July 1910

they began to Plow in Meadow AM W. fine heavy rain Early this evening some thunder it rained quite hard at times fine & Cool PM

Sunday 17 I & Nancy went to Flavius to dinner Henry brought Susanna home AM then J brought her to Flavius & they staid for dinner too W. very fine & Cool A was there for dinner too JH Ramer's & Caroline Lehman Came to stay all night

18 Boys Plowed in Meadow they helped to wash & Churn butter after supper W. a very fine day Cool Breeze

19 Boys Plowed AM they began to Cut Wheat PM it is a very good crop by appearance Mary & her hired girl & all the Children were here today Picking raspberries in our garden Hermans Harvey & CArl were here to dinner W. a very fine day warm sun but nice air

20 Boys finished cutting & shocking wheat Elias helped to shock W. very fine warm

21 Boys Plowed I took Butter & Eggs to Ceder Grove 10 doz Eggs 19cts 16 lbs Butter 18c ts Mary & & her children & hired girl were here Picking Berries & Herman's were here to dinner W. rather Cloudy slight shower at noon thunder in the south west this evening

22 Boys plowed AM they cut the Barley south of bush PM I went to Ceder Grove after dinner then I & Nancy went to see Aunt Lizzie Burkholder awhile PM W. pretty heavy thunder & fine shower of rain last night warm today Cloudy

23 Boys Plowed then they Cut Barley on the Knoll W. warm Cloudy

Sunday 24 we started to go to Benj'ns we went too Benj'n Came PM W. quite warm

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July 1910

a very fine & heavy shower about 5 oclock a good & soaking rain some thunder

25 A set up wheat shocks & helped us wash after 3 PM J harrowed the sod W. Clear a strong NW wind warm A went to Markham after supper for some Wire fence

26 Boys laid down the Barley shocks south of bush & drew in one load of Wheat AM Benj'n & his 2 men with team & they drew in 6 loads of Wheat & 5 of Barley off the Knoll PM W. warm sun & Cool Breeze a few drops of rain PM but Clear again

27 Benj'n & 2 Men & team helped draw in AM they drew in 3 big loads barley south of bush & 6 loads of Wheat till noon then they went to Benj'n & drew in Peas till after 2 PM when a storm of rain & hail stopped them there was some heavy thunder the old James Lawson barn on 3rd Con Pickering was burned there was heavy hail here but no damage

28 A helped Benj'n draw dung AM they all came down PM & drew in 12 loads Wheat Saml Brownsberger & Lizzie were here to dinner Br inlaw Enos's Called PM W. fine Cler warm sun cool Air

29 they drew in last of Our Wheat loads making 30 loads off 12 acres then they all went to Benj'ns & drew in till a shower stopped them about 1/2 past 4 PM distant thunder nice little shower

30 Boys helped Benj'n draw in Wheat W. very fine cler Cool NW wind

Sunday 31 all went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by C Burkholder sermon on St John part of 3 C by C Gayman Hermans Harvey Russell & Lewis Grove were here to dinner W. a very lovely day Cool air from North

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