Tracie's Treasures

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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Farm Diary: April 1925

April

1  Wednesday Disced all day

2  Thursday Harrowed and got seed wheat at Carvers

3  Friday Fixed drill started sowing wheat in PM

4  Saturday Finished sowing wheat to PR in PM  Francis and Vern here brought their Radio in eve

5  Sunday Home all day  to church in eve

6  Monday Disced cultivated quack grass in AM for oats Cleaned hen house changed roosts

7  Tuesday Disced

8  Wednesday Disced

9  Thurswday Disced

10 Friday Finished discing done odd jobs

11 Saturday AM plowed up alfalfa to PR in PM

12 Sunday Easter went along roadside to pick Easter flowers to church in eve

13 Monday Plowed in AM Harrowed in PM

14 Tuesday Harrowed in AM cleaned oats in PM

15 Wednesday  Worked on drill got ready to seed oats started seeding oats in PM

16 Thursday Sowed oats

17 Friday Finished seeding oats  roled up some in PM

18 Saturday Dehorned calves Trimmed Paggies feet hauled manure and pulled fence posts and hauled them in

19 Sunday Home went to chick hatchery and also to Riplies and purchased two setings of eggs

20 Monday Helped paper kitchen took Oats to Osage for grinding took calves to ship to PR to play at Osage in eve

21  Tuesday Worked on road

22  Wednesday Finished road hauled in a load of hay hauled a load of wood to McKinleys after pig crate put sow in barn

23 Thursday Helped paper in big room Lydia here plowed fence row heard Dr Webber lecture at Osage

24 Friday Dug out trees to PR to hear Dr Webber litter of 8 piggy

25 Saturday  Hauled manure in AM to PR in PM

26 Home went fishing set out some trees

27 Monday Hauled hay hauled manure took sleigh apart and put them in shed To Poultry meeting in PR in eve

28 Tuesday Rained and snowed all day to town meeting

29 Wednesday Put up birdhouse helped wash set out trees plowed piece south of garden

30 Thursday Plowed little piece south of barn and hauled some manure

Farm Diary: March 1925

March

1   Sunday Stormy Ronald Birthday

2  Monday Hauled wood and hay for Sextons hauled a load of wood for myself

3  Tuesday Hauled wood

4 Wednesday  Cut and hauled wood loaded a load of hay

5  Thursday Sawed wood for myself

6  Friday  Helped Sexton saw in AM  Ground feed for me in the PM Took rig home in eve

7  Saturday Chored and put on auto  licens unloaded hay to PR in PM Took two roosters Fred Browaaisen here in eve

8  Sunday  Visited Took Fred back in PM to church in eve

9 Monday Helped clean house remodel room upstairs very icy and  rainy

10  Tuesday  Town election served on board

11 Wednesday  help Mrs put on paper chored

12 Thursday  Cut posts and chored hauled hay home

13 Friday Put on axe handle hauled hay

14 Saturday  Chored in AM to Osage in PM Thresa went to Mr Lymburner funeral  Orville  back here to chore

15 Sunday Dads here went to Detroit to serve on jury

16 Monday  On jury continuing till

21 Saturday  Home at noon  hauled in a load of bedding

22 Sunday Home at noon

23 Monday  Detroit on jury continuing till

28 Saturday Home about 4 o’clock split some wood

29 Sunday Home Mrs Sexton and Colgrove here

30 Monday Back on jury

31 Tuesday Got excused and came home at noon started cultivating quack and discing in PM