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Mon Aug 11 threatened lots but didnt rain here to amt [amount] to anything. We finished the stacking at Windy hill and partly cleared away the old calf stable and changed the correll [corral] fence near the cow barn so as to make more room to stack hay.

Tues Aug 12 Spit rain quite a bit today and is raining a little now. Lew went over to haul hay for John Howards folks and got one load and came home towards night and went up to Dixons [to] see if we could get a hand there tomorrow at the seed alfalfa. I fixed up the yard ready for stacking and made a couple of gates small ones for the hay corrall [corral].

Wed Aug 13 Slightly muddy this morning from last nights rain. We chored around this forenoon fixed the hay correll [corral] and then ground sickles and afternoon we cut seed alfalfa. Lew Will Dixon and Bert Burdick pitched it out of the way.

Thurs Aug 14 Nice Enough day but rained quite a bit last night. We fussed at choring around fixing up the trees in the orchard to keep them from breaking down and grinding sickles in the forenoon and in the afternoon we to wit myself Lew Bert Burdick and Will Dixon Worked at the seed alfalfa.

Fri Aug 15 pretty fair day but it rained a little here this afternoon and paared [poured] all around and looks like rain here yet tonight. We got in a pretty good days work at the seed alfalfa. Lew Bert Will and myself and seemed to have cut quite a lot too.

Sat Aug 16 Another of those silly fool days rained just enough to keep us from going ahead with anything so we sort of fooled around in the forenoon. Mowing [weeds?] killing skunks hauling a load of hay and putting it in the loft and in the afternoon Lew went up to the ranch and Bert and I cleaned out the cow corrall [corral] nicely. Nora and Frank Neece came to day on a visit.

Sun Aug 17 Nice all day. Lew has not got back from Rough and Ready ranch yet. I had the back door trot this morning for awhile allmost [almost] to a canter but I have got some better this afternoon. Nora and Frank went home towards night.

Mon Aug 18 Wind blew awhile in the forenoon but it rained by spells most of the afternoon. We made quite a good stagger at cutting seed alfalfa in the forenoon and in the afternoon did a little grinding and that was all. Will Dixon helped us.

Tues Aug 19 The worst of the season drizzled by spells all day so that we could not do anything scarcely and that was just what we did do nothing and it seems rather a poor way to make a living.

Wed Aug 20 Mighty nice day but pretty wet in the morning. We caught some carp with the seine and tried to extract some oil out of the offal of them but dont know how it will turn out yet then cleaned out the big part of the barn and mowed some in the orchard.