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Sat Aug 13 Fine and warm. We hauled 7 loads of hay 1 from the piece north of the barn and 6 from the meadow north of the house. We put 2 loads into the barn loft and the rest into the hay carrell [corral]. Mr and Mrs Gore came out from town with Meda to night and Lew has gone over to town after Flora. Etta Harper and they will be here pretty soon.

Sun Aug 14 Fine and hot the thermometer registered 108° here on the porch this afternoon. We had lots of company to day [today] consisting of CA and Hattie and their 5 children KE and Ettie Dotts and their three girls and Mrs Jonnie Winsler John and Annie Drager and their 4 children Flora and Ettie Harper Hans Andersen Mr and Mrs Geo W Gore Paul Wright and Roy Winsler and Lew has gone to town with Charleys folks and I expect he will bring out Mrs Bartlett and Aunt Sarah counting ourselves 39 persons.

Mon Aug 15 Another nice day. Lew went to town and down to Reas's to get another wagon and fixs for starting for the hills in the morning. Mr and Mrs Gore went with him when they came home they brought Mrs Winsler and Flora and Etta Harper who are going to the hills too. Kib and I cut and bunched the little piece of oats and this afternoon we ground various things some for ourselves and some for the women folks.

Tues Aug 16 Nice day enough but it was very warm. The folks got off this morning for the hils [hills]. Mother and Lew and the two Tharfer girls Mrs Winsler and Rey Mr and Mrs Gore and Mrs Bitner. I hope they will have a good time. Kib and I worked at getting a strip cut around the different oat pieces ready to cut with the harvester. I got pretty well warmed up and to night I am much troubled with the hay fever.

Wed Aug 17 Clear mostly but sprinkled a little towards night. This forenoon we bound the swarth that was cut around the pieces of oats and bound and set up the little piece near the road. This afternoon I mowed mostly but attended to the irrigating north of the house and had lots of shovelling to do in the lake to get the water out. Kib set a hitching post and done other chores.

Thurs Aug 18 A little cooler to day and didnt sprinkle until we were a milking to night. Mr Farrer was here to day cutting oats. Kib set up oats for a business and I mowed for a business in the orchard mostly but cleaned out the door yard and other places too. Our mountaineers have not come back to civilization yet.

Fri Aug 19 Clear and warm. Kib and I chored at various things to day. He hunted for Eva and found her near the lower end of Long Pond but no calf. I worked at shoveling in the lake awhile then we went and fixed the fence where it crossed the big ditch in two places and this afternoon we helped about the oat cutting and they got through. I guess I paid him 24 dollars for cutting. Lew and Mrs Bitner and Flora and Ettie got home to night. Mother and Mrs Winsler and Roy staid [stayed] up at John and Annies.

Sat Aug 20 Clear some and cloudy some. Lew went to town and took Flora and Ettie Harper and brought Mother home. Kib and I put in the day at various things. He set posts for stack yard in the forenoon and I raked and shocked the that was cut in the orchard and in the afternoon we set up oats some and I fixed up the fence where the machine was taken through.

Sun Aug 21 Cool in the morning but warm enough through the middle of the day. Most of the folks sort of kept Sunday. I had to attend to the irrigating which kept me busy most of the day. I went over to our bees and got the privilege of running the water into the lake to night and may be that will help me out of my present snap.

Mon Aug 22 Cloudy and cool this morning and rained a little just after noon and it keeps thundering quite a bit yet. Lew mowed this forenoon and this afternoon half soled his shoe etc. Kib went to town this morning with Mrs Bartlett and Mrs Bisnell and this afternoon he helped set up oats. I set up oats all day except awhile at noon that I visited with Mrs VP Wilson Mrs Winsler and Etta Dotts who were here when we came to dinner.