July 1912

16 Boys hoed Corn J took cream this morning & took some chop after dinner Old Saml G Reesor & wife & Herman's Called after supper W. very fine cool & Clear today Dr Called to see Nancy she is doing very well

17 I went to Murisons for Butter & to Davids for Flour this morning Boys hoed & scuffled Corn Henry's were here to dinner Boys brought a load of hay from Benj'ns Ed Lewis & H Hibbert were here to dinner W. very fine Cler

18 Boys hoed Corn rain stopped them a slight shower about 3 PM a fine rain about supper time Cooler warm AM

19 Benj'n helped J Plow south of barn the Clover stubble A hoed Corn A Plowed PM & J hoed W. very fine & Cool Cler I took 6 1/2 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove AM Alma Frank & Ada Barkey were here to dinner

20 Boys Rolled sod below bush A hoed Corn W. rather Cloudy Cool

Sunday 21 at home Amelia Ernie Carl & Eva were here to dinner Elias's were here all PM Benj'n & Family were here after supper Joes were here to supper W. fine heavy rain this Morning Clearned up PM not so warm

22 Benj'ns man helped Plow sod on Knoll J Plowed too A Plowed AM he helped Herman's PM at hay W. fine & Cool

23 A hoed Corn Hermans Harvey helped till after dinner J finished Plowing Knoll W. rather cloudy cool Frank Grove was here to supper

24 J harrowed sod A hoed & Paris Greened Potatoes W. East wind warm

25 Boys hoed second time in Mangels I & Nancy were to Henrys to dinner W. mostly Cloudy slight shower this evening about sundown

26 Boys finished hoeing the mangels W. Clear Cool towards evening

27 J & A cut the wheat in field behind barn they finished about 5 oc a very fine Crop A shocked it I went to Murisons for Butter & to Ceder Grove for Twine AM W. a very very fine Cler Cool day Most beautiful

Sunday 28 all went to Meeting at Hebron remarks by C Burkholder sermon on St Mat part of 24 C by C Gayman Joseph Groves Joseph Boyers Willis & Ada were here to dinner Jacob & Anne Diller were here to supper W. quite warm but fine Breeze mostly cloudy looks like rain.

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July Aug 1912

29 A was at Hermans J Cultivated sod & scuffled Potatoes I went to Elias's PM W. warm sun cool Breeze Teenie Stover was here to supper

30 drew dung on Knoll with 3 teams Benj'ns man helped with team Ernie helped to fill W. very fine & Cool about a dozen cut the weeds in graveyard after supper

31 the {illegible} finished drawing dung AM Benj'ns man spread dung PM A went to J Larkins barn raising PM J put Paris Green on Potatoes PM Hermans Came PM for Raspberries PM W. fine Cloudy at times Cool

August 1 J cultivated Corn A hoed Potatoes AM they drew in 6 loads Wheat & I took 8 1/2 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove @ 23 cts PM W. a little distant thunder PM Cloudy Cool air from East

2 Benj'n & his man Came & they in loads wheat {illegible} then there Came a drizzly cool rain they had to quit drawing A Disked sod below bush J is sick we Called Dr Dale last night about midnight he said there were symptoms of Inflammation has bad pain in his {illegible} has sick spells in his stomach W. rather Cool Cloudy

3 A finished Disking Sod on Knoll AM J took some chop to Davids he is not well yet he went to Dr Dale PM A & Benj'ns Man & Wilfred drew in last of wheat PM 5 loads W. Cler Cool Herman & Ernie & Carl Called this eveing Anne was here awhile too

Sunday 4 at home all day nobody here W. Cloudy awhile this morning Clear a little Cool today J is not very well yet but he is up & around

5 A helped Benj'n draw in Wheat all day J went to W Shanks to buy some Pigs he bought 11 3 or 4 month old @ $3.00 each he went to Davids to dinner he is getting better slowly Mary was here today Picking Raspberries w. fine Cler Cool

6 Boys cut & shocked field barley north of Meeting house I went down to Murisons for Butter AM W. fine Cool Clear Flavius Fanny Amelia & Eva were here all PM A took cream this morning

7 Boys drew home stove wood out of bush AM they Plowed in Creek East of Orchard PM W rather Cool partly Cloudy

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