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Tues May 9 Good enough sunshiny
and warm and not windy much. Lew
and Kib done sundry odd jobs this forenoon
and I raised raspberry bushes and this
afternoon we finished raising the
raspberries and planted some big french
beans and some golden wax beans and
fixed some fince and laid of [off] this piece
north of the barn and some ground down
in the orchard etc.

Wed May 10 A good deal of wind
most of the time to day and it was
quite cold too. The boys branded
18 head of calves and 3 colts besides
one calf for Charleys folks.
I put in the day planting beans
and corn on the piece north of the
barn and filling the cistern.

Thurs May 11 Just as nice as could
be. The boys took 26 head of cattle and
4 colts one was Lews Stella up to the ranch to day. I finished
planting the corn north of the
barn.