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Old Nell had a colt last night.

Mon May 20 Cloudy and cool most of the day
and is raining a little to night [tonight]. We fixed the
headgate to turn the water into the afalfa piece
in the corner and this afternoon we went to
town and done some business and got home in
time for the chores.

Tues May 21 Cloudy all day and
pretty thick too. The wind comes from the
East and it is very cold. Will hauled manure
and piled it up to rot. I irrigated in the
orchard and filled the cistern. There was 4 feet
of water in it to begin with.

Wed May 22 Clear and a pretty
fair day. We hoed out the strawberries and planted
some late peas and cleaned out a lot of
garden truck.

Thurs May 23 Threatening and
did sprinkle a little about noon. We hauled
manure and piled it up to rot.

Fri May 24 All kinds of weather.
We hauled a couple of loads of manure then fixed
the fence and brought the calves up and put them
into the little plum patch. Then we plowed the
piece west of the ice house and harrowed it.

Sat May 25 Clear and nice only Cool.
We hauled manure to day [today].

Sun May 26 Clear and nice.
We went up to John Dragers found them all
well and hearty and had a real nice visit.