This journal kept by my great grandfather Edgar Washburn (1861-1946) was found in the possessions of my aunt Sara Washburn Vincent after her death in 1996.  The time period covered is December 24, 1923 to March 31, 1925 (one full book).  Entries in the journal provide valuable historical insights into life on the Washburn farm outside Summertown, Tennessee.
     Because of severe arthritis, Edgar Washburn was confined to a chair most of the time.   Thus, much of the journal is from a passive perspective.   In almost every entry he writes of the daily activities of his wife Maggie Osborn Washburn and son Ross Washburn, who lived with his wife Nettie on the farm.   Edgar also used the journal to record the time worked by hired farm workers.   Since Edgar was basically immobile, most of the activities he mentions himself being involved in relate to hand work, such as cutting rags for rugs, churning, sorting potatoes, etc.   Maggie was a midwife and tended many of the sick in the community.    Edgar periodically wrote of Maggie being gone to a neighbor’s to sit with a sick person.  Ross was an expert mechanic who maintained the family car, neighbors’ cars and the farm machinery.
    During the transcription process, misspellings and grammatical errors were corrected when it was determined the correction was necessary to facilitate readability of the journal.  Occasionally, certain words were illegible.  This is indicated by "_____" throughout the text.
 
Patricia Washburn Long
December 1998
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

December 24, 1923
     Nice day.  Ross went to Columbia.  Dan (Brooks) went to town.  Ross and family went to Xmas tree.  Maggie and me sowed carpet rags.  Sold E. Locker (?) 6 bales of hay.  $6.10

December 25, 1923
     Fine day.  Ross went to town after 2 rolls of wire fence.  Dan is in town.  Maggie gone to get turnip salit.   We sewed carpet rags all day.

December 26, 1923
     Cloudy day.  Ross and Dan painting roof of the house.  Nettie and the kids is here.  Maggie washed today.  I am sewing carpet rags.  Mart and Ralph (Editor's note:  Mart and Ralph were Edgar's nephews by his brother Will) are here tonight.  Dan has gone down home.

December 27, 1923
     Warm and cloudy.  Ross finished painting and has gone home to paint his roof.  Dan has gone to Guthrys.  Maggie is working on Rose Walker’s quilts.  I am cutting carpet rags.  Ross finished painting the main roof of his house.

January 1, 1924
     Cold and cloudy today.  Dan got home at 3 this morning and has gone to town.  Mr. Staggs come up today and bought half ton of hay.  $12.00.  Last night was the coldest night we had this winter.  I sewed carpet rags.  Maggie worked on her quilt.

January 2, 1924
     Snowed and rained and sleeted last night.  Raining now.  Dan has not come home yet.  Bess Staggs car is broke down at Rob Buie’s.  Ross has gone to fix it.  Maggie is coloring some carpet rags.  Rained all day.  Ross has got Besses car fixed and has gone home.  2 registered calfs died last night.  They have been sick for a long time.
 
 

January 6, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Froze up things in the house last night.   Jesse come over last night.  Is going home this evening with R.H.Bogle.  (Editor's note:   Bogle was a friend of the Mathis family from Hickman County.  His brothers owned the Ford Garage in Centerville where Jesse worked).
Ross has gone down to Henry Bishops.  Our phone was out of order.  It was Ralph they wanted instead of Ross.  Mr. Bogle come after Jesse 4.30 pm.  Dan was here but went back to Workmans.  Ross brought in 2 stick of wood without telling him

January 7, 1924
     Clear cold today.  Ross is putting a new ring gear in Bess Staggs car. $5.00.  Received a card from G.T. from Coronado, Florida.  Ross went to town.  Maggie went to Piggs.  (Editor's note:  The Pigg family lived between the Washburn house and the railroad bed) Lady Crane (Editor's note:  This was Maggie's niece) come down here today.  Ross and family has gone to Bishops.  Lady went with them.

January 11, 1924
     Cold, the ground is freezing.  Ross and Rob Buie is cutting some wood.  Maggie washed this morning and is working on R.H.B. (Editor's note:  Perhaps this is R.H. Bogle) comforter.  Ross got the gear for his car today from Rippey.  Maggie finished R.H.B. comforter.  Her and Ross has gone to Pardons.  The telephone is working today the first time in 3 months.  Rented J.C. Davis place today.    ( Editor's note:  J.C. Davis lived in the Rawdon place across the field.  )

January 12, 1924
     Warmer today and muddy.  Ross and Maggie went to L.B. (Editor's note: This is an abbreviation for Lawrenceburg) today.  I have been sewing carpet rags.  Mr. Pardon come down tonight and shaved me.  A lot of boys and girls from town came out tonight and had a good time.  They stayed till 11:00.  Ross got his licence for his car today.  Cost $11.00.

January 13, 1924
     Turned cold in the night and snowed.  We have just eat breakfast and Maggie is making some ice cream.  Ross and Nettie went to Mr. Pardons today.  Still cold.

January 14, 1924
     Clear and muddy.  Ross has been down the line fixing telephone wires.  Found it broke in 4 places.  He is grinding for Frank Smith and Maggie is picking cotton.  I am cutting rug sacks for rug.  Ross is cutting wood.  Maggie has gone to Mrs. Pardons.  I am my own boss you bet.

January 15, 1924
     Cloudy and the ground is froze a little.  Ross is shucking corn.  Has shucked 4 shocks and gone to haul them in for the cows.  Maggie has been picking cotton.  Picked 4 baskets full.

January 16, 1924
     Rained all night and muddy and cloudy.  Ross has gone to Ethridge to get his car fixed and had to fix it himself.  It is all right.  James Locker got ½ bushel of Irish potatoes today.

January 17, 1924
     Cloudy.  Ross is dipping water out of the cellar.  Maggie is helping Mrs. P. with her quilt.  ___ and Bess was here this afternoon.  Maggie is making a switch for Mrs. Bishop now.  Rob Buie got 2 bales of hay.

January 18, 1924
     Clear and muddy.  Ross shucked 4 shocks of corn while the ground was froze and hauled them in for the cattle.  Maggie is helping Mrs. P. with her quilt this morning.  Ross ground some today and has gone to town after gasoline for tomorrow grinding.  I have been piecing a quilt.

January 19, 1924
     Fair day.  Ross has been grinding most of the day and they have gone to Myrtles tonight.  Maggie finished Ava Bishop switch today.  I have been sowing quilt pieces.

January 20, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Froze in the kitchen last night.  Rained a little before it turned cold.  Ross got home from Myrtles at 4:30.  Cold as H---.  Granville was here this evening (Editor's note:  Granville was Granville Mathis, brother of Chloe Mathis Washburn).  Dan was here last night.  We played cards.

January 23, 1924
     Ross and Will Staggs shucking corn this forenoon.  R. and Maggie has gone to town.  Took Mrs. Mathis 1 bushel of potatoes.  Took Mrs. A. Stewart 1 bushel of corn.  Maggie washed today.  I have been sewing some today.  Willie Staggs worked all day.  Got ½ bushel of sweet potatoes.  R. Buie got 2 bales hay.
 

January 24, 1924
     Rained most all day.  Ross and Maggie went to Jesses and I went to Netties to stay.  Charlie Buie come up and done the chores.  Douglas was sick (Editor's note:  Douglas was Ross and Nettie's son) .  Had a fever all night.

 January 25, 1924
     Rainy this morning.  Douglas is all right but didn’t go to school.  It was too muddy.  I am still here with the kitchen.  James Kidd and Granville M. here this afternoon.

January 26, 1924
     Cold this morning.  Froze hard last night.  Nettie washed today.  Charlie Buie come up and done the chores. The kids are down at Bishops trying to get subscription for the Comfort.  (Editor's note:  The Comfort was a magazine of the time.).

January 31, 1924
     Ross, Maggie and Mrs. Partane (?) have been picking cotton.  Finished at noon.  Willie and Charlie Staggs are shucking corn.  Ross is helping this afternoon.  Finished shucking corn at 4 o’clock. Charlie and Willie are tearing down the fence around the lot at the barn.  Ross is grinding.  Maggie ordered a crib (William Washburn) from S.R. Co.  (Editor's note:   Probably Sears, Roebuck, and Company).

February 1, 1924
     Cloudy and misting rain.  Willie Staggs is cutting wood and wheeling down to Ross house.  Ross has gone to Whites after lumber.  Maggies is at Partanes quilting on Rose Walkers quilt.  Paid my telephone rent today up till the first of February.  Maggie finished Roses quilt and is hemming now.  Willie worked on fence this afternoon.  Ross hauled 2 loads of lumber today.  Ross and family has gone to the school entertainment tonight.

February 2, 1924
     Clear day.  Ground hog saw his shadow.  Ross has gone to L.B. to the farmers meeting.  Maggie and myself is working on quilts.  Jess and Ernest come tonight.

February 3, 1924
     Clear day.  Jess has gone to L.B.  Ross has gone to Sunday school and took Jess to the train.  Ross went to L.S. Washburn and got 5 gallon of molasses and 20 lbs popcorn.  Jess got home from L.B. 3:30.  Left for Centerville at 4 pm.

February 4, 1924
     Rained last night.  Ross has been grinding some today and went to Brooks after wood and broke the front wheel of the wagon.  Commenced raining at 5 this evening.

February 5, 1924
     Cold today and snowy.  Ross is hauling wood today.  Charlie Staggs got order for $1.50 and Will for $5.00.  Ross hauled 4 loads of poles.  Charlie and Rob helped him saw them up.

February 6, 1924
     Froze hard last night.  Cold and snowing this morning.  Ross has gone to town after D.C.  Guy Piggs wife is sick.  Maggie is down there.  I just called Mt. Pleasant to get Dr. English to come as quick as possible.  Ross went back to town after medicine for Campbell.  I telephoned to Dr. C. D. Walton.  He is at Piggs now.  Ross put in all day with Dr. Campbell.  Maggie has not come home.  Dan Foster got 1 bale of hay $1.27.

February 7, 1924
     Ross has gone after D.C. and just went by with him.  Earl Henson is here hauling in some stalks for the cows.  Ross went to Columbia with some sweet potatoes.  Got back 6 o’clock.  Maggie come home from Piggs this afternoon.  Mrs. Pigg is better.  Earl Henson hauled 2 loads of wood from Brooks place today.

February 11, 1924
     Cold and raining this morning.  Ross has gone to town after his wagon wheel and took Mr. Stewart 1 bushel of corn.   Clyde Pigg got ½ bushel of potatoes.  Maggie is down at Netties.  I am cutting old stockings.

February 12, 1924
     Clear today.  Ross has been working on his car.  They come after Maggie at 5 this morning to go to Guy Piggs.  She has been there all day.  Dr. English was there today.  Maggie got home tonight.  Mr. Partane come down and cut my hair and shaved me and cut Rosses hair.

February 13, 1924
     Clear and warmer.  Willcut is working here today.  They are hauling manure this morning. This afternoon they are shredding cotton.  It works fine.  They run one load through this afternoon since 3 o'clock.

February 14, 1924
     Clear and warmer.  They finished running the cotton through the shredder this morning and Ross has gone to the gin.  Maggie has gone to Guy Piggs.  Took 2 loads to the gin.  Could not get it ginned until tomorrow.  Charlie Willcut helped Ross.  They had a Valentine dance at Rosses last night.  They are on the lift this morning.

February 15, 1924
     Clear and warm this morning. Ross has gone to the gin after his cotton seed.  Could not get ginned today.  He is working on his car now. Herbert Pattersons wife was here this afternoon.  I finished some rugs today.  Have just cut them out.

February 16, 1924
     Cloudy and warm.  Ross has gone back to the gin this morning to see if they will run today. We got three little white pigs.  Mrs. Pigg gave them to Maggie.  I have churned this morning and shelled a bucket of corn for the chickens.  Maggie is hemming rugs.  Ross got his cotton ginned.  Bale $6.80.  1200 pounds of seed we will grind for feed.  Got $1.00 sugar today.

February 17, 1924
     Warm and rainy.  Jesse and family come last night and are going home this afternoon.  Mrs. Mathis and all of the folks was here today.  Jesse left here at 3:00 pm.  Ross and family went to Partanes tonight.  Maggie just called the doctor for Mrs. Pigg.  She is worse this afternoon.   7:30 Mrs. Pigg is better.  Maggie has just come back from there.

February 18, 1924
     Cloudy today.  Ross just put his car together and has gone to town.  Maggie sent Rose 2 quilts today and sent the deed she got from Dan to L.B.  to have it put on record.  Maggie has put up a quilt today for herself.  One of the little pigs died Saturday night and one Sunday night.  The other one is all right so far.  Mrs. Bishop and ____ is helping Maggie quilt.
 
 

February 19,1924
     Warm, rainy day.  Ross is working on his car.  Maggie is quilting.  I am piecing on a ____ quilt.  Rained all day.  Ross went to town after a roller bearing for his car.

February 20, 1924
     Cold, cloudy and snowed some last night.  Ross is working on his car today.  Got it all right now.  Just a roller bearing in the clutch.

February 21, 1924
     Cold and snowed some this morning.  Warmer and clear this afternoon.  Maggie and Ross worked on the curtains to his car all morning.  Putting new windows in them.  Ross and family went to Brooks to party.  Plenty of mud.

February 22, 1924
     Ross is mowing the silo fields and putting up the _____.  Maggie washed today and has gone down to Bishops.  Ross has gone to Smiths to help them crank the old Molean tractor.  I am piecing a quilt.  We received the beans from Enza yesterday.  Ross started the Molean for Smith.  They went to Bishops last night.

February 23, 1924
     Snowed and rained all day.  Let Staggs got ½ bushel of Irish potatoes $.75 cash.  Dan Foster got a bale of hay $.80.  Maggie and Ross has gone to Guy P. this evening.

February 28, 1924
     Clear today.  Ross has gone to Nashville.  Left here at 3 this morning.  Earl Henson hauled 2 loads of wood from Brooks place today.  Maggie got her wood today.

February 29, 1924
     Clear today.  8:00 and Ross  has not got up yet to feed.   Earl Henson is cutting poles on the Brooks place and hauling them.  Ross is fixing the manger and grinding some.  Maggie  helped Mrs. Partane put up a quilt today and then come home and just put up her lone star quilt.  Now she is working on Mrs. Clarks hair.

March 4, 1924
     Rainy this morning.  Ross has gone to the depot after Mrs. White and her sisters.   Earl is hauling wood today.  Ross has finished plowing the 6 acre field and is disking the strawberry patch.  Ross and Maggie has gone to take Mrs. White to the train.

March 5, 1924
     Rainy day.  Rained most all night.  The little pig is sick this morning.  Ross hauled a load of fence posts and now he is fixing the bridge at the gate.  Maggie is washing.  Earl Henson is working this afternoon.  He has gone to Steinrich(?) after lumber.  They are hauling chirt to the bridge.  The little pig died today.

March 11, 1924
     Cold and cloudy.  Snowed some today.  Nothing doing but keeping fire.  Ross has gone to town this afternoon after some coffee.

March 12, 1924
     Ross is running the mill.  I stayed alone last night.  Maggie has not got home from Alabama yet.  Think they will come today.  Got coffee and tobacco yesterday $.53 each.

March 13, 1924
     Cloudy day.  Ross is hauling manure on his garden.  Earl Henson and Fred Bishop is working on fence.  Ross is sawing wood at home this afternoon.  Snowing hard the ground is white.

March 26, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross is fixing fence.  Put up wire from the barn to the mill.  This afternoon is plowing at the Davis place.  Douglas is plowing the mules and Ross is running the tractor.  Nettie and Mrs. Bishop is helping Maggie quilt.

March 27, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Fred Bishop is plowing.  Maggie and Douglas has gone to get strawberry plants.  I have just finished my quilt.

March 28, 1924
     Cloudy day.  Sprinkled rain part of the time.  Ross and Fred Bishop is plowing.  Earl Henson is plowing the gardens.  Mattie Staggs was over here and got ½ bushel of potatoes.  Mar. Long from Mt. P. was here and bought a rug $3.00.  Mrs Partain finished Maggies quilt today and just brought it home.

March 29, 1924
     Clear and windy.  Rained last night and is too wet to plow.  Ross went to town today and ordered a car of fertilizer.  I have been working some on Susie ______ rug.
 

March 30, 1924
     Clear day.  Jesse and Ernest come over and brought Mrs. Mathis here.  Left here at 5:30 am.  Jess had to work today.

March 31, 1924
     Clear today.  Ross is plowing on the Davis place.  Maggie and Let Staggs boy are putting wood in the shed.  Cold and cloudy this afternoon.

April 1, 1924
     Clear.  Ross is plowing the mules today on the Davis place.  Found a calf today.  Let Staggs lost one of the kids today.  Found it at _____ about dark.
April 2, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Heavy frost last night the ground froze some.  Ross is plowing the tractor and Earl and Buford is plowing the teams on Davis place.

April 3, 1924
     Clear day.  Buford Henson is plowing the mules (Editor's note:  According to Mary Washburn Whitehead the mules were named Hattie and Haley).  Charlie Buie is plowing the tractor.  Ross is plowing the ponys. Earl is clearing out the sweet potato bed and setting fence posts.

April 4, 1924
     Rainy day.  Rained hard last night and the wind blowed hard.  Rained most all day.  Ross took Edgar to the doctor today and got him some medicine (Editor's note:  Edgar is Ross and Nettie's son).

April 5, 1924
     Cloudy day.  Ross has gone to L.B. to the farmers meeting.  Maggie and the kids had gone to Bottoms after strawbery plants.  Gilbert Buie got 1 bushel of potatoes $1.50.  Earl Henson got ½ bushel $.75.  I am peacing a lone star quilt.

April 10, 1924
     Rainy day.  Ross and Jim is making sweet potatoes bed and sorting potatoes.  Charlie plowed 2 hours.  Ross has gone to Holloways to sort potatoes.  Maggie finished setting cabbage plants.  The potatoes at Holloways all rotted they was froze.
 
 

April 11, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Jim is plowing on the Davis place.  Maggie has gone to Jim Staggs this morning.  Plowed all day.  Maggie finished setting onions today.

April 12, 1924
     Clear day.  Charlie and Jim is plowing.  Ross is running the mill and gone to town with some meal for Stie------.   Charlie and Douglas is plowing.  Jim is resting.  Maggie went to Mrs. Mathis to see Jimmy.  She is better (Editor's note:  Jimmy was Jimmy Lou Mathis, sister of Chloe Washburn Mathis).

April 17, 1924
     Rained hard last night and most all day.  Ross went to town and has gone fishing tonight.  They caught a nice mess of fish.

April 18, 1924
     Clear and colder today.  This morning  Ross and Charlie hauling manure.  This afternoon Ross is grading the road.  Charlie is helping.  Earl Henson is hauling manure.  Maggie finished setting strawberrys.  Sold a rug today $1.50.  Maggie sold 2 ½ dozen eggs $.45.  Sold ½ bushel of potatoes $1.00.

April 19, 1924
     Clear day frost last night.  Maggie sold 25 hens today $20.16.  Nettie sold 16 for $15.16.  Earl is hauling manure.  Charlie and Ross is working the road.  Maggie is washing.  I am weaving sack rugs.  Finished dragging road and plowed some.

April 20, 1924
     Fine day.  Jesses folks come over last night and left here at 5 this afternoon.  Jess and Ross went to Lawrenceburg.

April 21, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross is laying off cotton ground.  Earl is plowing poneys.  Charlie finished plowing back of the barn and disked the 7 acre field by dinner.  This afternoon he is plowing the poneys and Ross and Earl is manuring the cotton in the row in front of Rosses house.  Sold Henry Bishop 1 bushel of sweet potatoes.  $2.00
 
 
 

April 22, 1924
     Rained hard last night.  Clear today.  Ross and Charlie Buie took some cattle to the pasture today and they are fixing fence this afternoon.  Ross planted ½ bushel of potatoes today and has gone over to plant some for Jim Staggs.

April 23, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Charlie Buie is hauling manure in the cotton patch.  Maggie and Douglas has gone to Will Piggs after four little pigs.   Sink (?) Brooks got 1 bushel of potatoes $2.00.  Jim Staggs ½ bushel $1.00.

April 24, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Charlie is hauling manure and going a fishing tonight.  Only caught one.

April 25, 1924
     Clear.  Ross and Charlie finished hauling manure.  Charlie is laying off cotton ground.  Ross is grinding.  Let Charlie Buie have 1 bushel of seed corn $1.25 and 2 bushels of meal $2.40.  Jim Staggs ½ bushel meal. $.60.  Steinreid meal 4 ½ bushels $5.19.  Mr. Stewart ½ bushels $.60.  Ross is laying off cotton ground.  Charlie is fixing hog pen.

April 29, 1924
     Cloudy.  Charlie is disking with the team.  Ross is working on plow and helping Jim and myself shell corn.  Commenced rain at 11:30 and it is still raining.

April 30, 1924
     Cold rainey day.  Nothing doing.  Ross has gone to take L.W. Crane some meal.  5 bushels $6.00.  Mr. Stewart some 2 bushels $2.40.  I don’t know where the hell Maggie is gone.

May 1, 1924
     Rainey.  Ross is shucking corn and helping shell.  Jim commenced to sprout the pasture field.  Ross and Douglas went a fishing tonight.  Only caught 2.

May 2, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross is grinding this morning.  Jim is sprouting.  Charlie Buie has gone to Piggs to get a wagon to haul some chirt in the barn lot.
 

May 6, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross has gone to L. B. after nitrate of soda.  Charlie plowed the strawberry patch today and disked the 6 acre field this afternoon.  This afternoon they are planting cotton.  Jim is sick.  White Face is fresh.  The oil truck come out today.  We got 80 gallon $12.40.  Mr. And Mrs. Adams and 2 men come here today to stay a few days.  Mr. Steinreid got 23 of meal $2.40.

May 7, 1924
     Clear today.  Ross and Charlie are planting cotton in the 6 acre field.  Rained some tonight.  Mr Adams is working on the telephone line.

May 8, 1924
     Clear this morning.  Rained all night and is cold.  Ross has gone over to Buffalow St. to help fix the fence around the pasture.  Ross has gone to Mr. Pleasant after Henry’s mother.  Maggie is down at Bishops.  Howard is bad off.  Mr. Wright (Editor's note: a note in the margin indicates Mr. Wright was the county agent) was here this afternoon.

May 9, 1924
     Cloudy cold day.  Charlie is plowing the little bottom in J.C.D. place.  Ross is fixing the pasture fence this afternoon.  Charlie is laying off his cotton ground.  Ross has gone to the depot after soy beans.

May 10, 1924
     Rained most all night and is raining now.  Ross is grinding.  I have been shelling corn.  Maggie is at Henry Bishops.  Howard is better today.

May 11, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross has gone over to the pasture to look at the cattle and salt them.  Maggie has gone to Jim Staggs.  I am here alone.  Will Piggs boys was here and said the cattle was in their field.  No one here to go after them now.  Ross brought Pet home.  She will be fresh in a few days.

May 12, 1924
     Clear day and cold.  Charlie is plowing in the bottom of J.C.D (Editor's note:  J.C. Davis property).  Ross is plowing the sweet potato ground.  Maggie is pulling sweet potato slips.  They will set some tonight.  Almo and Maggie and the Kids are setting potatoes.  Charlie is finished plowing and is making potato ridges.  Set out 4 rows and Ross is disking the little bottom on the Davis place.  Cold tonight.

May 13, 1924
     Clear day.  Charlie is plowing the new ground on Davis place.  Jim is plowing under the rye for corn.  Ross is burning apple trees.  Mr. Adams left here today.  Maggie is at Henry Bishops.  Almo has been setting sweet potatoes slips this morning.  Ross and Charlie is planting cotton this afternoon.  Mrs. Patterson sent her rags this afternoon.

May 14, 1924
     Rained some last night and misting this morning.  Jim is plowing under oats.  Ross and Charlie are planting cotton.  Finished the 6 acre field at 11 and will plant the hillsides in the ____ field this afternoon.  I commenced Mrs. Pattersons carpet today.  Finished planting cotton today.

May 15, 1924
     Jim is plowing under rye in the 16 acre field.  Douglas is planting the corn ground with the mules.  Ross went to town to take the planter home.  Commenced to rain at 10:00.  Pet found a calf last night.  Sold Charlie Buie 2 bales of hay.  Cleared off and they plowed some after 3 o’clock.

May 16, 1924
     Clear and cold this morning.  Jim is plowing under rye.  Ross is working on the watermelon patch. Douglas is floating the corn ground.  Maggie and Almo planted watermelons and set out tomatoes this afternoon.  Ross is plowing a while tonight.  Got 95 gallons of oil today.

May 17, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and family have gone to L.B.  Jim and Almo and Maggie are making water melon hills.  Albert is planting the rye ground.  Jim is at home this afternoon working in his garden.  Maggie and Almo finished planting melons.

May 18, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross has gone to Sunday School.  Mildred Crane was here to day.  Joe Crane come and cut my hair.
 
 

May 19. 1924
     Clear day and warmer.  Ross is disking corn ground and Jim is planting corn.  Planted the rye ground and the little bottoms and Davis place.  Ross is disking bean ground now.  Maggie, Nettie and Almo and Kidds is setting potatoes.

May 20, 1924
     Charlie is plowing new ground.  Jim is planting beans.  Douglas is disking.  Charlie is plowing Rosses garden this afternoon.  Maggie planted pop corn and butter beans today.

May 21, 1924
     Rained last night and is misty today.  Ross is disking the 16 acre field today.  Jim is planting beans.  Maggie went to Mrs. Staggs and got some broom corn seed.  I have been weaving and shelling corn this morning.  Ross disked the rye ground and the lot back of the barn.  Maggie has planted broom corn, peanuts, and peas this morning.

May 22, 1924
     Clear and cold almost frosted last night.  Ross is disking on J.C Davis place.  Jim is planting beans.  Charlie finished the new ground and is plowing in the cotton field below the terrace.  Maggie went to Partains and got some sorghum seed and I am shelling it.

May 23, 1924
     Clear day and cold.  Jim is planting beans.  Charlie is drilling beans.  Ross is disking.  Finished disking on Davis place.  Got almost done planting beans.

May 24, 1924
     Rained and blowed last night and is raining today.  We went to the depot to meet the booster train.

May 25, 1924
     Clear day.  Loat’s folks was here today and Mart’s.  Jesse and Ernest come over this afternoon.  Jesse went home.  Ernest stayed over here.

May 26, 1924,
     Cloudy and cold.  Finished planting beans on the Davis place this morning.  Ross and Maggie went to L. B. today after Lenwood  girls _____ outfit.  Got home at noon and it commenced to rain and it is still raining.  McGrady Craig died and will be buried this afternoon.  Ross and all of them has gone to the funeral.  Charlie Buie got 1 bushel of potatoes.  $2.00.

May 27, 1924
     Rained all night and is raining some today.  Ross and the kids have gone over to the pasture after a cow and calf.  Shelled L.W. Crane one bushel of corn for seed.  Jim is hauling himself some wood from Brock's place.  They brought cow and calf home.  Set 6 rows of potatoes this afternoon.

May 28 1924
     Rained last night hard.  Clear most of the day.  Raining hard tonight.  The boys got home from L.B. today and they are going to have a party at Rosses tonight if it don't rain too hard.

May 29, 1924
     Raining this morning.  Clear this afternoon.  Dan and Kids went to Henryville and fished some.  Only caught 4.  They took Mrs. Pattersons rug to her (20 yds at 60 cents per yard = $12.00)

May 30, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Maggie and Almo are washing.  Ross is fixing the mowing machine.  Dan is going to cut alfa and Ross and family is going to Jesse’s today.  Ernest is carrying manure out of the hen house and putting on the corn in the garden.

May 31, 1924
     Clear today.  Jim is plowing in cotton land this morning.  I and Ernest is sprouting potatoes this afternoon.  Jim is raking hay.  Let Staggs got ½ bushel of meal and 1 Peck of potatoes.  $5.00.  We sprouted 14 crates of potatoes today.  Maze Dooley was buried today.

June 1, 1924
     Raining all morning.  Cleared off this afternoon.  Ross got home from Jesses about 3 this afternoon.

June 2, 1924
     Jim and Charlie is plowing in the cotton field.  Ross moved the hog house down to his house today.  We finished planting sweet potatoes today and finished sprouting the Irish potatoes.  Got 50 bushels or more.  Oil truck was here today.  Got 95 gallons of oil and 5 gallons of gas.
 

June 3, 1924
     Rained some.  Jim and Douglas and Ernest is plowing.  Ross has gone to town.  Ross is disking up the cotton this afternoon.  Ernest is floating with the mules and Jim is planting corn.  Finished disking and plowed some.  Maggie and Almo and Nettie worked in the watermelons some today and hoed the strawberries and cabbage.

June 4, 1924
     Clear day.  Jim finished planting corn and is planting beans.  Charlie plowed the gardens and commenced harrowing corn.  Hattie got sick (Editor’s note:  Hattie was a mule).  She is better.  Dan was disking.  Ross and the boys went after the cow in the pasture.  She has got a fine heifer calf.  Maggie and the boys finished re-planting watermelons today and putting bug powder on them.  Let Charlie have 5 lb of cotton seed and 25 lb bale of hay.

June 5, 1924
     Clear day.  Charlie harrowed corn and cotton.  Jim planted beans.  Finished the 16 acre field and planted cotton field above the terrace.   Ross went to town after a planter to plant sorgum and planted the sorgum this afternoon.  Ernest went to town and got some cabbage plants.  Almo and Ernest and the kids hoed the sweet potatoes.  Let Staggs got 63 lbs corn $1.40.  Link Brook corn 40 lbs $.90.  Jim Stagg 1 bushel meal $1.20.

June 6, 1924
     Clear day.  Rained early this morning.  Ross and Dan worked the road today.  Jim plowed a potato patch today for himself.  Maggie and Almo washed today.

June 7, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Dan working the road.  Charlie harrowed cotton 2 hours and Jim planted beans 3 hours and finished planting.  Maggie and Ernest set out some cabbage plants.  Dan has gone home to a dance tonight.

June 12, 1924
     Clear day.  Charlie is plowing the garden.  Claud is plowing sweet potatoes.  Dan is plowing corn.  Jim and Ross is fixing the tractor and finished working the road and are hoeing sweet potatoes.  Dan is cutting hay here and him and Claud is raking and shocking at Henry Bishops.   Jim and Charlie plowing corn.  Ross is putting a handle on the cutter.  Maggie and Almo washed this morning.  This afternoon  Almo and kids, Ernest and Maggie are hoeing sweet potatoes.  Finished them and are hoeing the Dukes mixture.

June 13, 1924
     Rained hard today.  Dan and Claud B. hauled 3 loads of hay.  1 Henry Bishop and 2 for us.  Come out of the orchard.  Ross has gone to town.  Ron and Charlie built a pig pen and raked some hay.

June 14, 1924
     Clear today.  Had a bad storm last night.  Blowed the side out of the silo.  Dan and Almo has gone to Florence.  Maggie went as far as St. Joe with them.  They got home at 11 at night.

June 15, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross has gone to Sunday School.  Nothing doing.

June 16, 1924
     Clear this morning.  Jim is plowing cotton.  Ross is raking some hay and hauling it in.  The kids is helping him.  D__ is chopping cotton for Partain.  Sent the acorn refining company check for $23.89.  We had our first mess of green beans today.  Ross has just finished hauling hay and is plowing cotton.  Joe Crane got 1750 potato slips.  Jim finished plowing the hillsides and commenced in the 6 acre field.

June 17, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Ernest is plowing cotton with the poneys.  Jim is plowing cotton with Haley (Editor’s note:  This was one of the mules).  Douglas and ___ went to Partains to chop cotton.  They quit at 10:30.  Got tired.

June 18, 1924
     Ross is braking the potato ground.  Jim and Douglas is plowing corn.  Ernest is harrowing the sorgum.  Almo and boys and Charlie Buie and Maggie are hoeing cotton.  Charlie plowed our garden and strawberry patch and is plowing corn.  Ross broke the potato ground and is disking.

June 19, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross finished disking the potatoe ground.  Charlie and Jim is plowing corn.  Jim got drunk and Ross had to take the teams and plow.  Maggie and Ernest and Douglas finished chopping the 6 acre field.  Almo and boys is chopping the hill sides.  Ross and Maggie and Nettie and kids has gone to town to farmers meeting.  Mr. Wright (County Agent)  was here this afternoon.

June 20, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross is planting potatoes.  Charlie is planting sweet potatoes.  Sold Ward Fleming one bushel of potatoes and Claude Workman 1 bushel.  $4.50

June 21, 1924
     Finished planting potatoes this morning.  Went to town to the trial (D. C. Lawrence). I had some p. papers filled out (Editor's note:  These were most likely pension papers from Edgar's service in the Spanish American War).  Ross was cutting poles tonight.  Jesse and family came over tonight.

June 22, 1924
     Jesse and family was here.  Arthur Beakley was here.  Loat Morehead was here - got 2 bushels of potatoes.  Link Brook got 1 bushel.  Jesse went home - took Ernest and Fred.  Douglass went home with Mart.

June 23, 1924
     Charlie Buie is plowing middles in the 6 acre field.  Ross has gone  to Lawrenceburg on the boys trial.  Got home at 5:30.  Got to go back since the trial was put off.

June 24, 1924
     Clear to day.  Fine rain last night. Too wet to plow.  Ross stuck his beans this morning and has gone out to the pasture to look after the cattle.  May Jem has a young calf.

June 25, 1924
     Clear this forenoon.  Rained at 3 pm.  Fine rain.  Charlie finished the 6 acre field at dinner and went to the corn.  Ross just finished plowing the sorghum.  Almo and boys and Maggie was hoeing the sorgum.

June 26, 1924
     Clear day.  Rained last night.  Ross has gone to town to help dig Mr. Caygle’s grave.  They did not dig the grave today.  This afternoon Charlie and Ross plowed the watermelons and worked in the cotton.  Almo and Mattie hoed the melons and planted some of them over.  Maggie and Almo’s boys finished hoeing the sorgum.
 
 
 

June 27, 1924
     Clear this morning.  Charlie is plowing middles in the corn.  Ross is cultivating.  Almo and boys is hoeing.  Almo got sick and came to the house.  Finished plowing cotton and plowed the corn in front of Rosses house.  We have squares in the cotton.

June 28, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross is grinding and will go to L.B. today.  Almo and Maggie is washing.  The boys helped shell some corn and are working in the corn now.  Finished the corn and pulled the sweet potatoes.  Ross got home from L.B. at four this afternoon.  They turned the boys loose.  Let Charlie Buie have 2 bushels of meal.   Ross sold Dan Brooks both cars yesterday for three hundred dollars.

June 29, 1924
     Clear day.  We had a fine rain this afternoon.

June 30, 1924
     Cloudy day and cooler.  Fine day to hoe.  Almo, Maggie, Albert H, Douglas and Euline are hoeing cotton in the six acre field.  Ross and Charlie are plowing the cotton.  Walter Hensen got 1 bushel potatoes $3.00.

July 1, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Charlie and Ross is plowing cotton.  Maggie, Almo and boys is hoeing and Douglass finished plowing the 6 acre field at 9am.  Charlie is plowing sweet potatoes.  Doug is breaking middles in the corn.  Ross and me are plowing corn.  Dan Foster got 7.5 potatoes.

July 2, 1924
     Clear day.  Charlie finished the cotton and is plowing sorghum.  Douglass is plowing middles.  Ross is plowing corn.  Almo and boys is hoeing cotton.  Rob Buie got 2 lbs of potatoes.  Ross has gone to L.B. after his poison for cotton.  Dan and Almo is plowing corn.  Albert is plowing middles.  Finished the corn this afternoon.

July 3, 1924
     Finished hoeing cotton.  Ross finished plowing the sorghum.  Charlie is disking his potato ground.  Ross finished plowing sorghum and broke the middles.  Douglas is harrowing the potatoes.  Maggie went to the bank meeting.  I am helping Charlie cut potatoes.
 

July 4, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross has gone to town after ice.  I am churning.  Maggie is planting peas and cucumbers and picking beans.  We canned 14 cans today.  Charlie planted his potatoes today.  Ross just brought some ice cream and cake up.  It was fine.

July 5, 1924
     Clear today.  Ross and family have gone to Loat’s fishing.  Sold Let Staggs 5 bushels of potatoes.  Jesse and family came over to the house.  Had a fine fish fry at Mert’s.

July 6, 1924
     Maggie and Jesse’s folks have gone to Wills (Editor's note:  This was Edgar brother's Will Washburn, who lived in the Brace community)  today.  Got back at five and Jesse went home.  Fred stayed.  We had a fine rain this afternoon.  The sun is shining.  Warm after the rain.

July 7, 1924
     Clear.  Ross is cutting the alfalfa and red top.  Douglass is braking middles in the corn.  Fred and Maggie picked 1 gallon of berries this afternoon.

July 8, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross is working on the bailer this morning.  Douglas is running sweeps in the corn and potatoes.  This afternoon Ross is raking hay.  Almo and boys is stacking hay.  Maggie made 10 gallons of crout today.

July 9, 1924
     Ross has gone to Maury to bale hay.  Douglas is plowing corn.  Almo and boys finished shocking hay.  Rob hauled 4 load of hay and will finish hauling in the morning.  Albert plowed corn this afternoon.

July 10, 1924
     Clear day.  Douglas is plowing middles in the corn.  Jim and Claud Buie are plowing cotton in the 6 acre field.  Rob finished hauling hay.  He got 11 shock of red top.

July 11, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross is bailing.  Jim and Claud is plowing cotton.  D__ is plowing middles and drinking most of the time. Finished the 6 acre field and plowing sorgum.  D___ finished breaking middles in the corn.  Finished the sorgum and are plowing cotton on the hill sides.

July 12, 1924
     Clear.  Jim is cultivating corn.  Claud finished the cotton and is plowing some in the Duke’s mixture.  He laid off this afternoon.  Rained this afternoon about 2 pm.  Nice little shower.  Ross got home from bailing about 6 and ground.  Let Frank have 2 ½ bushels of potatoes.  Let Bass have one bushel of meal and let Jim Staggs 5 ½ pounds.

July 13, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and D__ are working on the car all day.  Dan went to Florence and did not get back until 8 Monday morning.

July 14, 1924
     Clear.  Ross went to bale hay.  ______  finished plowing corn and is plowing potatoes.  Maggie and Fred picked 5 gallons of blackberries this morning and have gone after huckleberries this afternoon.  They got 2 gallons. Jim finished plowing potatoes.

July 15, 1924
     Dry and hot.  Jim is plowing sweet potatoes and Dukes Mixture and has gone to the corn down in the bottom on Davis place.  We are going to lay it by today.

July 16, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Jim is plowing corn.  Maggie and Fred is picking berries.  Dan come home after a piece of the baler they broke.  Rained a little at dinner and Jim laid off this afternoon.

July 17, 1924
     Jim went to plowing.  Rained about seven and he stopped plowing. Cleared off and he has gone to work.  Almo and boys are working in the strawberry patch.  Maggie made some crout this morning and has gone to town after some cans, rubbers, sugar and flour.

July 18, 1924
     Clear today.  Ross come home last night.  Went back this morning to bale.  Jons is plowing corn.  Rained some but enough to stop plowing.  Jim finished the corn at 9:30 and went to the cotton.
 
 
 

July 19, 1924
     Clear day.  Jim finished the corn and is in the cotton.  Maggie and Fred are picking berries.  Almo and kidds are working in the strawberries pulling weeds.  Jim laid off this afternoon.  Rained a little this afternoon.  A few cotton blooms in sight today.

July 20, 1924
     Dry and hot today.  Ross and kids took 3 cows and calves and the red heifer to the pasture today.  We saw second cotton blooms today.

July 21, 1924
     Clear.  Ross and Dan, Claud, Walter, Earl, Herbert went to bale.  Jim is plowing cotton.  Maggie and Fred went to Mrs. Mathis  today.  Jim has gone to get the mules shod this afternoon.

July 22, 1924
     Clear.  Jim is plowing cotton.  Maggie and Mrs. Mathis has gone to pick berries this morning.  Finished the cotton and commenced in the corn in front of Rosses house.

July 23, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Jim is plowing corn.  Dan come home this afternoon and went back to the b___.

July 24, 1924
     Jim plowed corn.  Maggie and Almo washed to day.  We canned 16 cans of beans and 14 cans of crout today.  Jim got word his mother was worse today.

July 25, 1924
     Jim and J___ is plowing.  Finished the corn.  Plowed the potatoes and sorgum and the cotton on the hillside and the Dukes Mixture.  Joe Crane was here today.  Maggie went home with him.  Nettie canned 22 cans of beans today.

July 26, 1924
     Clear and cooler.  Jim is hauling dirt out of the pond.  Almo and boys are picking potato bugs.  D___ and Fred is helping them.  Maggie got home from Joe Cranes this morning.  Ross got home from bailing about 5 this afternoon.

July 27, 1924
     Clear.  Ross is fixing something about the bailer engine.

July 28, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross, Dan, Charlie, Herbert, Walter, Earl have gone bailing.  Jim is trying to grind for Ben Staggs.  Then he will go to hauling dirt out of the pond.  Had a light rain at 4 pm.

July 29, 1924
     Clear.  Jim is hauling manure this morning cleaning out the barn.  Got a letter from Jesse said Ernest was sick.  Jim went to town at 10.

July 30, 1924
     Jim is hauling dirt in the stables this morning and in the field this afternoon.

July 31, 1924
     Hot and dry.  Jim is sick today.  Rob Buie killed a calf for us today.  Ross come home tonight.  It is his birthday.  They are going to have a big time at Bishops tonight.  Maggie and Fred went down there.

August 1, 1924
     Cloudy.  Ross went back to the bailer this morning. Almo and Maggie are making crout.  Jim and Almo made some cider this afternoon.

August 2, 1924
     Clear this morning.  Dry and hot.  Almo washed today.  I have been peeling apples.  We had a little rain this afternoon, not much.  Ross got home at 7:30 tonight.

August 3, 1924
     Clear and hot this morning.  Jesse came over today and left Sarah.  Ernest and Mary are both sick.  Jesse just started home around 4.  It rained just a little this afternoon, not enough to lay the dust.

August 4, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Ross went to baling this monring.  L. S. Washburn (Editors note:  This was Edgar’s brother Lewis) is hauling dirt out of the pond today.  Come a big cloud this afternoon but no rain.  Jimmy come down this afternoon and got Sarah to go home with her.  Hauled 9 load of dirt today.
 

August 5, 1924
     Clear.  Lewis is hauling dirt out of pond.  The pond is dry.  Have to send the mules to the creek to water them.  Come up a big cloud, thundered and lightening but no rain yet.  Hauled 9 loads of dirt today.
 
August 6, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Lewis is hauling dirt today.  Maggie washed.  I have been peeling peaches this morning.  Lewis hauled 10 loads of dirt today.

August 7, 1924
     Cloudy.  Had a nice rain last night.  Dan come home from bailing.  Will go back today.  Maggie has gone to town after fruit jars and tops.  Had a light rain today.

August 8, 1924
     Clear and hot.  We are canning some peaches today.

August 9, 1924
     Cloudy and raining.  Had a fine shower this morning.  Joe Crane come after Maggie at 10 last night.  She has not got home yet.  Fred and me got breakfast.  Douglas and Fred milled this morning.  Maggie got home at 5:30.  Ross come home from bailing this morning.   They have gone to Foresters this afternoon.

August 10, 1924
     Sunday.  Clear and hot.  Ross and family are at Tompsons.  Got home at 5 pm.

August 11, 1924
     Clear.  Ross is bailing.  Dan, Walter, Earl, Charlie Buie and Bert Morgan.  Canned 10 cans of tomatoes, 8 quarts of peaches.  Lewis is fixing fence around the soy bean field.

August 12, 1924
     Clear and cooler.  No rain.  I have been peeling apples and peaches.  Maggie is up town today.  Got back at 4.  Fred and me was peeling peaches.  Canned 5 quarts.

August 13, 1924
     Lewis Washburn is splitting wood and picking up apples.  I am peeling apples.  Maggie, Fred, Sarah and Mrs. Mathis went to Joe Cranes today.
 

August 14, 1924
     Clear.  Lewis plowed the strawberries and Ross garden  Has gone to Henry Bishops after a wagon to haul dirt.
 
August 15, 1924
     Clear day.  Lewis is hauling dirt.  Maggie made crout today and canned tomatoes and crout.  I am peeling apples.  Dan come home last night and went right back to the bailer.  It is at Vance Williams.

August 16, 1924
     Cloudy.  Looks like rain.  Lewis is hauling dirt and some apples.  Albert is picking up apples.  Ross got home from bailing at 7 tonight.  The bailer is at Vance Williams.

August 17, 1924
     Clear and dry.  Jesses folk all came today and took Fred back home with them.  Ross and family and Maggie have gone to Mt.Pleasant to Clark Reids funeral this afternoon.

August 18, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Ross went to bailing today.  Charlie, Bert, Walter, Earl and ___ went with him.  Dan got married yesterday and wasn’t able to work.  Maggie is making a switch for Susie Wright.  I have been peeling apples.

August 19, 1924
     Clear and dry.  Maggie is making a switch for Hannah Staggs.  I am peeling apples.  It looked like rain this afternoon.  Maggie is at Netties.  I am afraid the apples on the house will get wet.  I hope it will rain.

August 20, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Mrs. Mathis come down and picked up some apples and we peeled them.  Ralph come over here and took dinner.  Don Potts was here today.

August 21,  1924
     Clear.  I am peeling peaches this moment.  Canned 6 quarts.  Still dry and hot.

August 22, 1924
     Clear and hot.  I just churned and Maggie is taking up the butter.  Put up a comforter today and tacked the most of it.

August 23, 1924
     Clear today.  I have been shelling peas and beans and peeling peaches.  Ross got home from bailing at 7:30.

August 24, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Jesse come over today.  This is my birthday.  Jesse has gone over to Will’s.  Just got back and has started home.  Dr. Gallaher come up this evening and examined me.  He gave me a good going over.

August 25, 1924
     Cool and cloudy.  Dan has not come with the car and they have started out on foot.  Dan came at 7:30 and went with them. Ross, Walter, Earl, Birt and Charlie Buie.  Maggie put up another comforter to tie today.  I have been cutting sacks.

August 26, 1924
     Clear.  No rain.  I have been churning this morning.

August 27, 1924
     Clear and dry.  Dan came home last night.  The bailer is at Henry ____.  They will finish this tomorrow I guess.

August 28, 1924
     Clear and hot.  We have been peeling pears this morning. Ross was home last night.  Went back this morning.  Partains went to Alabama today.

August 29, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Maggie is canning pears and tomatoes.  I am shelling butter beans.  Ross got home from bailing at noon today.

August 30, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Ross and Dan are working on the car.  They are going to Blakes after the road tools this morning.  This afternoon he has gone to town.  Found our first cotton boles open today.

August 31, 1924
     Clear and hot.  Nothing doing today.  Mart and Ralph was here today.
 

September 1, 1924
     Cloudy and dry.  Ross is working the road today.  We have been canning apples and making jelly.  We got 16 cans at Mr. Partains.  Rained some.
 
September 2, 1924
     Cloudy and misty.  Had a nice shower last night.  Ross is working the road.

September 3, 1924
     Clear and cool  Ross is working the road.  We are canning fruit.

September 4, 1924
     Clear and cool.  Ross is working the road.  Maggie has gone to town after fruit.  Earl Henson went to Napier after a load of scrap iron for the bridge at Saw Creek.

September 5, 1924
     Ross is working the road.  Earl went to Henryville after lumber for the bridge.

September 6, 1924
     Clear and cool. Ross and Earl are digging two stumps out of the pond and picking up come apples and making cider.  Peter and Frank Loveless was here today.  Ross has gone to town.

September 7, 1924
     Clear and cool.  Mrs. Anderson (Editor's note:  This Mrs. Anderson was most likely Nettie's mother) is at Netties.  Dan was here last night.  Granville and Jimmy was here today.  Ross has gone to take Dan and his…

September 8, 1924
     Clear and warmer.  Ross is working the road.  I have churned and been shelling peas.  Maggie sold Mr. England two pigs today.  He come after them in the truck.

September 9, 1924
     Clear and cool.  Ross is working on the bridge at the creek.  I have been pealing tomatoes and shelling butter beans.  Maggie and Bess Buie are at Partains.  They got home last night from Alabama.  Maggie and Bess made a comforter for Mrs. England today.
 
 

September 10, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross is working on the bridge.  Maggie is making Mrs. Finch a comforter.  I have been peeling peaches.  Will Pigg and his wife was here today after a potato fork and apples and peaches.
 
September 11, 1924
     Clear and cool.  Ross is working on the bridge.  Maggie is going to Mrs. Mathis today.  Nettie is here peeling peaches.  I went down on the road today.

September 12, 1924
     Clear and warmer.  Ross is working on the bridge.  I have been peeling peaches.  Looks like rain.  Maggie ordered a bill of goods from Sears Roebuck today to make Mrs. Bogle a comforter.

September 13, 1924
     Cloudy this morning.  Ross has gone to work on the bridge.  I wove one yard on Mrs. England’s rug.  Commended to rain at 10 am and has rained slow most all day.  The first rain to wet down any since the 18 of June.  Ross is working on Dan’s car this afternoon.

September 14, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross has gone to the pasture to salt the cattle.  They are all right.

September 15, 1924
     Clear.  Ross is working on the bridge.  Maggie has gone to town.  I am peeling peaches.

September 16, 1924
     Clear.  Ross is working on the bridge.  Maggie is helping Mrs. Finch pack up for Florida.

September 17, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross has gone to Pulasky after a new car.  Mrs. Pigg and Theodore are making cider.  Maggie washed today.  I am cutting the sax and smoking.

September 18, 1924
     Rainy this morning.  Ross has gone to Nashville to the Fair.  Edgar is here with us.  Mr. Partain worked some on our fire place today.

September 19, 1924
     Clear and windy today.  Maggie is making Mrs. Bogle a comforter today.  I have been weaving some and cutting sax.  Edgar is in everything he can find.  He is writing in the catalog now.  Ross got home at 11 tonight.

September 20, 1924
     Clear.  Had a light shower last night.  Ross and Maggie went to town this afternoon.  I have been weaving some today.  Maggie sent a comforter to Nashville today for Mr. Bogle.

September 21, 1924
     Clear day.  Jesse and family come over today.  Mart was here. Jesse started home at 4 this afternoon.  Mrs. Pigg was here with girls and boys.  Mrs. Mathis was here with Chloe and all the rest.

September 22, 1924
     Clear day.  Claud Buie is hauling wood from Brook place this morning.  Rob Buie and Louie Pigg are cutting this afternoon.  Ross has gone to town after twine.  Claud and Ross will cut corn this afternoon.  Charlie and Bess Buie are picking cotton this afternoon.  Maggie went to town with Ross.  I am weaving some.

September 23, 1924
     Clear and cool and windy.  Ross, Claud, Rob, Louie Pigg and Theodore are cutting corn.  Ross, Charlie and 3 little Buies are picking cotton.  Mr. Pigg and Ethel and Brach Russell, Ross and Claud commenced cutting the corn in front of house yesterday at dinner and they will finish it before tonight.

September 24, 1924
     Clear and warmer.  Ross and Claud are cutting hay.  Rob, Earl, Louie Pigg, Theodore are cutting corn.  Four Buies are picking cotton.  Six Piggs and Brach picking cotton.  Four Staggs and Douglass, Maggie went to town with Ross.  He went to Henry Packards.  Finished cutting corn.  223 shocks.

September 25, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Claud, Earl are working in the hay.  Finished picking cotton this morning.  Picked 2200 pound.  Got the hay in front of Rosses in the barn and raked some on Davis place.  Louie and Theodore helped in the afternoon.  I finished Mrs. England’s rug today.

September 26, 1924
     Cloudy and misty.  Hauled in a load of corn this morning and they are getting stakes to stack hay for now.  Ross, Earl, Louie and Theodore shocked all they had cut.  Ross had a party last night.

September 27, 1924
     Clear this morning.  Ross has gone to Centerville.  Theodore and Louie are cutting corn on Davis Place.  Maggie is cutting Mrs. England’s carpet out this morning.  Finished cutting corn at 11.  Raining this afternoon.  I received notice today of my increase in pension.

September 28, 1924
     Sunday.  Cloudy and cold and misty.  Ross is at Centerville.  We have a fire in the fireplace today.  The first this fall.

September 29, 1924
     Clear.  Earl is cutting hay.  Ross got home from Jesse’s at 11 am and is grinding some now.

September 30, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross and Earl and 3 of the Pigg boys are cutting hay.  I am cutting out carpet for Mrs. Finch.  Maggie is sewing, ironing, and everything else.  Maggie and Fred has gone to Mrs. Mathis.  Ross and 2 of the Pigg boys is stripping sorghum.  Earl and one of the Piggs is cutting hay.

October 1, 1924
     Clear this morning.  Had a hard frost last night.  Ross is cutting and raking hay this forenoon.  This afternoon Claud is cutting.  Ross is raking and the Pigg boys are shocking.  Maggie has gone to Mrs. Whitfields for dinner.  Fred is picking cotton.

October 2, 1924
     Clear and warmer.  Ross, Claud, Louie, Lawrence are working in the hay.  Lot of girls picking cotton.

October 3, 1924
     Ross and his crowd is in the hay.  My crowd is picking cotton.  Picked 1373 pounds.  Jesse and family come over tonight.

October 4, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and family, Jesse and Chloe and Maggie, Mary and Fred went to Lawrenceburg.  Billy, Sarah and Ernest is here.  Charlie, Earl Brock, Louie Pigg is cutting hay.  Finished cutting hay at noon today.  Earl is digging some sweet potatoes.  He has gone to town now.  Will do the chores when he comes home.

October 5, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Jesse has gone to the pasture to salt the cattle.  Jesse and family will take dinner at Rosses today.  Jesse has gone to look at Ralph’s old car.  I will go home with Jesse tonight.

October 6, 1924
     Ross cut sorghum.  Earl helped after dinner.

October 7, 1924
     Ross, Earl, Claud, cut sorghum.  I finished rugs.  Put in a quilt. Went after bailer this afternoon.
 
October 8, 1924
     Brought the ladies down.  Took off some cotton to the gin.

October 9, 1924
     Some more cotton to the gin.

October 10, 1924
     Pulled the silo down.  Going to Centerville with Mart.

October 11, 1924
     Ross is at Jesses.  Nothing doing.

October 13, 1924
     I come home from Jesses this morning.  Ross, Nettie and Maggie went to LB.  Got home at five this afternoon.

October 14, 1924
     Clear day.  Picking cotton today.  Ross, Earl, Gladys, four Henson girls picked 600 pound.

October 15, 1924
     Clear.  Picking cotton.  Ross has gone to LB with Frank.  Maggie has gone to Mrs. Mathis to a quilting.

 
October 16, 1924
     Clear.  Finished picking cotton today.  Ross has gone to the gin with a load this afternoon.  Did not get ginned.

October 17, 1924
     Ross went back to the gin this morning and got his cotton ginned.  664 pound bale..  He has gone to bale hay for Fred Usher this afternoon.

October 18, 1924
     Clear and warm.  Ross has gone to Fred Usher’s to bale hay.

October 19, 1924
     Fred and Granville was here this morning.  Ross has gone to Sunday school and up to town.

October 20, 1924
    Clear.  Ross, Earl, Walter, Charlie and Claud is bailing on the Davis place today.  Saw Creek is dry in our pasture field.  Maggie is going to Napier tonight to stay at Englands’s a day or two.

October 21, 1924
     Clear.  Ross is bailing hay.  Finished Davis hay this afternoon.

October 22, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross, Charlie and Earl are hauling hay today and baling some at the barn.  Hauling from the old cotton field to the barn.  Finished bailing this afternoon and got it all in the barn.  Maggie has not come home yet.

October 23, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Had a frost last night.  The first since September 30.  Ross and Charlie Buie is trying to dig sweet potatoes this morning.  Maggie has not got home from Napier.  Got home this afternoon.  Dug 18 crates of potatoes to dry.

October 24, 1924
     Clear.  Ross and Charlie is digging sweet potatoes.  Got all dug but two rows.

October 25, 1924
     Ross and Charlie is sorting potatoes and putting up stairs at his house.  Finished digging today.  Had 75 crates.

October 26, 1924
     Cloudy today.  Jesse and family come over last night.  Ross and Jesse has gone to the pasture after the cattle this morning.

October 27, 1924
     Ray and Charlie dug potatoes.  I went to Gilbert Buies Monday night.

October 28, 1924
     Ray and Charlie dug potatoes.  5 crates.

October 29, 1924
     I went to Lil Craines and quilted.  Ray and Charlie dug potatoes.  10 crates.  Sold 4 head of cattle today.

October 30, 1924
     Ross dug potatoes.  Charlie helped this afternoon.  I tacked out a comforter.

October 31, 1924
     Ray and Charlie digging potatoes.  15 crates.  Raining a little.

November 1, 1924
     Ray and Charlie dug potatoes.  8 crates.

November 3, 1924
     Ray worked on __ car.  Earl dug potatoes.  Maggie delivered Mrs. Skillers comforter.

November 4, 1924
     Charlie dug potatoes.  We all went and voted.

November 5, 1924
     Ray and Charlie are digging potatoes.

November 6, 1924
     Ray went to see about a shredder and fixed his bridge.

November 7, 1924
     Rob killed calf.  Ray and myself went to Napier.

November 9, 1924
     I come home from Jesses today.  Loat and Myrtle was here.  Jesse started home at 3 this afternoon.

November 10, 1924
     Clear day.  Charlie Buie is hauling wood.  Ross and Maggie is picking cotton.  I am cutting carpet rags.

November 11, 1924
     Clear.  Ross is working on the corn shredder.

November 12, 1924
     Rained some last night and is raining some today.  We had a quilting today.  Mrs. Mathis, Mrs. Romine, Mrs. Whipple, Mrs. Boals, Mrs. Whitten, Mrs. Bishop and Mrs. Nettie Washburn and son.

November 13, 1924
     Snow.   Ross worked on shredder this morning and has gone to Holland this afternoon to get a plug for the tractor.  Maggie went with him.  Charlie Buie and myself have been sorting potatoes.  Charlie is hauling some corn and sorghum now.

November 14, 1924
     Ross went to Mt. Pleasant with some sweet potatoes, 5 chickens, some and eggs and bulls.  Charlie and Maggie are picking cotton this morning.

November 15, 1924
     Rained some last night.  Ross is grinding some today.

November 16, 1924
     Ross and Maggie went to Alices today.  Got back at 4 this afternoon.  Had a frost last night.

 November 17, 1924
     More clear.  Picking cotton today.  Ross, Charlie, Bess and Maggie and Nettie got oil and gas today.

November 18, 1924
     Cloudy.  Ross and Charlie are hauling J.G. Davises hay to town.

November 19, 1924
     Clear.  Ross and Charlie are picking cotton.  Maggie finished my quilt this morning and is picking cotton this afternoon.

November 20, 1924
     Clear day.  Finished picking cotton today.  Ross has gone to town with it.  Had 153 pounds.

November 21, 1924
     Cloudy and misty.  Charlie and Ross helped me put in 80 yards of wash.  Charlie worked ½ day.

November 22, 1924
     Clear day.  Charlie hauled a load of wood.  Hauled Davis a load of hay and gathered some corn.  Ross ground some and worked on Curtis car and went and took a load of folks to Center to a entertainment.  Maggie went to Mrs. Whipple’s today.  I wove some and cut sax for carpet.

November 23,1924
     Cloudy.  Ross has gone to Centerville and Nettie went home with him.  He went to get a pulley for the tractor to shred corn.

November 24, 1924
     Partly cloudy and colder.  Ross has not got home from Jesses yet.  Charlie Buie is hauling and shucking corn.  Maggie is up at Mrs. Whipple’s today.  Ross got home at 3:30 this afternoon.
 
 
 

November 25, 1924
     Clear and froze last night.  Ross and Charlie is getting ready to shred corn.  Took Ross and Charlie until afternoon to crank the engine.  Only shredded one load today.  Maggie went to Walter Craigs.

November 26, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Froze last night.  They are going to shred today.  Engine cranked all right this morning.  Ross and Charlie shredded 7 loads.  Mrs. Mathis and Jimmy come out this afternoon and wove a rug.

November 27, 1924
     Clear.  Ross is shredding corn.  Charlie, Fred Bishop, and Rob Buie is helping him.  Jimmy come out this afternoon and wove some. They made three rugs.

November 28, 1924
     Cloudy and drizzle.  Ray, Charlie and Rob are shredding corn.  Heavy frost last night.

November 29, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross, Charlie, Rob Callahan, Fred Bishop shredding corn.  Finished at 10:30 and are sawing wood now.  Took the bailer to Smiths this afternoon.

November 30, 1924
     Clear and warmer this morning.  Ross and family went to town and went to Bishops tonight.

December 1, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross and Charlie and Callahan and Bailey at Smiths.  Will Washburn stayed here last night.  Loat was here this afternoon and paid Maggie $2.00 on note.

December 2, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Froze in the kitchen last night.  Ross, Charlie, Callahan is bailing hay at Smiths.  Finished this afternoon.  He had 8 tons.

December 3, 1924
     Claud, Ross and Charlie is scraping in the pond this afternoon.  Ross and Maggie went to town this afternoon.  Maggie paid the note for our light ($317.60)

December 4, 1924
     Drizzly today.  Ross and Charlie is working in the pond today.  They finished the pond today.

December 5, 1924
     Clear day.  Rained last night.  The first good rain since June 13.  Ross and Charlie is working the road fixing bridges.

December 6, 1924
     Charlie commenced plowing in the cotton field and Ross is grinding.  Began to rain at 9 this morning.  Has rained most all day.  Ross took Nettie to town today and had her bobbed.  They went to a party at the schoolhouse.

December 7, 1924
     Rainy day.  Ross and Maggie went to Jesses today.  Charlie is at Callahans to get his hair cut.

December 8, 1924
     Rained last night.  Most all night.  Charlie tried to plow in the alfa field.  It was too wet.  Charlie and Curtis worked on the bridge this afternoon.  Ross and Maggie got home from Jesses tonight.  Brought Fred home with them.  I have been cutting sax all day.

December 9, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Charlie is working on the bridge at Saw Creek today.  I have been cutting sax all day.  Maggie is making soap for Chloe.  Fred has gone to town with Ross.

December 10, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross and Charlie and Callahan are bailing at Claud Wrights.  Maggie and Freddie went to Walter Craigs to help kill hogs today.  I am cutting sax and freezing and smoking.  They got home from bailing at 4 this afternoon.  Bailed 3 tons ($9.00).

December 11, 1924
     Clear day.  Ross and Charlie is cutting wood.  Maggie is helping Fanny Craig render lard today.  I am cutting sax.

December 12, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross and Charlie are killing hogs.  Got them all dressed by noon.  Charlie hauled 2 loads of wood and sawed it up this evening.

December 13, 1924
     Clear and warmer today.  Ross and Charlie and Maggie are cutting up the meat and salting it.  They will bring Mr. Cox at 11 today.  Mrs. Finch died at White Springs Florida the 9th.

December 14, Sunday
     Clear day.  Jesses folks come last night.  Got here at 9. Ross and Jesse have gone to L.B. today.  Chloe and the kids went too all but Ernest and Fred.  They started home at 6:20 tonight.

December 15, 1924
     Clear and warmer.  Our cows got out last night.  Ross hunted for them until 1 this afternoon.  Found them at Hugh Nafes.  Charlie was drunk last night and has not come to work.  Ross is plowing in the alfa field.  Charlie come at 3 this afternoon. Sent ____ some sweet potatoes by Ross.  Maggie washed today and is making soap this afternoon.

December 16, 1924
     Warm and drizzly.  Charlie is plowing in the alfa field.  Ross is finishing his smoke house.  Maggie is making soap.  Got 10 gallons of oil and 30 gallons of gas.  Charlie finished the alfa at 3 and went to the cotton field.  Maggie and Ross is up there.

December 17, 1924
     Clear and warm.  Charlie is plowing in the cotton field.  Ross has gone to town after A.C. Whipple and wife.  They was here to have dinner today.  They left for Lawrence tonight.

December 18, 1924
     Ross and Charlie is plowing.  Finished the cotton field and went to the corn field to plow.  ___ Reynolds stayed here all night.

December 19, 1924
     Rainy today and cold.  Ross and Maggie went to Will Piggs this morning and bought 2 pigs ($6.50).  Ross has been up town most all day.  Charlie went to town and is doing chores and cut some wood, not much.

December 20, 1924
     Cold. Froze hard last night.  Ross and Charlie went to Mr. Whipples today and got some chairs and table.  Colder tonight than it was last night.  Rob Buie is sick.  They was here to call the doctor just now.

December 21, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Ross has been working on his radiator.  It froze up Friday night.  ___ and Fred Henley stayed at Rosses last night.

December 22, 1924
     Cloudy and cold.  Ross and Charlie cut 2 loads of wood and hauled them today.  Our little pig got out last night and went home.  We got a letter today from Frank and Gertrude and Frank Ramsdale (Editor's note:  Frank was Ed’s cousin on his mother’s side).

December 23, 1924
     Rained and sleet all day.  Ross and Nettie went to Mt. Pleasant today and haven’t got back yet.  Bess and Charlie are keeping house for them.  Maggie sold 5 dozen eggs today ($2.50).  Nettie sold 7 dozen ($3.50).

December 24, 1924
     Rainy and cold today.  Ross and Maggie is up town.  I have been churning and mending my pants.  Ross and family went to the Christmas tree.  Fred went with them.

December 25, 1924
     Clear and cold today.  Jesses folks come over today.  Got a nice box from Pattersons today.  Jesse started home at 4 this afternoon.

December 26, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Charlie went to Will Piggs and got our pig.  It got out and went home.  Charlie and Ross is cutting some wood this afternoon.  Maggie is at Curtises.  I am cutting sax.  Rosses folks went to Bob McCrories to a dance.  A crowd of young folk from town come out here last night and had a fine time.

December 27, 1924
     Clear and warmer.  Ross and Charlie is cutting a little wood.  Charlie is hauling it and Ross has gone to town.  They had a big dance at Rosses last night.

 
December 28, 1924
     Clear and cold.  Maggie and Rosses folks has gone to Henry Bishops to dinner.  I am here alone.  Ross and family went to Bishops last night.

December 29, 1924
     Cloudy and warmer.  Charlie and Ross is cutting wood today.  Ross had a party at his house last night.

December 30, 1924
     Warmer and raining.  Charlie and Ross made a coupling pole for the wagon and cleaned up the mill.  Charlie has gone after a load of wood.

December 31, 1924
     Rainy.  Nothing doing.  Ross papered some on his house today and has gone to the depot to meet Mrs. White and girls.  They did not come.

January 1, 1925
     Rainy day.  Charlie went a hunting.  Killed 5 rabbits.  Rosses folks is going to have a big supper tonight.  Henry Bishop will be there.  ____ has been helping Nettie.  We are looking for a crowd from town.  Maggie and myself have been peacing on a quilt all day.

January 2, 1925
     Cloudy day and warmer,  Ross is working on Henry Bishops car.  Charlie is cutting poles on Curtis place.  Worked ¾ of a day.

January 3, 1925
     Clear day.  Charlie and Ross is cutting some wood now.  Ross is grinding and Charlie is hauling some wood.  We had a party last night.  The boys and girls from town come and had a time.  Ross and family went to Tompsons this afternoon.  Our lights went out tonight.

January 4, 1925
     Clear day.  Ross is at Tompsons.  Got home at 5 pm.
 
 

January 5, 1925
     Clear.  Ross and Charlie is cutting poles on Curtis place.  Maggie finished her ____ quilt today.  I have started another.

January 6, 1925
     Ross and Charlie are cutting and hauling wood today.  Maggie is tracing out a comforter today.  I am piecing on a quilt.

January 7, 1924
     Clear day.  Charlie and Ross is cutting poles this afternoon.  Maggie and Ross has gone to town to the bank meeting.  Charlie is hauling wood.  Last night Fred Wrights barn burnt and the barn on the Richard place.  Three horses burnt in the barn.  Ross and family went to Bishops to a party.  Maggie went to Earl Piggs about 8 tonight.

January 8, 1925
     Cloudy day.  Charlie is cutting wood.  Ross has gone to take Mr. Gardner to L’burg.  Maggie got home from Piggs at 9 this morning.

January 9, 1925
     Rainy day.  Nothing doing.

January  10, 1925

     Rainy.  Ross and Charlie are working on the wood saw putting the bailer engine on it and working a new axel.

January 11, 1925
     Cloudy today,  Rained all night last night.  Rained all day.  Ross and family went to town and stayed all day.

January 12, 1925
     Cloudy day.  Ross is working on the saw.  Charlie is hauling poles.  Maggie went to Earl Piggs at 4 this morning.  Caught a little bore pig and got home at 8 this morning.  This morning Ross sawed 9 loads of poles.  This afternoon Charlie and Brach helped him.  Rained tonight.
 
 

January 13, 1925
     Clear day.  Ross, Charlie, and Brach sawed 15 loads of poles this morning on our wood yard.  Maggie and Ross went to town and shipped our cotton and got my Carbite.  Got a box of apples from Gertrude and Frank.

January 14, 1925
     Clear day.  Ross and Charlie is filling our light tank this morning.  Ross went to town.  Charlie is white washing since Ross got home and him and Charlie is cutting poles.

January 15, 1925
     Cloudy and colder.  Ross and Charlie cutting poles.  Rosses folk went to Will Piggs to dance.

January 16, 1925
     Cloudy and rained last night.  Charlie and Ross is cutting wood.  Killed a calf for beef this afternoon.  Ross has gone to town with Rob and the calf hide.  Ross and family went to Walter Henson’s to a dance.

January 17, 1925
     Cloudy and rainy.  Ross is cutting wood.  Charlie is hauling wood.  Worked ¾ day.  Ross is grinding this afternoon.  Charlie gone a hunting.

January 18, 1925
     Rainy day.  Ross and Maggie went to Earl Piggs.  Ross has gone to Mrs. ____ funeral.  Fred and Dela was here today.

January 19, 1925
     Cloudy and rainy.  Ross and Charlie are cutting poles.  Charlie cut the end of his big toe off this morning.   I just finished my quilt.

January 20, 1925
     Clear.  Rained last night.  Ross and Charlie is cutting poles this morning.  Maggie is at Let Staggs.  Hubert is sick.  This afternoon they are splitting wood.  Maggie is at Callahans.
 
 
 

January 21, 1925
     Clear day.  Ross and Charlie are cutting poles this morning.  Charlie is hauling.  Ross went to town and is cutting poles now.  Maggie washed today and went to town and to Let Staggs.  I am piecing a quilt.

January 22, 1925
     Ross is cutting poles.  Charlie is hauling wood.  Backed the axel out of the wagon.

January 23, 1925
     Clear day.  Charlie, Ross and L.S. Washburn is cutting wood.  Sawed 21 loads.

January 24, 1925
     Charlie has gone after the grader to work the road.  Ross has gone to town.  They had a dance at Rosses last night.

January 25, 1925
     Cloudy day.  Jesse and Fred and Ernest come over last night.  Maggie, Jesse and Ross went to L.B. today.  Milt Hudson was here and Mert and Loat.  Jesse started home at 5 pm.

January 26, 1925
     Rainy day.  Ross went down below Loretto with Dan Brock after his car.  It broke down with him yesterday.  Charlie commenced Chloes rug and went a rabbit hunting.  Killed 2.

January 27, 1925
     Cold and sleet and snow.  Rained last night and turned cold and sleet.  Snowing some today.

January 28, 1925
     Cold and snowing some.  Charlie and Ross splitting wood.

January 29, 1925
     Cloudy and cold.  Ground is froze and just enough snow to show.  Charlie is shelling some corn.  Ross is grinding.  They had a dance at Rosses tonight.
 
 
 

January 30, 1925
     Clear day.  Ross and Charlie have been cutting sticks for soy bean stacking next fall this afternoon.   Ross has gone to L.B. with Mrs Staggs to get Charlie out of jail.  Charlie Buie is splitting wood.  Ross and family went to Walter Hensons to a dance.

January 31, 1925
     Clear this morning.  Charlie is splitting wood.  Ross has gone to Henryville and L.B, with Mrs Staggs to get Charlie but the bond was no good.

February 1, 1925
     Clear and warm.  Ross has gone to fix Dan’s car 4 miles below Loretto.  Nettie and kids went to L.B. with him.  Maggie is at Callahans.  Commenced to rain at 4 this evening.  Rained all night.

February 2, 1925
     Cloudy and rainy.  Charlie is weaving Chloes rug.  Maggie and Ross is up town.  I am cutting sax.  Turning colder this afternoon.  Maggie took six hens to town.  Sold them for $5.70.

February 3, 1925
     Cloudy and misty.  Ross and Charlie tried to haul manure.  It was too muddy.  Charlie finished Chloes rug.  Ross has gone to town.  Had a party to night at Rosses.

February 4, 1925
     Clear and warmer.  Ross and Charlie are cutting 4 foot wood today.  Maggie is at Let Staggs.  I am cutting sax.

February 5, 1925
     Clear. Charlie and Ross is cutting wood.  Milt Hudson was here and J.C. Davis was here today.

February 6, 1925
     Clear day.  The world did not come to an end today.  Charlie and Ross is cutting wood.  Got a letter from Frank and Gertrude today.  Sent a rug to New York today.  Jim Hudson died last night.  Jim D__ died this morning.
 
 

February 7, 1925
     Clear day.  Ross is grinding.  Charlie and Will Staggs is cutting wood.  Ross and myself are going to Jesses this afternoon.

February 8, 1925
     Ross come back from Centerville.

February 9, 1925
     Ross and Charlie cut wood. Catherine come tonight.

February 10, 1925
     Charlie hauled wood today.  A pretty warm day.  Took off a hen with eleven chicks.

February 11, 1925
     Cold as can be.  Snow on the ground.  Charlie and Ross gone to town.

February 12, 1925
     ___ come today.  Ross worked on Curtis car.

February 13, 1925
     Ross took Blue 1 ½ cord wood.

February 14, 1925
     Raining this morning.  Ross is grading road.

February 15, 1925
     I went to Burt Morgans this morning and set a hen today.

February 16, 1925
     Ross and Billy Staggs split wood.  Charlie white washed kitchen.

February 17, 1925
     Ross and Charlie are splitting wood.  Ordered cabbage plants today.

February 18, 1925
     Splitting wood.
 

February 19, 1925
     Charlie has finished wood pile.  Clearing off garden.  I am making Mrs. Rice a rug.

February 20, 1925
     Ross is grading road.  Charlie is turning up silo.

February 21, 1925
     Cloudy day.  Ross and Charlie has gone to L.B. to see the air ships.  I come home tonight.  Rained hard last night.

February 22, 1925
     Cloudy.  Jesse and Ernest has gone to L.B.  Fred and Dela was here today.  Jesse started home at 3 pm.

February 23, 1925
     Cloudy.  Rained hard last night.  Charlie and myself are ripping old sax.  Ross has gone to town after Mr.  Fleming.  He is going to stay here awhile.  Rained most all afternoon.  Ross has gone to town to farmers meeting.  Charlie is white washing and went to the school house after the kids.

February 24, 1925
     Cloudy day.  Ross has gone to school house to take the kids and teacher.  Ross has gone to town.  Took ½ bushel of sweet potatoes.  I wrote to Gertrude and ordered two bushels of beans and I wrote to Mildred today.  Charlie white washed today.  We had the mules shod.

February 25, 1924
     Clear this morning.  Ross and Charlie is whitewashing barn and door at Rosses.  Cloudy and raining some this afternoon.  Joe Crane and family come out and stayed all night.  Ross had a dance at his house.

February 26, 1925
     Clear today.  Ross and Charlie are whitewashing at his house this morning and are at the barn now white washing the front.  Mr. Fleming went to town with the mail man this morning.  Come back at noon.
 
 

February 27, 1925
     Cloudy day.  Snowed hard this morning.  Turned a little warmer and snow all gone.  Charlie is a hunting all day.

February 28, 1925
     Cold and cloudy.  Ross and family went to Bob McCrories last night.  Charlie and myself are shelling some corn this morning.  Cleared off and Ross is grinding and Charlie is cleaning out the hen house now.  Charlie and Ross is cleaning out the car shed.  Maggie just finished setting 2 quilts to gather.  We had 12 blocks left.  Ross and family went to Joe Cranes to a dance.  Mr. Fleming paid his board til the first of March ($3.00).

March 1, 1925
     Cloudy and rainy.  Rained hard last night.  Charlie went to Hensons to a dance and did not get home til 8 this morning.

March 2, 1925
     Cold and snowed some this morning.  Ross and Charlie is cutting wood for Joe Crane.  I received a letter from Mildred.  She wants 3 more rugs.  Ross and family went to Bob McCrories to a dance.

March 3, 1925
     Clear day.  Ross and Charlie are up town helping Joe Crane cut a tree in the yard for wood.

March 4, 1925
     Clear.  Ross and Charlie is up town cutting wood.  I received a letter from Gertrude today.  They have shipped the beans by freight. (100 pounds $6.20).  Louie Pigg got 286 lbs cotton seed.

March 5, 1925
     Clear day.  Charlie is whitewashing the barn.  Ross, Charlie and Willie Staggs is cutting wood this morning.  Curtis stopped them and they went to spread in the pasture.  Ross and Charlie finished whitewashing barn and hauled manure on his garden.  The had a dance at Rosses last night.
 
 
 

March 6, 1925
     Clear day.  Charlie is clearing out the sweet potatoes this afternoon.  Ross is helping paint the school house.  Charlie plowed the garden.  They hauled some manure today.  Broke the spreader.

March 7, 1925
     Fine day.  Charlie hauled wood this morning.  Ross was getting the tractor pulley off and fixing the plugs  Charlie worked in the garden some and plowed a little.  We got 100 gallons of oil, 59 gallons gas.  We go 3000 cabbage plants today.  Set out 300 tonight.  Ross ground some and went to town this afternoon.  Rosses family went to Joe Cranes to a dance tonight.

March 8, 1925
     Clear today.  Ross has gone somewhere in the car.  Loat and Myrtle was here.  Bob McCrory was at Rosses today.

March 9, 1925
     Clear today.  Ross and Charlie are plowing today.  Charlie plowed some garden for Ross.  Maggie sent Mrs. Vincer a box of flowers and one to Alice Margaret Walker.  We set out onions today.

March 10, 1925
     Clear day.  Charlie is disking the oat ground.  Ross has gone after oats this afternoon.  Charlie drilled 10 bushels of oats.  Ross commenced plowing on Davis place.  Sent Mildred Crane a box of flowers.  Ross and family went to Bobs to a dance.

March 11, 1925
     Fair day.  Ross and Charlie Olive have been plowing all day.  Maggie sold Mrs. Buies and Curtis 3 ¾ bushels of potatoes ($5.30).  Sold all the cabbage plants.

March 12, 1925
     Cloudy and colder.  All 3 plows running today.  This afternoon Charlie plowed with the tractor 1 ½ hours.  Finished the Davis field then he went to plowing the ____.  Ross and Netttie went to Hohenwald to John Loveless funeral.  Got back at 5 and commenced to plow the old hay lot above the trees.
 
 

March 13, 1925
     Clear and windy.  All 3 plows are working.  Charlie plowed some in the strawberry patch.  Finished the Davis field this morning.  Let Staggs got 1 bushel of potatoes ($1.50).

March 14, 1925
     Cloudy. Rained hard last night.  Ross and Charlie are grinding and chores.  Maggie got a letter from Chloe and a check for 1 rug ($3.00).  Maggie went to Dan Fosters at 5 this afternoon.  Charlie fixed supper and washed the dishes.  Telephone out of order today.  Ross ordered a car of fertilizer today.

March 15, 1925
     Cloudy and cold.  Maggie got home from Dan Fosters at 7 this morning.

Marc 16, 1925
     Cloudy this morning.  Ross and Charlie hauled manure this morning.  Rained all afternoon.  Ross ground some this afternoon.

March 17, 1924
     Cloudy and warmer.  Charlie is weaving some and fixing fence.  Ross has been up town all forenoon.  The beans Gertrude sent are at the depot.  The phone is out of fix and can’t call Ross or anybody.  Ross and Charlie went fishing last night.  Rained and they did not catch any.

March 18, 1925
     Cloudy.  Charlie and Fred Bishop are working on the line fence.  Ross went to town with Bess Staggs and now he is down to the ___ place with Oliver Staggs to try and sell it to Oliver.  Ross helped H. Bishop fill his light tank and them worked on fence till night.

March 19, 1925
     Clear day.  They are working on fence today.  Got a letter from Mildred with money and $6.00 for rugs.

March 20, 1925
     Clear.  Ross and Charlie are working on fence this afternoon.  Charlie is white washing.  Ross and Maggie is up town.  Sent Mildred a rug and a box of flowers.  Maggie got her cabbage plants today.
 

March 21, 1925
     Clear and warm.  Ross is working the road.  Charlie is white washing, shredding corn and grinding.  Ross had a dance.

March 22, 1925
     Fine day.  Jesse, Ernest and Fred come over last night.  Fred Mathis and Della was here.  Mort and his wife and kids was here.

March 23, 1925
     Clear day.  Ross has gone to L.B after soy beans.  Charlie working on the strawberry patch and hauled manure.  Maggie is at Let Staggs.  Went at 1 in the night.  Got home this afternoon.

March 24, 1925
     Clear.  Ross and Charlie and hauling manure.  The oil truck was here today.  (85 gallons, 5 gallons of gas).

March 25, 1925
     Clear day.  Ross and Charlie went to L.B. after nitrate of soda.  Maggie went to Bess Staggs last night at 7.  Come home this morning and went back and come home at 2.  Nothing doing.

March 26, 1925
      Clear.  Charlie is plowing the lot at Rosses.  Oliver is plowing.  Ross is disking and sowing some lespedeza at Davis place.  This afternoon he finished the hog lot below the trees and commenced in the lot back of the barn.  Something got wrong with the tractor.  Don’t know what.

March 27, 1925
     Clear this morning.  Had a hard rain last night.  Plenty of wind.  Ross and Charlie is fixing sweet potato bed.  Gone  after sawdust.  Maggie was at Bess Staggs all night.

March 28, 1925
     Rainy and cloudy.  Ross is grinding.  Charlie is hauling wood.  Ross and some more have gone to Parters to a pie supper tonight.
 
 

March 29, 1925
     Clear.  Ross went to town after Dr. Campbell.  H.  _____ had a stroke.  Ross and family spent the day at Bob McCrory.  Edgar Holland was here.

March 30, 1925
     Cloudy and cold.  Ross is plowing back of the barn.  Charlie is plowing the Davis bottom.

March 31, 1925
     Clear.  Charlie is plowing on the Davis place.  Ross plowed in the orchard.  Ross has gone to town.