Thursday May 12th

Frank has worked all day on the land and this after noon Dad. took Billy & Harry out and worked with him I set out the narcissus bulbs we got last night and when I got started I spent the remainder of the fore noon working at the flower border, dug up around some of the plants where it was very hard and planted some gladioli. Rus. Lampkins came down this morning and he & Dad. were all morning putting the new head on the pump at the house. Rus was here to dinner. This after noon I set three more hens and then went and cleaned the ditches in the corn stubble. To-night I went down to the Sunday school meeting and to band practice. Marj. had a cold so stayed home. Cold wind, threatening rain.

Friday May 13th

Dad. and Frank worked on the land this morning and Dad disked all the after noon. They are getting the big field in pretty fair shape. Frank put the little team on Jack's spring tooth this morning but didn't keep them at it very long. It was pretty heavy for them. I sowed the clover seed on the corn stubble this morning and Frank harrowed it in with out crossing the ditches that I cleaned out. He left a couple of places in the field across the ditches with out harrowing to see if there would be any difference in the catch, some claim that harrowing covers the seed too deeply. This after noon Frank and I cleaned up oats enough to sow the big field. We got Marj. to come out to the barn and mend bags for us, much to her annoyance as she wanted to make garments for the heathen. Enah & Tid. went down town. Frank went out at five and took the team and Dad. brought the cows up. It has looked very rainy all day but it didn't.

Saturday May 14th