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March 7, 1936: took 2 doz eggs Anna

ITM got part for water bucket 50 at Atkins, took 2 doz eggs Anna .68. drew 3 loads manure. got load rails southeast lot. Joe came out.

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March 6, 1936: Charles gone to play with L Hoyt

ITM got pay for wheat 75.39 & settled up to date at GLT. Pf light bill $4.06, stoped at Dick Burger changed tires. I mixed up 800 cow feed. Carl & Lester came to grind eat dinner in the house, ground up 3600 $4.32. Put planks on bull pen. I tied up grist put in [...]

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March 4, 1936: warm to day south wind temp 43 at noon

ITM went up to Tuckers got his. went in Cherry St got 200 16% Fer 160. took radiator down to. drew out manure. R & I shelled 8 bu corn. PM we baged up 40 bags wheat than went to Auburn traded 3 tires in for tire for truck. been warm to day south wind [...]

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March 2, 1936: Went to Marguerite’s got washing machine

TTM. drew out load manure. R & I sorted 15 1/2 bu potatoes Maxwell. PM we took potatoes down. Went to Marguerite’s got washing machine.

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December 26, 1935: we stayed in house played cards

ITM. I bought Hoyts 500 24% feed. I bought radiator & put it on at Dick’s Burgers. R&I drew load manure. PM we stayed in house played cards. Hunter brought over cow & took old Ger.

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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 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 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 10, 1935: went to GLF meeting at Auburn got home 1145 PM

TTM he took 10 bags wheat to GLF for me to be cleaned for wheat. I went out west of Auburn to get 3 knives for corn binder $1.90. Stoped at GLF & they mixed cracked corn with wheat (seed no good). going to sell wheat to them. PM I went & helped H Tripp [...]

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