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Thurs May 5 Pretty promising this
morning but stormed a little about
10 O clock the ballance [balance] very good. Lew
went down to Mr Bakers and got our
big bull. He weighs 1665 lbs got home
with him all safe. Kib and I went up
to windy hill and took up a load of apple
brush and brought back a load of cottonwood
brush this afternoon. Kib plowed for
oats got done. I prepared slips.

Fri May 6 Cloudy and cold most
of the day. Lew harrowed this forenoon
with Nell and Topsy and drilled oats in
the afternoon. Kib went to Mr
Dixons in the forenoon and harrowed
on the small pieces east of the
lake in the afternoon.
I sowed the three small pieces
east of the lake using about 80
bushels of oats so I suppose that
there is a little over 3 acres of ground
there.