Anonymous Farmers Diary June/July 1890

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Title

Anonymous Farmers Diary June/July 1890

Description

Diary from an anonymous Kansas farmer notating the daily activities of life around the farm

Creator

Anonymous Farmer

Date

June/July 1890

Format

Handwritten text in bound journal. Approximately 10" x 4". Brown cover with brown binding

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

RH MS P885

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June 1890

1 Acted as superintendent

2 Planted pumpkins traded D.S.Sheward cow and calf for 2 steer he pay the pasture til June 10

4 Hung the gate up at the road

5 commenced cultivating corn

5 had a strawberry festival at school

6 Anna came home from Ohio

9 bought a deering binder for $150

10 got 100 pound of 12cts [illegible]

13 [illegible] got 50.P. of 12 cts [illegible]

13 commenced cutting may wheat

14 finished cutting 23 A [illegible] wheat

14 Cut 23 A of wheat in 1 ½ days

14 had 3 inches of rain

15 Anna is sick

16 Kate. B.

17 Homer and John have the hoofing [illegible]

18 Early aples

19 commenced cutting late wheat

20 plums are ripe

21 Bird B

21 [Louera] for 7 balls of twine

25 finished cutting wheat

25 [Louera] got 1.sack + 10..balls of twine

28 finished hailing in oats

30 Davy began thrashing

 

July 1890

1 took a load of old wheat over to [Loueras]

4 Thrashers 196.B. of may wheat + 1083 of Oregon red

5 helped stuart ½ day thrash + ¾ day haul oats to town Stuart helped me 1 day thrash

11 Olins ows me $1 for 2 wagons + [illegible] thrashing

15 finished hauling in oats

18 Fathers got 1 sack [illegible]

21 brought [illegible] home

21 sold the farm to stuart for six thousand dollars put in 1 hay wagon +long cart + [illegible] 1 plow

23 made out the paper for the farm

24 went down to see the catle

26 starter to plow for wheat

28 [Louera] for 25 bushel of wheat

29 commence plowing oats [illegible]

Citation

Anonymous Farmer, “Anonymous Farmers Diary June/July 1890,” KU Libraries Exhibits, accessed October 31, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/items/show/9556.