Sat. Oct. 7, 1899: Ther. warm. Wea. very windy We finished Hutchisons job, then set at Bro. Westrings did’nt work on account of wind. Sunday 8: Ther. cool Wea. clear I went to Conjoint mutual in evening. Monday 9: Ther. cool, Wea. cloudy windy...
Tues. Oct 10, 1899: Ther. cold, Wea. windy, threatening I had no job for today so spent the day around town. We went to Deseret and set the machine at Jacob Barren’s. Wednesday 11: Ther. cold. Wea. rained last night. we went back to Hinckley...
Mon. Oct. 16, 1899: Ther. warmer., Wea. light clouds We went over to J. Ides this after noon. I went to Oasis three miles north of where we were camping and saw Uncle M.E. Gifford. going on a mission Tuesday 17: Ther. warmer, Wea. cloudy We...
Thurs. Oct. 19, 1899: Ther. warm. Wea. high wind, partly cloudy We finished thrashing the seed 92 bu. in all and thrashed 26 bu. of oats fore noon. thrashed 215 bu. of wheat after noon Friday 20: Ther. warm, Wea. windy, nearly clear We moved to...
Wed. Oct. 25, 1899: Ther. cool., Wea. cloudy. I helped Robt. Scott thrash 218 bu. of oats & 142 bu. wheat. he employed the aldridge steam thresher. Thursday 26: Ther. warmer Wea. clear. Finished R. Scott’s threshing he had Oats 218 bu. wheat 198...
Sat. Oct 28, 1899: Ther. warm. Wea. cloudy., We finished Bp. Pratt’s threshing he had 87 bu. then we threshed John Pratt’s seed 23 ½ bu. I started to work on Z.T. Draper’s seller. Sunday 29: Ther. warm. Wea. clear I went out to Church Farm...
SUMMARY OF YEAR 1898
Following the last daily entry, Dec. 31, 1898, there are many pages of miscellaneous information. There are two pages of index wherein he lists mostly dates of leaving home, leaving the ranch, returning home, etc. He even...
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SUMMARY OF YEAR 1898
Following the last daily entry, Dec. 31, 1898, there are many pages of miscellaneous information. There are two pages of index wherein he lists mostly dates of leaving home, leaving the ranch, returning home, etc. He even kept...
Thurs. Nov. 21, 1901: Ther. 44., 66., Wea. Clear, Thin Clouds, Helped gather the cattle up and count them as we turned them in the upper field. 1) Friday 22: Ther. 44., 62., Wea. Thin Clouds, We hauled the cane seed this fore noon. took some stamp...
Mon. Feb. 26, 1912: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Clear Sammy helped me finish cleaning my stint on the Flanigan ditch this fore noon Worked on the threshes this afternoon threshed out 67 bushels of wheat for J.R.C. and 134 Bu. for Dan. Tuesday 27: Ther....
Wed. Feb. 28, 1912: Ther. Pleasant Wea. clear S. Wind Threshed about 8 bushels of seed today 5 bu. for Dan and 3 for father. The machine is bothering considerable and the boss Dave Lemmon is sulky and slow by spells. Thursday 29: Ther. Pleasant...
Fri. Mar. 1, 1912: Ther. Blustery Wea. Raining Moved to my yard. We threshed 4 1/4 bu of seed for Jim and a little for Sammy. today had to stop on account of the rain. Saturday 2: Ther. Pleasant Wea. cloudy. Got the machine to running about noon,...
Fri. Mar. 15, 1912: Ther. Fine, Wea. Few clouds Still trying to get the machine in shape to work Threshed out 4 bushels of seed tonight Saturday 16: Ther. Pleasant Wea. –clds, Finished up the Job this morning I have nearly 15 bu. of seed....
Wed. Mar. 27, 1912: Ther. Cool, Wea. blustery some rain. We are cleaning our lucern seed to take to St. George, to see if we can sell it. Thursday 28: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Few clds We finished fanning the seed and loaded up for St. George.
Fri. Mar. 29, 1912: Ther. Cold Wea. Rain Dan and I started for St. George with Lucern seed I have Mary with me. We put our teams in Geo. Isom’s barn at Virgin then went to Dan Matthews. had on awful hard rain this afternoon Saturday 30: Ther....
Sun. Mar. 31, 1912: Ther. Cool Wea. Clouds. Stopped for noon at the river below Berry Spring got to St. George just before dark. Monday, April 1: Ther. Pleasant Wea. Clear Peddeling lucern seed in St. George Mary and I got some teeth filled.