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Thurs Oct 2nd Very nice after a spell in the morning. We got through threshing about 3 O clock had about 93 bushels when it is all cleaned out. We got the seed all taken care of so that we are now ready to go at something else.

Fri Oct 3 Pretty fair only the wind got to blowing pretty hard so Lew and Bert came home with half a load of hay. They hauled a load to Johns folks this afternoon. They put some into the loft. I sat around all day and that was about all I did do. Mother and Dave went to town rather late and have not got home yet.

Sat Oct 4 Rather cool and snowed up in the hills lots and pretty near here some of the time. Bert and Lew finished hauling the hay from J [T?] Howards field. Had one full load and a little over half of another. Brought them both home this afternoon. Dave and Lew fixed up the alfalfa hay stack all right. I didnt do anything to day hardly. Bert went up to the quarries to seak [seek] for a job and got it.

Sun Oct 5 Real nice only a little cool. Our youngsters and Bert and Hary [Harry] Dixon went on a picnic excursion and the first instalment have just got home. They went to one of the caves up in the foot hills. Mother, Aggie and I staid [stayed] at home nicely and Den came here and helped me at the chores and we just got them done when they got home.

Mon Oct 6 Rather a nice day. Lew mowed over in Howards field. Dave went to town to take Meada and Aggie over and done some other errands. Bert went to the red stone quarries to work. I paid him 15 dols [dollars] this morning making just $50. I husked pop corn quite a good part of the day.

Tues Oct 7 Some good and some windy in the afternoon. Lew mowed in the forenoon and got through cutting but it blowed too much to make good headway a raking so he fixed the horse stable. Dave hunted for a wagon to take hunting. I husked pop corn awhile then finished the forenoon choring in the afternoon. Sort of kept out of the wind.

Wed Oct 8 Rather a cold dull day. Lew raked and shocked all day. Dave went to town [and] brought out Doc Rose and he castrated Beauty. He allso [also] brought out Mr D M Lewis who expects to go out on a hunt with Dave and Gore and Harry. I husked corn in the forenoon and shocked hay in the afternoon.

Thurs Oct 9 Found about 2 ½ inches of soft damp snow which was nearly all gone at night allthough it was thick cloudy all day. Lew and Lewis went to Rough and Ready ranch to see how things look and to bring down some cows. Dave scrafed [scraped] the snow off from the hay schocks and attended to the chores. I didnt do much of anything but I hafe [have] to do better some time.

Fri Oct 10 Pretty fine to day but clouded up come towards night. Lewis and Lew got home to day. They brought down Leda and Bessie and Jessie. Mr Lewis lost his pocketbook somewhere on the trip. Dave went to town and got John Mandevilles wagon to go on the trip hunting. I fixed the ditch to let water into the windy hill lake this forenoon. This afternoon I stirred hay.

Sat Oct 11 Cloudy but didnt rain nor clear off. [Well?] Lew and I shocked up a piece of hay on J K Howards place in the forenoon and in the after noon we get the posts and poles that was used to fence in the seed alfalfa straw last year and moved some of the rock at windy hill so as to enlarge the hay corrall [corral].