A FARMER'S DIARY by CHARLES HENRY CUSHMAN Submitted by Max B Cushman October thru December 1901 OCTOBER 1901 01 Lydia went to Dexter I turned Clover nice day 02 Hulled Clover nice day Wetrich hauled some here and Darby hauled some too nice day I paid Harry 11.50 for Thrashing 03 Dug potatoes nice day 04 Went to Earlham to Train Show nice day 05 Dug potatoes nice day 06 Sunday Went to Bosleys nice Cool day Cloudy at night 07 Picked Apples and finished digging Potatoes nice daye 08 Picked Apples and hauled Manure Paid S. Neal $50.00 on the $90.00 note I owe him nice day Cool 09 Helped Nellis Thrash all day I paid Mr White for Pony he owes me 50 cts nice day Overhouser here at night 10 Helped Wetrich 1/2 day rained after noon 11 Fixed fence and hauled manure big rain all last night Mr Witrich here we
settled up and I owed him 12 Hauled manure Lydia and Burr went to town sleeted some 13 Sunday I put potatoes in Cellar Lydia went to Lakes nice Cool 14 Hauled manure nice day 15 Hauled manure nice day spent evening at Wetrichs 16 Hauled manure nice cool day 17 Hauled manure went to Dexter nice day 18 Hauled Manure Lydia went to Stuart nice day 19 Chopped wood went to Earlham got scoop board paid 1.75 for it nice day 20 Sunday nice day Bosleys Girls here we went to Wetrichs after noon 21 Went to Earlham and got Aunt Mary Mumford nice day 22 Mont and Clara came up and Mont and I went to Junkins Sale I bought 8 Heifers, two two years old for 34 apiece and one two year old for 30 and five yearlings at 23 per head gave note for $213.00 on years time Mont signed with me, nice day Paid F. Junkin 9.00 for Hay 23 Husked 4 rows of Corn in the piece Steel farmed and got 12 bu took Aunt Mary to Dexter afternoon, Johnson went with us nice day 24 Husked 48 bu Corn in Steel Corn nice day 25 Husked 48 bu Corn in Steel Corn nice day went to Athertons at night 26 Husked 48 bu Corn in Steel Corn nice day 27 Sunday Nice day Wetrich here 28 Rained in fore noon picked Corn after noon 29 Finished Steels piece of Corn fore noon, Mr Mabert here to sell me some recorded Cattle, nice day 30 Went to Mr Emerts Sale bought 7 Cows and gave note for $190.00 to be paid at Dexter Bank in one year nice day windy paid S Neal $1.57 cash road tax 31 Husked Corn in after noon in Mr Nelis Corn, Husked 25 bu nice day, Nelis husked 15 rows and I husked 10 NOVEMBER 1901 01 Husked Corn in Nellis, 50 bu nice day, Nellis husked 30 rows and I husked 20 02 Husked Corn in Nellis they husked 36 rows and I husked 24 rows or 50 bu nice Cool day Lydia went do visit School at No 8 03 Sunday Big Snow two in. last night snow melting nice clear day 04 Went to Dexter got an outfit of shoes for winter chilly day 05 Cut willows and went to Penn Center and voted, Nellis came and got a pig that I shut up nice day 06 Hauled dry wood fore noon and husked 8 rows of Corn after noon Mr Piatt here and bought a lumber cut out of 10 different trees and paid me 5.00 for them we marked the trees with X nice day 07 Husked 8 rows of Nellis they husked 34 rows and there are 10 ahead went to Wetrich Sale nice day 08 Husked Corn nice day 09 Finished Husking nice day 10 Sunday Cloudy and Cool 11 Went to Earlham twice Mrs Mumford came from Doctor S.Neal put Mare and Colt in pasture husked some Corn nice day Cloudy 12 Nice day Sheriff tok mare I Snapped Corn Roy Nellis husked on west 40 Charley White here evening 13 Husked Corn, Roy husked nice day Lydia and her Mother went Dexter heard Aunt Mintie was Dead she Died Nov. 2nd 14 Husked Roy Husked Mrs Lake here nice day 15 Husked Roy Husked til noon nice day 16 I chopped wood fore noon and Husked after noon Burr went to Oyster supper at No 8 Johnson here in evening nice day 17 Sunday nice day We all went to Monts 18 I husked Corn all day sold what Corn I have to spare to Marion Flemming for 51 cents I am to deliver it any time after Jan 1st 19 Husked Corn Burr went to Earlham Mr Wetrich here in evening nice day 20 Husked nice day 21 Husked nice day Nellis 1/2 day 22 Husked nice day Nellis 1/2 day 23 Husked nice day I went to Oyster Supper at No. 8 24 Sunday Nice day folks went to Lakes Mr Lake was here 25 Husked all day nice day 26 Husked Neal Husked Pel Cline here and we marked some logs that he is to give 50 cts apiece, Neal is to take 6 trees in the yard, Pel said Cox is coming here to set his saw nice day got one gal mollases of Wetrich 27 Finished Husking went to Earlham got bl of Salt nice day 28 Worked on Ice Pond nice day 29 Went to Distons and around a little with C. Fisher nice day worked on Pond C.E.Knox came John Neff worked on Pond 30 Worked on Pond all day S.Neal too Went to Ed Scars and rented his 80 acre farm for $3.25 per acre then went to Pel Clines to a Dance C.Fisher Lydia and I, nice day DECEMBER 1901 01 Sunday Nice day all stayed at Home 02 website note: no entry found for this date in file received 03 Witrich Neal McConcey Fisher and I worked on Pond nice day Took Hog to town went to Scars and then killed Hog nice da 04 Went to Dexter nice day 05 Fisher and Mrs Mumford went Home Jack came Fruit agents here and stayed all night nice day 06 Jack and I went to Earlham after trunk, nice day. Pel here to work on trees 07 Hauled fodder and worked on trees. Pel here and worked on trees Eppard here to buy some trees Pel and I went to Coxes to see about sawing nice day turned Cold at night and snowed some 08 Sunday nice day, Cool, sun shone Cox and Wetrich here 09 Trimmed trees fixed pig pen Cowden here and bought some willows at 50 cts a load 12 ft long and 4 high Fett bought some willows same as Cowden, nice da 10 Snowed most of day cut some of Piatts trees 11 Cut Trees fore noon went to Grahams Sale after noon and then to Dexter got Saw set and sharpened, got some things at Downys paid for them nice day Pells hauled some logs down to saw John Cowden got load of Willows he is to give 50 cts per load 12 Jack and I cut and sawed logs all day, Pells hauled logs Rosenberger here to buy logs. Mr Myers here and bought 10 of my Shoats at 4.50 per hundred, C.Thompson here with man to see Bulls. John Cowden got load of willows from west line misty and sleety all day 13 Chopped wood forenoon Eb.Lee here and got load of wood for Millsap paid me 50 cts for it Jack and I took 10 Shoats to Mr Myers they weighed Eleven hundred and twenty lbs at 4.50 per hundred amount $50.40 M.C.Konkey here to get some wood Cold north wind 14 Chopped stove wood, tied Bulls in Barn, Cold day 15 Sunday Lydia went to McKonkeys Lakes Boys here nice day 16 Chopped Cool day Epper here and marked trees 17 Chopped some Lydia Jack and Boys went to Dexter nice day Man buried at Penn Center 18 Chopped wood, Pete Schlarb got 4 loads of wood he is to pay 50 cts per load nice day spit some snow Lydia went to Lakes to the Ladys Aid 19 Chopped all day Pete hauled 4 loads wood, nice day 20 McConkey got load of wood I let him have it for his Boys work on pond he spoke for Trees east of House. Pete and George hauled 4 loads of wood nice day -147- 21 Jack hauled load of Hogs for Stanley we chopped Rose Berg got load of wood nice day Man got Evergreen branches Pete got 2 loads of wood makes 14 loads for Pete 22 Sunday We all went to Monts nice day, sleighing fine snow about two inches deep Lydia went to Church in evening. Schlarb here and bought Lady Rose for $10.00 23 Schlarb and Monts here and got 4 loads of wood, Wonts paid me $3.00 for 6 loads and Schlarb gave a check for $16.00 $10.00 for Cow and 6 for 12 loads of wood, a man living East of here bought what wood there is in north Cow yard and paid me $3.00 for it he hauled two loads today Lydia and Jack went to Dexter Burr drove the Cow to John Wetrichs nice warm day Sleighing went today 24 Worked on logs Pel piled some logs, warm thawed snow Burr went to Dexter, young Nellis here for Evergreens to make Christmas Tree 25 Christmas We chopped fore noon Jack and I went to Earlham I got ax and Coffee Pot Lydia went to Witrich nice warm day McConkey paid me 5.00 for 5 trees 26 Worked in wood fore noon tinkered around after noon went to Stanleys at night man stayed all night nice day 27 Worked in wood all day Jack helped Witrich saw wood after noon, nice day Pel here John Piatt here for wood 28 Helped Stanley Saw wood all day snowed last night Millsap got a 50 cts load of wood and paid for it Jack cut willows nice day 29 Sunday Wetrich here nice day 30 Wood sawers came and sawed all day. I paid them $6.00 Witrich, Neal, Stanley McConkey Jack and I sawed nice day, Millsap Piatt and McGree here 31 Jack and I went to Dexter forenoon got some Groceries at Downeys and paid for them we went to Pitzer and got old Dick paid Mrs Banker 50 cts for feed, nice day thawed some John Piatt paid me $5.00 for wood Millsap moved in Lees House McConkey hauled some wood from in the road
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