Archive for the ‘Crops & Cultivation’ Category

September 20, 1935: Carls birthday Florence out to supper

ITM cut 5 rows corn with binder had chain break 3 times. Cooper took cut 3 more rows then cut some S Hoyts. I helped fill silo in PM at R Tripps 3 1/2 hrs. Carls birthday Florence out to supper. I got 20% feed 8.83, 100 chicken laying mash 2.20.

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September 19, 1935: helped fill solo R Tripp 7 hrs

ITM. I helped fill solo R Tripp 7 hrs. rained 4PM. R draging for wheat.

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September 18, 1935: sold 1300 lbs wheat 16.20

ITM got 900 16% fer 702, 90 lbs 20% feed 1.35. sold 1300 lbs wheat 16.20. took 7 bags wheat to GLF got cleaned for seed. R spread corn for cows, drew load manure, draged til noon. PM we finished seting & tying our corn. Mixed 500-10-20-10 +16% fer for wheat. Turned cows east of [...]

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September 17, 1935: had 2 men team Depew, 1 man team Grant

Tucker took milk for me. We filled silo here, used Hoyts tractor, Donivons cutter, took 7hrs. I had 2 men team Depew, 1 man team Grant, 2 men team Hoyts, 2 men team H Tripp, 1 man R Tripp, O Tucker, Carl Raymond & I. got silo full, had 1 load left in lot 68 [...]

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September 16, 1935: We cut 68 rows

ITM got 3 balls twine. Hoyts filling silo. I cut 22 rows corn at Hoyts. H Tripp sent man & team to Hoyts for me, R Tripps man came in PM with 3 horses & binder. We cut 68 rows. Raymond helped in silo.

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Sptember 15, 1935: Charles & Raymond went got both a pair of shoes

ITM Charles & Raymond went got both a pair of shoes & gro at Max. We made cream. I cut two rows through corn. Lee & Cliford out to Carl’s.

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September 14, 1935: made horse for shucking corn

TTM I made horse for shucking corn & took up to east end of sweet corn, fed cows corn in lot, went to H Tripp filing silo 8hrs. boys set up nearly all of sweet corn. Cooper took our team cut corn at Hoyts. L Hoyt drilling wheat.

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September 13, 1935: cut sixteen rows sweet corn

TTM L Hoyt & I went see S Donovan, he is going to bring over ensilige cutter over & set up, use Hoyts tractor, fill at Hoyts Mon & than here. R & I got binder ready to cut. PM We cut sixteen rows sweet corn on south side of lot.

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September 12, 1935: R scrubed & draged lumpey spots

TTM I helped H Tripp fill silo 8hr. R scrubed & draged lumpey spots & rolled all wheat ground & fed cows in lot.

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September 11, 1935: Joe Godfrey here to supper

TTM I helped H Tripp fill silo 8hr. R draged wheat ground. Joe Godfrey here to supper.

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