March th/28 {SL/354 in pencil in different hand} 1903

(28) Went down to Filips and got my old pig and prooned apple trees a fine day

(29) Sunday a cold north wind we went up to church and to Dady toffs

(30) Went to kings town with a load of wood Dady snider and mother were down and i onder for a Binder an mower and a rake

(31) Cut fence poasts and halled peaces of rails it was a fine day for the last of March

(1) April the first planted fence poasts a long the road and fixed the hogpen and cut apple trees Alice went to Oxley and Grace to Kingsville 526

2 April th/2 1903

(2) {Rrine?} water furrows and Did the chors and went up to Mister Wrights it rained in the morning but a fine after noon

(3) A north east sow storm i put away the cutter and worked in the shop I ord {olch} sod oats on the second of April

(4) I did the chores and worked in the shop and piled up what i did yester the snow is a about gon

(5) Went up to the baptest in the morning and stoped at John Arners for diners and went to kings town in the evening

3 April th/6 1903

(6) I helped wash and opend some furrows in the forenoon and filed Roscoes buck saw and prooned trees in the after noon it is raining to night

(7) We prooned trees and burnt the brush the mud was so sticky i thought i would loose my boots

(8) I went out and helped plant the apple trees and peach trees and helped put the wire on the road fence

(9) We finished the fence and put in the tile and Gordia and Roscoe went fishing

(10) We cut wood in the orcherd and maid a hog trough and went back to the orcherd and dug a ditch and helped John load oats that is all

April 19, 1903

A fine Sunday. Rob and I went to the lake and chased a bumble bee. We went up to Church. It was a fine day.

(20)I helped Alice wash in the morning and made some hen nests and after dinner went out to the orchard and harrowed the stubble and came back. A fine day again.

(21)I helped Mister Loot move his house and Roscoe hauled golddust and plowed for oats.

(22) I went and got punch. Ridy was sick this morning. I plowed in the afternoon. It snowed last night.

23 We plowed for oats out back and Roscoe went to town and I went to Sladons and cleaned oats for seed. It was a fine day.

April 24, 1903

We put in our first oats to-day. It was fine in the forenoon but it rained all afternoon and still rains.

(25) We went to the bush and cut posts to fix the road bridge and I went out to mill and helped with the bridge. A fine day.

(26) We went up to church and when we got home Will and Serina was here. It was a fine day (Sunday).

(27) We plowed and sowed oats here in the field by the lake. A fine day. I am so tired my feet won’t track to-night. O dear. (28) We finished the field here by the lake. We got it sowed and the furrow cleaned and we finished the bridge at the road. Roscoe got a pig from me to-night. It weighed 74 pounds. $5.56

May 22nd 1903

Rosco plowed and I scattered golddust We had a fine rain

(23) Rosco finished plowing the right acre field for corn it looks a lot like rain to night I helped Harry plant corn

24 Sunday We went up to church in the afternoon

(25) We disked all day I went up and got Dot towards planter for to morrow—

(26) We disked and harrowed and planted corn Solon Sher and Dr Baker was here to day Daddy tel came after the root drill

May 27 We planted corn and I should watch in the morning we plowed and scattered golddust we had a big wind and rain it blew down fence and a lot of trees

May 28th 1903

(28) We fixed up what the wind did in the morning and Rosco plowed in the afternoon

(29) I helped with the lain fence it blew down and spread gold dust Bud and Harry helped me with it Rosco plowed and planted

30 I spread golddust Rosco plowed and planted corn and Grodia plowed and harrowed We went up to Dady snyders for dinner and went out to church

May 31 We went up to Dady snyders for dinner and went out to church

June the first 1903 I replanted corn in the harrow field and Rosco plowed it rained after dinner

(2) We took the cactus trees out of Tules field Rosco plowed after noon

June the 3rd 1903

We finished planting corn to day and aint I glad

4 I roled and Rosco did a little of every thing and not much of anything and Ruben corner sods one field to day for me

5 We plowed the little orchard and put in sum potatoes and I plowed my beet patch and went to the corn

6 I planted my beets we had a fine rain. Ruby went up home

7 We went down to stations for diner then out to church at California

8 I cut posts for the line fence Dick helped me I plowed corn for the first

9 I plowed corn between showers and a number of other thing

June the 10 1903

I went to town with a load of oats and got my mower and rake and did a number of other things too numerous to mention

11 I harrowed corn and plowed corn I thought I would freeze. Old Doll has a lump on her sholder as big as a bag of oats

12 I helped with the line fence all day near west of the bildings

13 I did a little of every thing and aint much of anything for it rained all day

14 Sunday We went up to Dady’s for dinner and up to church

15 I went up to Dady Snyders and got a rake and helped corn in the afternoon. Doll felt bad to day

June the 15 — 1903

July the 10 1903

10 I cut grass for Rube and cut the weeds along the road and helped put the binder up and went to bed and

11 We howed beets and I went up to Dady Squires and got my red pig and we fixed the fence along the west lain Cordia and Pinch was down to night

12 I plowed corn it rained Cordia cut wheat and Roscoe helped him

13 I plowed corn and took the lumber to the bush for the shanty Edie Seratch was up to day

14 I went and cut Humphrys wheat and eught others for it

15 I plowed corn and we are a going to Obley to night I got my hat on ready to go So good by

July the 16 1903

16 I plowed corn in the morning and we helped Cordia draw his wheat to day

17 Ruby and I went to Harrow in the after noon we had a big rain last night the wind blew the oats and corn down

18 We plaid in the forenoon and went up to Obley to church in the afternoon

20 I hoed in the garden and went to town it rained all afternoon

21 I put the rake away and took the rack of the wagon and maid a single tree and went down to Roscoes and did some work in the barn and went over to Rubs and went and got the horses ready for morning and I gess that is all

22 We went and got my logs cut Toms and Daddys were down to day

August 20, 1903

I went to town with chop. It was a fine day. I started to plow for wheat.

21 We plowed all day. We got along fine — better than I expected.

22 We plowed all day. It was hot and dry and hard and the flies is so bad and the bumblebees are worse and dear me I S S S

23 We went up to church. It was a fine day. Rev. Mister Long preached.

24 We cut some posts for some new fence out the lawn and I put one in. It is so wet I can’t plow for wheat.

25 I plowed a little and rolled a little and had the summer complaint a little and we went up to Eolie Ilers a little while to-night.

August 26, 1903

26 We disked in the morning and drawed gold dust in the afternoon.

27 We drawed two loads of manure and it rained the rest of the day.

28 I did the chores. It rained all day and is raining yet. The water is standing every place.

29 I went to town this morning and got wire for the rain fence and did chores this afternoon.

30 We went up to Daddy Sniders for dinner and we went out to church.

31 We went up to Daddy Zufflemers and helped thrash to-day.