Farm Diary: August 1923

August
1 Wednesday Finished cutting and shocking shot crows mowed fence rows
2  Thursday Started on barn cellar Dads here in eve with new Ford
3  Friday  Worked on barn cellar
4  Saturday Finished working on cellar PD at Wolf Lake
5  Sunday F Beck came after Ruth went to Marshals in PM
6  Monday Fived washer machine moved pile of lumber and cleared place to stack grain
7  Tuesday Got ready to stack grain in PM  Mr Sexton helped
8  Wednesday  Turned shocks in AM stacked in PM
9  Thursday  Tool Mrs Will Overman to Crafts
10 Friday Turned shocks AM Stacked in PM
11 Saturday Finished stacking hauled some lumberto start barn with
12 Sunday To Osage to church in PM  sang in choir in eve
13 Monday Had a party on Marvin made out order for roofing and siding for barn
14 Tuesday
15 Wednesday
16 Thursday Grubed
17 Friday Grubed
18 Saturday Grubed Dads Lydia Cliff  Jennieve here PD at Wolf Lake in eve
19 Sunday Frank Ruth Rubin and Fred here for breakfast Hazel and Jim here in PM
20 Monday Found Juddie mired took cows to market in PM
21 Tuesday Took wagon home To see Harold and Sartin  about corn binder Vernon Pratt had Kline pull him out of ditch homs? Green here after spreader
22 Wednesday Took cream got Robinson corn binder took it to Prices got repair
23 Thursday  Put binder together started cutting grain Carpenters started barn
24 Friday Cut corn all day  finished field corn found Juddie mired again joe Chas and Mr Sexton  helped get him out
25 Saturday  Shocked grain Vernon helped a little in PM rained John and Anna Young here for supper
26 Sunday Thresa and her folks went on picnic to state park Maggie and Herman came in eve
27 Monday  Hauled lumber for carpenters Herman helped
28 Tuesday Hauled lumber for carpenters Herman helped
29 Wednesday  Hauled lumber for barn  picked up some corn
30 Thursday Hauled some lumber Herman and Maggie went to PR Herman came back in eve
31 Friday Herman worked in barn I hauled lumber