to town after cement mixer. Fair cool day.
Oct 28 Today we are putting in concrete back of the barrel. Fair cool day.
Oct 29 Same as yesterday. Fair cool day.
Oct 30 This morning we finished the sidewalk in front of the house. This evening Dodie and I made a concrete cover for the well at barn. Fair cool day.
Oct 31 Doing some silo refilling today. Cloudy colder day.
Nov 1 This morning Dodie and I cut two loads into silo. This evening we went to town. Fair cold day.
Nov 2 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Nov 3 Dodie and I are finishing the refilling of silo this morning. This evening I went to Six Mile Cemetery and pulled the tombstone man into the graveyard. He finished Granny's tombstone. Fair cool day.
Nov 4 Election day. I am on the board as judge. Fair cool day.
Nov 5 Dodie is not working yesterday noon today. I didn't do anything. Bess and I went to town this evening. Fair cool day.
Nov 6 This morning Dodie and I finished the silo refilling. This evening we are getting in corn and fodder for feed this evening. Fair cool day.
Nov 7 This morning Dodie and I gathered load of corn for feed. This evening took Miller's cement mixer back to town. Dodie is sorting potatoes. Cloudy colder.
Nov 8 This morning we got up load of corn and run through he shredder. This evening we went to town. Fair cool day.
Nov 9 This morning we went to church. All home this evening. Fair cool day.
Nov 10 This morning Dodie and I husked load of corn for cribbing, first of season. This evening we sorted the potatoes and put in cellar. Fair warmer day.
Nov 11 Today Dodie and I husked 2 loads of corn. Fair warm day.
Nov 12 Same as yesterday. Pleasant day.
Nov 13 Rainy cool day. We are putting a new floor in wagon box today.
Nov 14 Today we husked 2 loads of corn. Cloudy cold day.
Nov 15 I am at town today attending the annual Farm Bureau Meeting. Frank Baker and family came from Indianapolis this morning to visit and hunt til tomorrow. Fair cool day.
Nov 16 We are all home today. Frank and family left about 11 o'clock for his father's. Fair cool day.
Nov 17 We husked 2 loads corn today. Fair cool day.
Nov 18 Will Gaughan is helping husk corn today. 4 loads. Fair cool day.
Nov 19 Same as yesterday. 4 loads. Fair cool day.
Nov 20 Same as yesterday 4 loads. Cloudy warmer day.
Nov 21 Rain this morning. Dodie and I husked load of corn this evening. Cloudy with some rain this evening.
Nov 22 Dodie and the 2 boys husked 1 load of corn this morning while I cleaned the cow stable. This evening we went to town. Cloudy cool day.
Nov 23 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cloudy cold with rain tonight.
Nov 24 Nothing done today. Dodie is at town today. Bess and I went after him this evening. Cloudy cold day.
Nov 25 Dodie and I are husking corn today. Cloudy cold day.
Nov 26 We are husking corn today. Cloudy cold day.
Nov 27 Thanksgiving Day. Dodie, the boys and I finished husking in Sullivan Bottoms this morning. I went hunting this evening. Cold cloudy blustery day.
Nov 28 Cold blustery day. Nothing done.
Nov 29 Charlie Kellermeyer is here today. He and I went hunting. Charles and Dodie cleaned the cow stable this morning. Cold blustery day.
Nov 30 We went to Seymour today. Took dinner with Paw. Cloudy cold day. Tonight Emma D. Kesner and Louis, F. Marsh and Stewart Euler & family spent the evening here.
Dec 1 Today Dodie and I shredded corn. Fair cold day.
Dec 2 This morning I took 16 hogs to town to ship by Marsh. This evening Dodie and I dressed a hot. Cloudy cool day.
Dec 3 This morning Dodie and I husked stock corn and this evening we shredded shock corn. Some rain and snow last night. Fair cool day.
Dec 4 Dodie and I husked corn today. Cloudy cool day.
Dec 5 We are husking corn today. Cloudy and cool day.
Dec 6 This morning we shredded 26 shocks of corn. This evening we went to town. Cloudy cool with rain tonight.
Dec 7 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Rainy cool day. Still raining tonight.
Dec 8 Holiday. Nothing done today. Rainy day. The creek is out in the low bottoms.
Dec 9 Nothing done this morning. This evening Dodie and I husked load of corn. Cloudy cold.
Dec 10 Mr Haugh helped us husk corn today. 4 loads. Pleasant day.
Dec 11 This morning we finished husking on the stocks and then began to shred this evening. Cloudy cool.
Dec 12 Shredding corn today. Cloudy warm.
Dec 13 This morning we finished shredding corn, all done with the corn now. Cloudy cool day.
Dec 14 Charles and Stewart went to church this morning. All home today. Cloudy cold with some snow.
Dec 15 I went to Seymour today. Took 14 bu of whet and had a new radiator put on the little car. Paw came home with me. Fair cool day.
Dec 16 This morning Bess and I went to Dan Maloney's burial at Scipio. Nothing done this evening. Cloudy with some rain.
Dec 17 This morning I took 14 hogs to town to ship by Marsh. Nothing done this evening. Dodie Burns came back this morning. Gone since Saturday evening. Cold cloudy, little rain.
Dec 18 Today Paw, Dodie and I altered the pigs and rang the old sows. Also put in new cement curb on the wall at the barn. Pleasant day.
Dec 19 Cold blustery day. Nothing done.
Dec 20 Cold blustery. Nothing done. Paw went back to Seymour this morning. Bess and Alice went to town this evening.
Dec 21 The children went to church this morning. All home this evening Cloudy cold.
Dec 22 This morning I went to Gaughan's after load of wood. Nothing done this evening. Cloudy cold day.
Dec 23 Bess and I went to town this day. Cloudy cold with snow tonight.
Dec 24 Nothing done this morning. We went to town this evening. Cloudy colder.
Dec 25 Christmas Day. The boys and I went to communion at 5 o'clock mass. All home the balance of day. Coldest Christmas in 47 years. 4 below zero.
Dec 26 This evening the boys and I dragged in some poles for wood. Fair cold day.
Dec 27 This evening we buzzed wood. Bess and Alice went to town this evening. Cloudy cold day.
Dec 28 All home today. Nobody went to church this morning. Fair cold. 5 below zero.
Dec 29 This morning I took Anthony Gaughan a 215 lb fat hog. This evening we were hauling in wood for buzzing and I got my leg hurt. Had to come home. Cloudy cool day.
Dec 30 Nothing done today. Cloudy cold.
Dec 31 Fred Culp helped the boys clean the cow stable today. Cold cloudy.
1925
Jan 1 We went to church this morning. All home this evening.Jan 2 Nothing done today. Cold cloudy.
Jan 3 Nothing done today. We went to town this evening. Cold cloudy day.
Jan 4 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cold cloudy day.
Jan 5 Nothing done today. Fair cool day.
Jan 6 We are buzzing wood this evening. Pleasant day.
Jan 7 I am splitting some wood today. Pleasant for winter weather.
Jan 8 I am splitting some wood today. Pleasant day.
Jan 9 I split some wood today. Cloudy cooler.
Jan 10 We are cleaning stables this morning. Went to town this evening. Cloudy cold day.
Jan 11 We went to church this morning. All home today. Fair cold day.
Jan 12 Nothing done today. This evening I went to George Horstman's to appraise their personal property. Cold cloudy.
Jan 13 Nothing done today. I went to town this evening. Cloudy cold day.
Jan 14 This morning I repaired little fence. This evening Bess and I went to town. Fair cool day.
Jan 15 Today I am hauling in poles for wood. Bess and Grace, Alvin went to Indianapolis to stay til Sunday evening. Cloudy warmer.
Jan 16 I took 10 bu of wheat to Seymour and exchanged for 100 lbs. Flour and 750 lbs bran. Wheat $1.96 per bu.
Jan 17 Nothing done today. Alice and I went to town this evening. Cloudy cool.
Jan 18 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Tonight I went to town after Bess and Grace. They came come from Indianapolis. Fair cool day.
Jan 19 Nothing done today. I attended a Shipping Association meeting. Rain sleet tonight.
Jan 20 I took 18 hogs to town shipped by Marsh. This evening I went to Seymour after Albert & Grace. Fair warmer day.
Jan 21 Today we butchered 4 hogs. Pleasant day.
Jan 22 Today we are making sausage, rendered the lard. Pleasant day.
Jan 23 Nothing done this morning. This evening Bess and I took Albert & Grace back to Seymour. Cloudy colder day.
Jan 24 Nothing done this morning. This evening we went to town. Cool cloudy day.
Jan 25 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Joe Miller & boys were here this evening. Pleasant day.
Jan 26 Nothing done this morning. This evening Stewart and I buzzed some wood. Pleasant day.
Jan 27 Nothing done today. Rainy day.
Jan 28 Nothing done today. Heavy snow fall last night and this morning.
Jan 29 Nothing done. I went to town this evening. Cloudy cold day.
Jan 30 Nothing done. Very cold last night. Fair warm day.
Jan 31 Nothing done today. We went to town this evening. Fair cool day.
Feb 1 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Rainy cool day.
Feb 2 Nothing done today. Little rain today.
Feb 3 I am hauling out manure today. Pleasant day.
Feb 4 I am hauling out manure today. Pleasant day.
Feb 5 Bess and I went to a sale at Scipio today. Pleasant day.
Feb 6 Bess and I went to Seymour today. Pleasant day.
Feb 7 This morning we went to Fox Drive in West Spencer Township. This evening we went to town. Pleasant day.
Feb 8 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Charlie Webster and his wife were here this evening. He is trying to sell me a new tractor. Pleasant day.
Feb 9 I am putting a new hound(?) in the wagon today. Little rain last night and cloudy cooler day.
Feb 10 Today Bess and I attended the poultry school at N. Vernon. Pleasant day.
Feb 11 The same as yesterday. Cold blustery day.
Feb 12 Nothing but chores done today. Fair cold day.
Feb 13 Bess and I went to Seymour today. Fair little warmer.
Feb 14 The boys and I hauled out manure this morning. This evening we went to town.
Fair cool day.
Feb 15 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. We went to the County Courthouse to a public lecture given by Rev. Pierce Dickson tonight. Pleasant day.
Feb 16 Nothing but chores done today. Pleasant day.
Feb 17 Today I am getting up wood.
Feb 18 Same as yesterday. Pleasant day.
Feb 19 Nothing done this morning. This evening Bess and I went to town. Pleasant day.
Feb 20 This morning Bill Boner is helping me cut down a tree for wood. After dinner I hauled same home to buzz for wood. Pleasant day.
Feb 21 Some rain today. This evening we went to town.
Feb 22 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Tonight we went to the closing lecture at Vernon given by Rev. Dickson. The past week some of us attended every night.
Feb 23 Today I buzzed some wood. Old rails, old boards and posts. The last work for our tractor. I am going to get a new one. Warm and cloudy with little rain. Tonight we all went to a home talent show at St. Mary's.
Feb 24 This morning I got up load of wood. This evening I took our tractor to town. Going to get a new one. Warm cloudy day.
Feb 25 Nothing done this morning. Bess and I took two cans of cream to town this evening. Rain cooler today.
Feb 26 Nothing done today. Cold blustery day.
Feb 27 Nothing done today. Cold blustery day.
Feb 28 This morning Bess and I went to Seymour to have her glasses changed. This evening Alice & Bess went to town. I hauled home 2 loads of poles for wood. Fair cool day.
Mar 1 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cold blustery day.
Mar 2 I went to town this morning. This evening I dressed a hog. Very cold for March weather.
Mar 3 This morning I cut up the hog. This evening I hauled home 2 loads of poles. Fair cold, some warmer then yesterday.
Mar 4 This morning Bess and I cut the lard and this evening I rendered it out. Fair cool day.
Mar 5 This morning I took calf to town to ship and brought home load of tile from J.H. Miller. This evening Bess and I took 2 cans of cream to town. Pleasant day.
Mar 6 This morning the Township Assessor was here. This evening went to town after another load of tile. Charles drove home a new Fordson tractor. Pleasant day.
Mar 7 This morning we scattered out load of tile to be put into the ditch. This evening we went to town. Pleasant day.
Mar 8 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Alvin Marsh and family were here, also Albert Bertram and family and Peter Kirsch and wife. Also Webb Spencer. Pleasant day.
Mar 9 This morning I took up fence along the road in Betsy Bottoms. This evening I put in few tile. Pleasant day.
Mar 10 Today I helped Ed Stewart buzz wood. Cloudy little rain early this morning.
Mar 11 Bess and I took 2 cans of cream to town this morning. Had a set of balloon tires put on touring car. This evening I am repairing Hen. Burgmeyer buzz saw frame. Fair cool day.
Mar 12 Still repairing buzz saw this morning. This evening I am digging tile ditch. Pleasant day.
Mar 13 Nothing done this morning. This evening Bess and I went to Court to hear trial Mark Hammond for killing McNickelson. Fair cold day.
Mar 14 This morning I took 2 cans of cream to town. This evening we went back to town. Cloudy cold day.
Mar 15 We went to church this morning. This evening we went back to church to a flag raising on the school yard. Fair cool day.
Mar 16 I am hauling out manure today. Pleasant day.
Mar 17 This morning I took a cow and calf to Vernon. Sold to Al Patrick. This evening I hauled out manure. At noon today the Glass Factory of N. Vernon burned down. Tonight we went to St. Mary's to a St. Patrick's celebration. Cloudy cool day.
Mar 18 Rainy day. Nothing done. Bess and I took 2 cans of cream to town this evening.
Mar 19 This morning I am repairing the sow farrowing pens. This evening Bess and I went to town after paint and wallpaper. Fair cool day.
Mar 20 Today I am plastering some repairing work in the kitchen. Also painting some. Fair cool day.
Mar 21 Hauling out some manure this morning. This evening I helped dig grave for Charles Marsh. He died this morning at 7 o'clock. Fair cool day.
Mar 22 We went to church this morning. This evening we went to Charles Marsh's funeral. Burial in Sullivan Cemetery. Pleasant day.
Mar 23 This morning I went to Pete Seger's to get Will to put in some tile. This evening Bess and I scrubbed and cleaned the brooder house. Ready for the young chicks. Pleasant day.
Mar 24 This morning I shoveled the garden and potato patch for oats. This evening Bess and I took can of cream to town. Pleasant day.
Mar 25 This morning I went to town after 300 young chicks bought off Mills. $13.00 per hundred. This evening we sawed wood here with new buzz saw. This morning while I went to town, Charles harrowed in 3 bu.oats in orchard for chicken pasture. Pleasant day.
Mar 26 My 46th birthday. I am splitting and ricking wood into wood house today. Pleasant this morning. Cloudy with rain this evening and tonight. Tonight is Alice's High School Operation(?). We all went to the play tonight.
Mar 27 Splitting wood and putting into wood house today. Cloudy cool day.
Mar 28 This morning I took one dozen hens and 2 cans of cream. This evening Bess and I went back to town. Fair cool day.
Mar 29 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Joe Stewart & Sade were here this evening. Fair cool day.
Mar 30 Will Seger is helping me put in tile today. Fair cool day.
Mar 31 Same as yesterday. Pleasant day.
Apr 1 Will Seger and I are putting in tile. Lawrence Stewart is helping this evening while I went after another load of tile. Fair cool day.
Apr 2 We finished tiling today. Pleasant day.
Apr 3 This morning I am filling up the tile ditches and this evening I plowed the potato patch. Fair cool day.
Apr 4 This morning we prepared the garden for potatoes and I cut the potatoes. This evening Charles planted them and covered same while we went to town. Fair cool day.
Apr 5 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Pleasant day.
Apr 6 This morning I hauled out manure on the potato patch. This evening I harrowed and layed off same for planting. Pleasant day.
Apr 7 This morning the boys and I planted the potatoes and this evening we took off stocks. Pleasant day.
Apr 8 This morning Bess and I put out the garden. This evening we took off the balance of the stocks. They sure all came off fine. Pleasant day.
Apr 9 This morning Bess and I went to Seymour and we got into a heavy rain as we came home. Then this evening we took 2 cans of cram to town. More rain this evening.
Apr 10 This morning William Derringer came over to do some repairing on the planter and some other. This evening we went to Seymour to purchase the boys new clothes. Fair cool day.
Apr 11 This morning I sowed clover seed in 15 Acre field. This evening Charles and I made the young chicks a lot to run in. Also repaired the hog lots some while Bess and Alice went to town. We went back to town tonight. Alice and I went to confession. Fair cool day.
Apr 12 Easter Sunday. We all went to church this morning. Alice and I went to communion. All home this evening. Pleasant day.
Apr 13 This morning Millered Keller helped us alter the pigs and load a load of hay. This evening I took the hay to town, sold to Suck for $16.00 per ton. Warm threatening.
Apr 14 This morning I hauled 17 hogs to town, shipped by Marsh. This evening Bess, Alice and I went to Columbus, Indiana to purchase Alice some clothes. Some rain today.
Apr 15 Today I am hauling out manure. Fair cool day.
Apr 16 This morning I hauled out manure. This evening I began to plow for corn in the field by the cribs. Ball's men are putting on paper today. Fair cool day.
Apr 17 I am plowing today. Fair cool day.
Apr 18 I am plowing this morning and Charles is plowing this evening while we went to town. Fair cool day.
Apr 19 We went to Joe Stewart's for dinner today and brought Maw & Paw home with us this evening. Fair cool day.
Apr 20 I finished plowing the old pasture today. Fair cool day.
Apr 21 This morning I took 2 cans of cream to town. Nothing done this evening. Some rain this evening. The creek is bank full tonight.
Apr 22 I am plowing in Sullivans Bottoms today. Fair very warm.
Apr 23 I am plowing today. Fair hot day.
Apr 24 I am plowing this morning. This evening Bess and I took Paw & Maw back to Seymour. Fair warm day.
Apr 25 I am plowing this morning. This evening we went to town. Fair hot day.
Apr 26 We went to early mass this morning. All home this evening. I turned the cows out on pasture after dinner. Pleasant day.
Apr 27 Charles is disking and harrowing today and I began to plant corn. Pleasant this morning. This evening began to cloudy up and rain by night.
Apr 28 This morning I took 2 cans of cream to town. This evening I finished planting the field side of the cribs. Pleasant afternoon.
Apr 29 Rainy cold cloudy day. I went to Seymour this morning to have some welding done. This evening I took Watkins a load of hay. $14.00 per ton.
Apr 30 This morning I repaired fence. This evening I am plowing. Fair cool day.
May 1 I am plowing in Sullivan Bottoms today. Fair cool day. This afternoon at 3 o'clock Mrs. Frank Fisher died. She wasn't sick very long.
May 2 I am plowing this morning. This evening we went to town. Fair cool day.
May 3 We went to early mass this morning. This evening we went to Mrs. Fisher's funeral. Fair cool day.
May 4 I am trimming up a walnut treetop and hauled home the limbs for wood. Cloudy cool with some rain this evening.
May 5 I am harrowing and planting in Sullivan Bottoms today. Cloudy cool.
May 6 Same as yesterday. Cloudy cool day.
May 7 Charles finished harrowing in Sullivan Bottoms after dinner then began to plow in Long Bottoms. I finished planting in Sullivan Bottoms this evening. Fair cool day.
May 8 I am plowing in Long Bottoms today. Fair cool day.
May 9 I am plowing this morning. The boys are hauling out manure. We went to town this evening. Cloudy cool little rain this evening.
May 10 We all went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cloudy cool day.
May 11 This morning I took some broken parts off manure spreader for repair. This evening Alice, Bess and I went to Seymour to get Alice some clothes. Charles is plowing in Long Bottoms this evening. Cloudy cold day.
May 12 This morning I finished plowing for corn. Charles is disking and harrowing in Long Bottoms today. Fair cool day.
May 13 I am planting in Long Bottoms today. Charles finished harrowing this morning. Fair warmer day.
May 14 This morning I finished planting in Long Bottoms. This evening I began to plant over the old pasture south of the cribs. Stand is no good at all. Fair warm day.
May 15 I am replanting today. Fair warm day.
May 16 This morning Charles and I are building some hog feed lots. This evening I repaired a boot. We went to town tonight. Some rain today.
May 17 The boys and I went to church this morning. All home this evening. Pleasant day.
May 18 This morning Charles took Jean and Dot to town to have them shod. I went to Seymour after manure spreader repairs. This evening we are hauling out manure. Fair cool day.
May 19 We are hauling out manure today. I took bull calf to town this morning. Sold to Beelie for breeding. Fair cool day.
May 20 Hauling out manure today. Fair warmer.
May 21 Holy Day, Ascension Day. We went to church this morning. Then I took Alice back to town this evening. She graduates from N. Vernon High School tonight. Fair warmer day.
May 22 Today Charles and I are planting over the Sullivan Bottoms, running 2 planters. Fair warmer.
May 23 This morning I am repairing some fence. This evening we went to town. Fair hot day.
May 24 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cloudy cold day.
May 25 Very cold this morning. Had a heavy frost this morning. Did some damage as the clover is no good. I am plowing down clover in Betsy Bottoms, going to put to corn. Fair cold day.
May 26 I finished plowing for corn today noon. The boys are rolling and harrowing. I finished planting this evening if I don't have to plant it over again. Fair cool day. Another heavy frost this morning. The potatoes and garden plants look sick today.
May 27 Today Charles and I planted over the Long Bottoms. So now we are all done planting. Fair cool day. Had another frost this morning.
May 28 Charles and I are hauling out manure today. Fair warmer day.
May 29 We hauled out some manure. Had some rain today. Bess and I went to town this evening.
May 30 Decoration Day. Nothing done today. William & Bertram Kellermeyer came from Indianapolis today to stay over Sunday. Fair warm day.
May 31 Joe Stewart & Sade were here today. Bertram & William went back with them tonight. Fair warm day.
Jun 1 I took 2 cans of cream to town this morning. The boys are rolling and harrowing corn. This evening we are building a fence around the clover. The ground is so dry that pasture is poor and we have to pasture the clover. Fair hot day.
Jun 2 Same as yesterday afternoon. Fair hot very dry.
Jun 3 This morning we finished the fence and put the cattle in. This evening we are putting up alfalfa hay that I bought off Hatta Sullivan at $8.00 per ton. Hot sultry day.
Jun 4 This morning we finished putting up alfalfa. This evening we had to build more fence on the creek bank to keep the cattle from going over the creek. Hot sultry.
Jun 5 This morning I took wooling to Seymour with 114 lbs of wool. 41 cents per lb. This evening we are getting ready to plow corn. Dry, hot sultry day.
Jun 6 This morning I am plowing corn. The boys cleaned the stable and hauled same out. This evening we went to town.
Jun 7 We went to church this morning. This evening we went to Seymour to see Paw & Maw. Dry hot weather.
Jun 8 I am plowing corn today. Charles is rolling same. Dry hot day.
Jun 9 We are plowing corn today. Dry hot.
Jun 10 Today we are plowing corn. The Klingner Sales Co. are demonstrating a new two row tractor cultivator here today. Fair cooler.
Jun 11 Charles and I are plowing corn today. Fair dry and cool day.
Jun 12 This morning Bess and I took can of cream to town. Charles plowing corn today. Fair cool day.
Jun 13 A nice shower of rain this morning. The boys are plowing corn this evening. Bess and I went to town. Cloudy warmer this evening.
Jun 14 The children went to church this morning. All home this evening but Alice. She went on a drive north to Turkey Lake. Fair hot day.
Jun 15 We are rolling and plowing corn in Long Bottoms today. Hot threatening weather.
Jun 16 Rain last night made it too wet to plow corn today. Bess and I took can of cream to town this evening and had another hard rain this evening.
Jan 17 Nothing done today. Some rain today.
Jun 18 Bess and I took can of cream to town. This evening we began to cut wheat and broke the sickle late this evening. Fair cool day.
Jun 19 This morning I went to Indianapolis after binder repairs and failed to get them. The boys are plowing corn. Fair warm day.
Jun 20 Today we are cutting wheat with Harry Burgmeer's binder. Ralph Hess is helping me shock. This wheat is said to be the best in the county. Fair warm day.
Jun 21 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Pleasant day.
Jun 22 This morning we finished cutting wheat and the boys plowed corn balance of day. I shocked what nearly all day. I took can of cream to town this evening. Fair warmer day.
Jun 23 Nothing done today. Rain this morning. Too wet to work.
Jun 24 Still some rain this morning. Frank Baker from Indianapolis took drive with us today. Fair cooler this evening.
Jun 25 This morning I took Alice with some more of her girl friends to Heffelean's Camp for 2 weeks camp, above Columbus, In. We are hoeing weeds out of corn balance of day. Fair cool day.
Jun 26 We are hoeing weeds this morning. This evening the boys began to plow corn again. Harold and I hoed weeds. Fair cool day.
Jun 27 The boys are laying by corn today in the field south of the cribs. I hoed weeds this morning. This evening Bess and I went to town. Fair warmer day.
Jun 28 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Warm threatening rain this evening.
Jun 29 Heavy rain last night. Too wet to work today. Bess and I took can of cream to town this evening. Fair cool this evening.
Jun 30 This morning we all hoed weeds this evening. Charles is plowing corn, the rest of us hoed weeds. Fair cool day.
Jul 1 Charles is plowing corn today. Stewart and I are hoeing weeds. This evening Stewart is lying by corn. Bess and I took can of cream to town. Fair warm day.
Jul 2 Today we are hoeing weeds. Fair hot day.
Jul 3 Same as yesterday, hoeing weeds. Fair hot day.
Jul 4 The boys are plowing corn this morning. Bess and I took can of cream to Columbus and did some trading. This evening and tonight we went to Four Corners picnic. Fair hot day. Jul 5 We went to church this morning. Then we went to Ed Beaty's for dinner. They had reunion there. Ed is going to move to Florida.
Jun 6 The boys are laying by corn today. Harold and I are hoeing weeds. Fair hot day.
Jun 7 Same as yesterday. Fair hot day.
Jun 8 Laying by corn today. Except Stewart and I this evening put up 4 loads of alfalfa bought off Mrs. Sullivan. Fair very hot day.
Jun 9 The boys are laying cy corn today. Bess and I took can of cream to town this evening. Hot threatening weather.
Jul 10 Rainy this morning. Charles is plowing corn this evening. Bess and I took can of cream to town. Fair this evening.
Jul 11 This morning we are putting away the tools. This evening we went to Howard Childs to thrash. Fair hot day.
Jul 12 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair hot day.
Jul 13 This morning we sawed some wood for thrashing. This evening we helped Lawrence Stewart thrash and also Stewart Euler. Fair warm.
Jul 14 This morning we are thrashing here at home. We thrashed 331 bu of wheat. This evening we thrashed some for Ed Stewart. Fair cooler day.
Jul 15 Finished thrashing Eddie this morning and thrashed Fisher this evening. Hot threatening day.
Jul 16 This morning we are thrashing C. Patten. After dinner Ralph Hess and some for Will Fisher. Hot sultry with sprinkle of rain.
Jul 17 This morning finished thrashing Will Fisher and had a little rain. After dinner thrashed Alvin Marsh. Fair cool this evening.
Jul 18 This morning we thrashed Ivan Marsh. All done thrashing mow. Ben Wright from Butlerville thrashed for us this year. Fair hot day.
Jul 19 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair warm day.
Jul 20 Some rain last night. I went to H. Childs' after late cabbage plants and set them out. Little rain today.
Jul 21 Nothing but chores done this morning. This after dinner, we cut the loose straw around straw stack into silo for cow feed. Pasture is very late. This evening we went to town. Another nice shower this evening.
Jul 22 Aunt Susan Spate and son, Willie from Cincinnati took dinner with us today. This evening we took Alice to town. She went to Indianapolis for a visit. Fair cool day.
Jul 23 Today I worked all day on the wagons and beds and loaded 2 loads of whet for Seymour tomorrow. Fair warm day.
Jul 24 Today Charles and I took 2 loads of wheat to Blish at Seymour. $1.48 per Fair cool day.
Jul 25 This morning I am making new hinge and gate for wagon bed. This evening Bess and I went to town. We had a very hard rain. Washed the closet down branch. After dinner today Charles went to Indianapolis with Ernest & Forest S over Sunday.
Jul 26 This morning I had to put up some fence that the water tore down yesterday evening before I could let the cattle and hogs to pasture. This afternoon we drove to Madison, let the boys see the Ohio River. Fair cool day.
Jul 27 This morning I had to put the toilet back on it's foundation which washed down last Saturday afternoon. This evening we loaded 2 loads of wheat for Seymour tomorrow. Fair cool day.
Jul 28 Today Charles and I took 2 loads of wheat to Blish at Seymour. Fair very cool day.
Jul 29 Today we are plowing for alfalfa. Cloudy cool day.
Jul 30 We finished plowing the alfalfa ground today. Cloudy little rain.
Jul 31 This morning Bess and I took can of cream to town. This evening we cleaned the stable. Fair warm day.
Aug 1 This morning the boys are rolling and harrowing. This evening Bess and I went to Mabel Beaty's sale and bought some furniture. Fair warm.
Aug 2 Today Bess and I went to Cliffty Falls and took dinner with a number of relatives. Charles and Stewart stayed at home. Fair warm day.
Aug 3 This morning I went to town after some furniture that we bought at Beaty's sale. This evening the boys are rolling and harrowing alfalfa ground. Bess and I went to town after seed. Fair warm day.
Aug 4 This morning we are rolling and harrowing ground and I sowed the alfalfa. This evening we changed the wagon to haul hogs tomorrow.
Aug 5 This morning I took load of hogs to town, shipped by Marsh. Nothing done this evening. Fair warm.
Aug 6 Today Bess and I went to Osgood Fair. Fair warm day.
Aug 7 Nothing much done today. Fair warm day.
Aug 8 This morning I went to Fisher's after 5 bu corn for feed. $1.20 per . This evening we went to town. Fair warm day. We are attending the Chautauqua at N. Vernon these nights.
Aug 9 We went to church this morning. All home this evening.
Aug 10 I am hunting some corn to feed today, it is very scarce. Bought 5 bu off Peter Vogel at $1.15 per. Warm cloudy.
Aug 11 Some rain today. Nothing done. Late this evening Leo Speck trucked 8 head Jersey cattle to the Fairground for show this week at the County Fair.
Aug 12 We are all at the County Fair today. Some rain this morning.
Aug 13 All at County Fair today. Sultry with a heavy rain afternoon.
Aug 14 All at County Fair today. Warm and sultry day. I got $21.00 in premiums at the fair.
Aug 15 This morning I went after 10 bu corn at J. Wetzel, $1.05 per. This evening we went to town. Fair hot day.
Aug 16 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Fair hot day.
Aug 17 Nothing done this morning. This evening I went to G. M. Crest after a male hog for $25. Very hot sultry.
Aug 18 I went to town this morning. This evening I took 10 bu of wheat to Seymour for flour for Paw. Hot sultry day.
Aug 19 This morning Bess and I took coop of young roosters to town. This evening I went to J. E. Wetzel after 10 bu. of corn. $1.05 Hot sultry day.
Aug 20 Bess and Alice and I went to Columbus Fair today. More or less rain today.
Aug 21 This morning I cleaned the stable. This evening we took crate of eggs to town. Fair cool day.
Aug 22 Nothing done today. We went to town this evening. Fair warm day.
Aug 23 We went to church this morning. This afternoon Bess and I went to ball game at Seymour. Fair warm.
Aug 24 Nothing done. Charles is camping few days.
Aug 25 Nothing done today. Fair warm day.
Aug 26 Nothing done today. Hot sultry day.
Aug 27 Today we all went to Farmer's picnic at Klein's Grove. Fair warm day. Mary & Edna May Bertram came from Indianapolis this morning for a few days visit.
Aug 28 This morning we set up and cut load of corn into silo for feed. Nothing done this evening. We went to town tonight.
Aug 29 The children went to church this morning. Will Bertram and family from Indianapolis spent the day here. Hot sultry day.
Aug 30 We are hauling gravel on road today. Fair hot day.
Sep 1 We are hauling gravel on road today. Fair hot day.
Sep 2 Charles and Ernest Stewart are hauling gravel in the lane today. Hot sultry.
Sep 3 Today we are filling Stewart Euler's silo. Hot sultry day.
Sep 4 Today we are filling our silo. Didn't get done. Very hot sultry day.
Sep 5 This morning we finished filling our silo. Very hot sultry day.
Sep 6 We went to church this morning. Sade Stewart and Stewart Dowd are here today. We took them back to Seymour tonight. Hot sultry day.
Sep 7 Today we helped to fill Ivan Marsh's silo. Hot sultry day.
Sep 8 Today I filled Fisher's silo. Hot sultry day.
Sep 9 Today I helped to fill J. G. Marsh's silo. Hot sultry day.
Sep 10 Today I helped fill Alvin Marsh's silo. Hot sultry day.
Sep 11 Bass and I went to town after breeding cockerels off J. R. Hawk. This evening I took the silo filler to Patton's and set up ready for filling. Hot sultry day.
Sep 12 On account of rain this morning we didn't start filling silo at Patton's til 11 o'clock and at 4 o'clock it rained us out again. Heavy rains tonight. We went to town tonight.
Sep 13 The children went to church this morning. This is the Spencer Reunion day. Bess and I went, it is held over at Zion Church. Alice Hartpence and Maggie came home with us. I took them to Hayden after supper. Cloudy warm rain tonight.
Sep 14 Bess and I took can of cream to town this morning. This evening we finished filling Patton's silo. Some more rain tonight.
Sep 15 Today we filled Will derringer's silo. Fair warm day.
Sep 16 Today I am putting up hog fence to put hogs into corn. Fair hot day.
Sep 17 Same as yesterday, finished the fence today. Hot sultry day.
Sep 18 This morning I got in some feed. This evening I brought the silage cutter home from Will Derringer. Hot sultry day.
Sep 19 We are digging potatoes this morning. This evening the bys and I went to Greensburg to Helmick's to look at some fine cows. Hot sultry day.
Sep 20 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Some rain today.
Sep 21 I am hunting some corn cutters this morning. This evening Bess and I went to Seymour to see Paw & Maw. Cloudy cool day.
Sep 22 This morning Bess and I took coop of chicks and can of cream to town. This evening I am cutting corn. Fair cool.
Sep 23 I am cutting corn today. Fair cool day.
Sep 24 Peter Canfield is cutting corn now. Also Fred Culp is helping me cut corn today. Fair warm day.
Sep 25 Today we are hauling clover seed for Henry Burgmeyer. Pleasant day.
Sep 26 This morning Charles is clipping the young alfalfa. This evening the boys are disking wheat ground and I am hauling soybeans for Stewart Euler. Fair warm day.
Sep 27 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Some rain.
Sep 28 This morning we took Harold to the doctor, he has tonsillitis. This evening I am cleaning seed wheat. Very foggy morning.
Sep 29 Today I hauled my fertilizer and also a ton of ground rock for filler. Fair cool day.
Sep 30 Nothing much done this morning. This evening I am disking for wheat. Fair warm day.
Oct 1 Raining this morning. This evening I went to Seymour to have some welding done. Still cloudy with some rain.
Oct 2 This morning I got up load of corn to cut into silo. Bess and I went to town this evening. Cloudy cool day.
Oct 3 The boys and I are refilling silo today. Cloudy cool day.
Oct 4 We went to church this morning and when we came home Charlie Kellermeyer and Minnie and Bertram was here from Indianapolis. Minnie (Bertram) Kellermeyer is Joseph Bertram's sister and Bertram is his nephew) They stayed all night and left for home Monday morning at 4:20. Cloudy cool day.
Oct 5 This morning I got up load of corn to cut into silo. This evening I am disking for wheat. Cloudy cool day.
Oct 6 This morning I am getting binder repair off Eddie's old binder. This evening we went to town. Cloudy cool day.
Oct 7 Today I am hauling up corn for silo refilling. Fair cool day.
Oct 8 Today Bess and I went to a sale east of Vernon at Grinsted. Cloudy cool.
Oct 9 This morning I sorted some potatoes and put into cellar. This evening I am working wheat ground til the rain stopped me. Cloudy cold day.
Oct 10 This morning the boys and I husked load corn. This evening Charles and I are cutting buckwheat. Fair cold day.
Oct 11 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Stewart Euler and family were here taking in the report of the baseball series between Pittsburgh and Washington. We get it over radio. Cloudy cold and some rain.
Oct 12 Bess and I took can of cream to town this morning. This evening I sorted potatoes. Rainy cold day.
Oct 13 Nothing done this morning. After dinner I took a claf to town to ship by Marsh and then got in some feed. Cool cloudy damp day. Today Helmich from Greensburg delivered me 2 cows. Margery Copper and Premrose. $250 for 2.
Oct 14 Rain today. I worked all day in the wood house making some changes.
Oct 15 This morning I finished my workbench in the woodhouse. This evening I husked load of corn for hogs. They had cleaned about 5 acres of standing corn. Warm cloudy day.
Oct 16 Still raining today. Nothing done.
Oct 17 This morning we cut 2 loads of corn into silo. This evening we went to town. Cloudy cool day. The creek is bank full today.
Oct 18 I went to communion this morning. The kids went to high mass. All home this evening. Cloudy cold.
Oct 19 This morning I jerked load of corn for hogs. This evening I finished cutting buckwheat. Cold cloudy day.
Oct 20 This morning Bess and I took can of cream and coop of hens to town. This evening we went to Seymour. I bought myself a new overcoat. Cold cloudy day.
Oct 21 This morning I cut corn and fodder for feed. This evening I jerked load of corn for hogs. Cloudy warmer day.
Oct 22 Some rain today. Nothing much done tonight. We went to Seymour to a Street Carnival. Colder tonight.
Oct 23 Today I am shredding corn for Stewart Euler. Cloudy warmer.
Oct 24 Rain again this morning. No wheat sowed yet. After dinner we had to jerk load of corn for hogs. Rain. Bess and I went to town, still raining little tonight.
Oct 25 We went to Seymour today. Took diner with Paw. Cloudy cold day.
Oct 26 I am getting up corn and fodder today. Fair cold day.
Oct 27 This morning I jerked load of corn for hogs. This evening I went with Stewart Euler to Will Walsh's stock sale. I bought a purebred cow and calf. Fair cold day.
Oct 28 Nothing done today. Heavy snow falling.
Oct 29 Nothing done this morning. This evening I cut two loads of corn into silo. This is nasty wet day with melting snow.
Oct 30 This morning I am repairing cattle mangers in stable. This evening Bess and I went to town. Cloudy cold day.
Oct 31 This morning Stewart and I jerked load of corn for hogs. This evening I shredded few shocks of corn for horses. Also had to drag out a bay mare which died in stable.(kidney trouble) Fair cool day.
Nov 1 The children went to church this morning. Foster Baker is here from Indianapolis over Sunday. I took him back to train this evening. All home tonight. Cloudy cool.
Nov 2 George Carson began to husk corn today. He can't husk very much. I jerked load for hogs and cribbed 1 load. Fair cool day.
Nov 3 We are husking corn today. 4 small loads. Fair cool day.
Nov 4 Paw & Maw came last evening. He is helping husk today, so is Carson.
Nov 5 Husking corn today. Paw and Carson is helping. Fair warm day.
Nov 6 Some rain last night. We are refilling silo. This evening Paw and I pulled load of corn for hogs. Carson husked load. Cloudy warm day with rain tonight.
Nov 7 Rainy day. At noon the creek began to come out of banks and still coming tonight. Bess and I went to town this evening.
Nov 8 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. The creek through the night got out pretty big. Doing lots of damage.
Nov 9 Nothing done today. I am sick. Cloudy chilly forenoon, fairer this evening.
Nov 10 Today Paw and I put up a shelter shed for the hogs out in the field. Pleasant day.
Nov 11 Paw and Carson and I are husking corn. The ground is very soft after the flood. Fair warm day.
Nov 12 Rainy again today. The creek is coming out again tonight. Nothing done.
Nov 13 Nothing done today. Fair cooler.
Nov 14 Today Paw, Carson and I are shredding shock corn. Fair cool day.
Nov 15 We went to church this morning. All home this evening. Raining hard again this morning. The creek is bank full tonight. Cooler this evening.
Nov 16 Nothing but chores done today. Bess and I went to town this evening. Real snowstorm this morning.
Nov 17 Paw, Carson and I husked corn today. Fair cool day.
Nov 18 Paw, Carson and George Horstman and I are husking today. Fair cool.
Nov 19 Paw and Maw went home this morning. George Horstman and I husked today. Cloudy this morning. Fair cool this evening.
Nov 20 George Horstman and I are husking corn. Also the boys are home from school and are husking. Carson & boys are husking flooded shocks for half the corn. Fair cool.
Nov 21 G. Horstman and I and the boys are husking today. Carson is husking shocks. Pleasant day.
Nov 22 We are all home today. Fair cool day.
Nov 23 Husking today. Horstman, Boner are helping. Carson husked this morning and Paw helped this evening. Pleasant day.
Nov 24 Horstman, Bonner, Paw & Carson are helping to husk corn today. Pleasant day.
Nov 25 The above named men are husking today. Pleasant day.
Nov 26 Thanksgiving Day. The boys and I are husking some corn today. Began to rain about 3 o'clock.
Nov 27 Nothing done today. The creek is out again in the Bottoms. Paw went back home this morning. Cloudy cool day.
Nov 28 Nothing but chores done today except we buzzed a little wood this evening. Fair cool day.
Nov 29 The kids went to church this morning. Snowing hard all morning. All home this evening.
Nov 30 Nothing done this morning. I went to town this evening after lumber for new stable door. Cloudy cool day.
Dec 1 This morning I husked some corn. The ground is very soft. This evening I am working around the barn. Cloudy cool day.
Dec 2 Today Carson is husking corn. I husked til noon. I went to town this evening. Bill Boner is husking this evening. Pleasant day.
Dec 3 Today I am shredding corn. Paw and Carson and Boner, Stewart Euler and Velmore are helping. Broke down about 4 o'clock. Warmer threatening day.
Dec 4 Raining this morning and today the creek is out again tonight. I took Paw back to Seymour this evening.
Dec 5 Snowy cold and blustery day. I shod today and worked in the blacksmith shop all day.
Dec 6 The children went to church this morning. Cold blustery day.
Dec 7 Carson and I husked corn today. Cloudy cool day.
Dec 8 Same as yesterday. Cloudy cool.
Dec 9 Carson and I are husking corn today. Cloudy cool day.
Dec 10 Carson is husking today. I helped this morning. This evening I am repairing the shredder. Fair cool day.
Dec 11 Today we are shredding corn for George Horstman. Fair cool day.
Dec 12 Today we finished shredding for Horstman and moved home. Fair cool day.
Dec 13 The children went to church this morning. All home this evening. We all went to hear Rev. Dixon Lecture tonight at town. Fair cool day.
Dec 14 Bess and I went to town this morning. This evening I am husking corn. Fair cool day.
Dec 15 I am gathering corn today. Fair cool day.
Dec 16 Today I am shredding corn for Howard Childs. Cloudy cold day.
Dec 17 We are shredding corn here at home today. Fair cold day.
Dec 18 This morning we are shredding corn. This evening we are husking off stock. Ambrose Gerth and Edward Vogel are helping. Also Carson. Cloudy cold day.
Dec 19 Today the above crew are husking corn. The little boys are helping. I am thrashing buckwheat for Ed Stewart today. Fair warmer day.
Dec 20 The kids went to church this morning. All home this evening. Cloudy and little rain.
Dec 21 Today we finished husking stock corn. A. Gerth, E. Vogel, G. Carson, myself, Charles, Stewart all helped. Warm cloudy day.
Dec 22 Nothing done today. Snowing all day. Paw & Roy Nevel are here today. They came here yesterday. I took them back to Seymour this evening.
Dec 23 Nothing but chores done today. Cloudy cold day.
Dec 24 Nothing done today. We went to town this evening. Cold cloudy day.
Dec 25 Christmas Day. We went to 6 o'clock mass this morning. All home balance of day. Cloudy cold day.
Dec 26 Nothing done today. Cold blustery day.
Dec 27 Very cold day. We didn't go to church this morning. All home all day. Coldest day of the season, 6 below zero.
Dec 28 Nothing done. Another cold day. 4 below zero this morning. Cloudy day.
Dec 29 Another cold day. Zero this morning. Cloudy.
Dec 30 Same warmer today. The boys are cutting poles in Eddie's thicket. I hauled home a load this evening. Fair day.
Dec 31 This morning we hauled home poles for wood. This evening we sawed same for stove wood. Bess & Alice went to town this evening. Fair warmer day. Tonight Bess and I went to watch card party with John Denton's at town.
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