A FARMER'S DIARY by CHARLES HENRY CUSHMAN Submitted by Max B Cushman FEBRUARY 1896 01 Trimmed hedge fore non went to Annawan after noon nice day awful muddy 02 Sunday Mrs Rocky and Mrs Mumford were here thawed all day 03 Went to Annawan got some medicine for Jack Mrs Eyre and Billy were here Steve was here looking for Cow Snow all day 04 Took Mrs Mumford up to Pettitts sold five Horses to Martin he paid me five dollars down take the Horses next Monday C. Eyre and Albert was here Billy Eyre was here at night 05 Drove some of the Horses for exercise took sow to C. Kemerling got load of coal 25 bu at 5 cts per bu warm snow some and melted all day Cleared off at night 06 Went to Annawan drove Colt C. Eyer got willows F. Cushman here at night warm thawed 07 Trimmed Hedge C. Eyre here after willows warm thawed went to Rockys at night 08 Trimmed Hedge fore noon Took five Horses to Kewanee for D. Martin Jack went too Irve and Vesta were here C. Eyer hauled willows warm thawed 09 Sunday Wellington Shaw and family were here, Irve sent after the cutter, Morgan McChesney here at night,. nice day thawed 10 Trimmed Hedge fore non snowed and blew terrible in after noon 11 Went to Johnnie's Sale gave note for $82.00 on one year's time got team, Harness and Rake T. Knox and Jim and Ella came out and stayed all night 12 Went to Johnnies and bought a Hog weighed 280 lb bought a sow from Kemerling J.R. and Jim here. Snowed hard all day got Harness os Johnnie gave 35 for stud and 25 for mare 13 Went to Annawan Jim Tom Ella and Lydia went too Jim and Tom went to Johnny's I went down to Rockys to see how Jim was nice day 14 Took Tom and Jim to Kewanee drew money for horses Left one hundred Dollars in First National Bank Brought one hundred and twenty five home Brought a load of hay out to Fathers nice warm day thawed Paid Jack 50 Dollars and owe him just fifty more. Ella and jack went to Annawan to a dance 15 Hauled load of coal and paid for one load I got before went to Johnny's to buy some corn. Jack went to Annawan nice warm day Paid Johnny 13.20 for Hog 16 Sunday Cold and clear Myrtle was here Jack went Home 17 Trimmed hedge Jack went to Cambridge Ella went to stay all night with Mrs R cold south wind 18 Jack went to Kewanee and took Ella and Burr, wind and snow in after noon, big wind at night 19 Went to Annawan and Hay's Sale paid Tax 24.08 paid Barker 7.30 interest on note awful Cold 20 Went to Wellington Shaw's got jug of molases Jack went to Annawan with Arthur Spencer and brought his mare here to keep for him I lent Arthur Ten Dollars said he would be back about a week Clear Cold Day Mrs Rocky stopped here and sad John Rocky was just alive. I went down and got Gobler he weighed 16 lb. 21 Went to Kewanee ordered two plows and pulverizer for 54 dollars Lydia got dress took harness over to shop to fix Jack helped Johny shell corn Billy and his Mother went to Cambridge stopped here on their way thawed some Went down to Rockys with a dispatch from Jim in Chicago he wanted her to go up there. She borrowed Fifteen Dollars of me 22 Jack and I hauled six loads of corn for Johnie and brought two loads of ear corn home Commenced rain toward night 23 Sunday Welly Shaw was here It thawed the snow most all off Jack went home 24 We hauled Six loads of corn from Johnnies gave him one hundred dollar order on Bank in Kewanee W.Shaw brought Horse up to trade for Joe thawed fast 25 Hauled three loads of corn from Johnny's Jack hauled load of Hogs to Kewanee for C. Eyer thawed all day frost most out 26 Hauled corn all day from Johnny's Ed came and stayed all night 27 Finished hauling corn paid for 512 bu at 21 1/2 cts per bu Johnny and Steve helped haul some hedge posts down about 235 as near as we could tell thawing frost about all out promised Ed 5 bu potatoes 28 Trimmed Hedge went to dance in Annawan thawed Jim and Hal came as we were ready to go 29 Went to Annawan Johnny had a trial with Wilt Morgan and got beat I paid Wheelock Shaw 5.00 and I owe him $6.65 for thrashing Thawed some Paid Al Fitzkee 50 cents for supper last night.
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