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Fri July 1st Pretty warm and looked very much like rain and did rain a little about 2 O clock. Lew cultivated out the corn and potatoes. Kib went to town and done various odd jobs the rest of the day. Jake and I finished mowing the orchard and spread it. Then we cut the grass in the plum patch by the granery and spread the hay. Then we chored a while. Then I put London purple on the potatoes. Then we shocked the hay on the lawns and turned it over in part of the orchard and tonight we had 3 men and a boy to supper and expect then [them] here for breakfast. They have a drove of cattle bought near Trinidad and are taking them to North Park.

Sat July 2 Windy all day and quite uncomfortably cold too som [some] of the time. The boys hauled 5 loads of hay from over on the hill and shocked up some of the hay in the orchard. I mowed the south end of the 10 acre piece as far north as the ditch and I think it is pretty heavy too. Helen Heath came out to stay with us awhile to day.

Sun July 3 Quite nice but some cooler and thundered and lighteninged quite a bit and sprinkled a little. We all worried the day thorugh after our several tastes and inclinations. The bees swarmed again and Jake hived them in a box for himself. Mary and Aggie are here going to stay over the fourth.

Monday July the Glorious fourth Very nice day only pretty warm. We had a reunion here to day for guests there were present Mr and Mrs CA Black and their two sons and two daughters Mr and Mrs KE Dots and their 3 daughters Jake Sheets and Kib Barnes Hans Anderson Eva Cushion Miss Saddler Paul Wright Mary and Aggie McBride Gordie Cushion Hary Kingman and Helen Heath and we had a merry time with a picnic dinner of lots of good things down in the orchard. After dinner we visited I mean the old folks. The young folks spooned and the children played various different kind of plays and games.

Tues July 5th Nice day but pretty warm. Lew and Jake finished the piece over on the hill with one load and the piece north of the barn with two loads and hauled 4 loads from the piece north of the house. Kib raked the south end of the ten acre piece into winrows [windrows]. I mowed all day on the north end of the 10 acre piece and there is more than an acre to cut yet. It is awful heavy.

Wed July 6 Pretty warm and getting pretty dry. Lew and Jake hauled 6 loads finished the stack and put some in the loft. They finished the piece north of the house and got the hay from the orchard and lawn. Kib bunched up the south end of 10 acre piece and helped the boys this afternoon. I finished the 10 acre piece and cut the piece this side of the house and begun the one north of the house.

Thurs July 7 Cloudy all day and rained a little once or twice. Lew and Jake hauled five loads from the 10 acre piece and stacked it near the south east corner. Kib raked this forenoon on the north end of the 10 acre piece. I cut the piece north of the house and attended to irrigating the alfalfa north of the house and over on the hill this afternoon ground the Ledger plates and one sickle.

Fri July 8 Pretty promising this morning but got to raining about 2 O clock so as to stop haying. Kib went to town with the butter. Lew and Jake hauled 3 loads this forenoon then done some odd jobs this afternoon and Kib helped them. I went up to Birdsalls place this morning to cut hay but about 2 O clock I sneaked off home with a little touch of fishermans luck didnt do much only attend to irrigating since.