| Thurs. Aug. 1, 1901 | Kleaned out the fence row & wove 2 or 3 rods of fence down to the Powell place. |
| Fri. Aug. 2, 1901 | Finished weaving fence down at the Powell place today. Prudy Hughs & Sade Wallace & Ant Sophia was over this afternoon. |
| Sat. Aug. 3, 1901 | 2 hands & team helped Bankses thrash in the afternoon. |
| Sun. Aug. 4, 1901 | At home all day. The girls was up to Sabbath School. |
| Mon. Aug. 5, 1901 | Helped Banks thrash. 2 hands & 1 team all day. |
| Tues. Aug. 6, 1901 | I thrashed today. 972 bu wheat & 426 bu oats. 120 bu of the wheat is Libs. 3 hands & 1 team from Widmyer all day. Widmyer got 4 bu of oats. Dr for same. $1.28 Paid E. Person for Beef. |
| Wed. Aug. 7, 1901 | I and Widmyer helped J. Harman thrash with 2 teams, one mine & 1 his, all day. We helped H. Brandy thrash his oats after night till 10 oclock. Elisha helped Fred Ringgenberg 1/2 day with team. Helped Hoffine till 12 oclock at night with team. |
| Thurs. Aug. 8, 1901 | Elisha & I helped F. Correll thrash with 2 teams all day. |
| Fri. Aug. 9, 1901 | Elisha & I helped Frank & Charley Meak thrash oats 1/2 day. Elisha & I helped Joseph Meak thrash in the after noon. |
| Sat. Aug. 10, 1901 | Very dry. Elisha & I fixed fence down to the Irvin farm all day. 3 of my stears was in his corn. |
| Sun. Aug. 11, 1901 | Dry & hot. We all went over to Millards. Ant Sophia, Ezra, Em & George Balor & wife, Alice Poland, Della Hahn was there. Ant Sophia came home with us. |
| Mon. Aug. 12, 1901 | Dry & hot. Fixing up the straw stack. I went down to the Irvin farm to see whether my cattle were all right. Came home. John Banks brought the Bailor up & helped bail straw from 3 oclock till night. H. Bowers had my hog rack borrowed today. He sold hogs. Got $6.50 per hund. |
| Tues. Aug. 13, 1901 | Bailing straw. John Blosser helped till noon. John Banks helped in the afternoon. Bailed 116 bails in all. Had some trouble with the bailer. |
| Wed. Aug. 14, 1901 | Went down and fixed the pump at Elishas in forenoon. Elisha & I helped S. Dawson thrash in the afternoon. |
| Thurs. Aug. 15, 1901 | We halled in straw all day. |
| Fri. Aug. 16, 1901 | Elisha & I went to the Irvin farm & fixed the fence between Rob & I and between Campbells & I in the forenoon. Elisha began plowing in the afternoon in the south field down to the Powell place. Paid Conrad $1.50 for setting buggy tire. Chapman for groserys 68 cts. |
| Sat. Aug. 17, 1901 | Elisha Miller went to warsaw today. I paid him $4 in cash & 6 bu of wheat. He took 4 sacks of wheat & one of corn for me. I went to Atwood in the afternoon. Got plow points repaired of E. Smith $2.34. E. Person 25 cts for beef. Makinley for overhalls & socks 40 cts. |
| Sun. Aug. 18, 1901 | Rained in the evening. At home till in the evening. Lib & I went down to the Irvin farm to see the cattle. We went over to Shans. |
| Mon. Aug. 19, 1901 | John & I commenced plowing in the ___ field. Mr. R. Ringgenberg was here to see me about getting seed wheat. He wanted 26 bu. Arther Ruff is getting ready to go home. I bought his Knife. Paid him 85 cts. |
| Tues. Aug. 20, 1901 | John plowed 1/2 day. Rainy in forenoon. We all went over to Corrells. They had a surprise on Elsa. My male hog was out with my shoats today. Thought Johns sow was in season. |
| Wed. Aug. 21, 1901 | I and the children took 24 head of my shoats down to Elishas. I fixed fence down there till noon. I went up to Huffines to see him about getting seed wheat of me. Elisha paid me for one bu of corn that he sold. He had taken it to mill & coudn't get it ground . Got 57 cts for it. Spent 40 cts for muslin for horse covers. |
| Thurs. Aug. 22, 1901 | Mild. Rained in the evening. John took Lib up to Halls to dry corn. Came home & him & I plowed till noon. He plowed in the after noon & I repaired harness. |
| Fri. Aug. 23, 1901 | John & Elisha plowed in the North East field. I chored in the fore noon. Went down to the Irvin farm & picked the pears about 2 1/2 bu. |
| Sat. Aug. 24, 1901 | Lib & I went down to the Irvin farm after pears. John& Elisha plowed. |
| Sun. Aug. 25, 1901 | At home all day. Went to church in evening. |
| Mon. Aug. 26, 1901 | Chored in the fore noon . J. Hall & wife were down after Apples. I went down to the Irvin farm with Corrells to pick Apples for Sider. |
| Tues. Aug. 27, 1901 | Went with Correll to Warsaw to the Sider mill. Made 140 gal. I paid 1.25 for a barrel. I paid .75 for Sithe Sneth (?) I paid .65 for plow points. I paid .95 for wheel for plow. |
| Wed. Aug. 28, 1901 | We made apple butter today. Paul & I went down & brought a sick stear from the marsh. Rob Wallace & wife stopped here a little while. |
| Thurs. Aug. 29, 1901 | Paul & I took 2 maile sheep & 1 wether down to Elishas. Doctored the stear. No better. |
| Fri. Aug. 30, 1901 | Cool. Doctored the stear. No better. Ground my bresh sithe. Mowed some fence corners between Crab & I. |
| Sat. Aug. 31, 1901 | I mowed fence corners between Crabs & me. Finished. The stear is no better. |