January 16 thru 17, 1894

I will not be transcribing each entry since most of Bert's diary is pretty clear. You can read the original more easily by clicking on the image above to view a larger version. I will be including this paragraph, or something similar in each entry so that new readers will know they can click the image to enlarge it for easier reading. Also, there will be some links to the right of the page with relevant information that may be of interest.  If you follow Bert's diary regularly, you can skip this paragraph. My notes will include the basics of what Bert talks about each day, along with my own personal thoughts, research, information gleaned from past or future entries, etc. If you have information or suggestions that may help my research, please e-mail me.
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Tuesday, January 16, 1894 --- "So foggy you could see a little bit."  ( a perfect example of Bert's sense of humor and interesting ability to "turn a phrase".)  Leman and Bert do the morning chores, and then Bert cleans out the colt's stable.  Leman does the butter churning, and then goes down to the hollow to "git" the horses shod.  Bert and John clean up some oats and put up a "grist".  (A grist is a quantity of grain that has been cleaned -chaff and hulls removed - for grinding for either cattle feed, or flour for household use.)  Then Bert cleaned out the "bull ranch".  (I assume this is another example of Bert's sense of humor - using the expansive term "ranch" for what was probably a fairly small barn stall for the bull used to breed the cows.)  Charley Corey came by to get his bull and his "farrow" (sic) cow. (I'm assuming this is one of Bert's frequent mis-spellings - fallow would refer to a cow that had not been bred yet?)  They then put up a load of potatoes that night.  The fog has held on all day.


Wednesday, January 17, 1894 --- Leman and Bert go to Naples.  Bert takes the grist to the mill to be ground, and Leman takes forty bushels and 10 pounds of potatoes (2200 pounds - over a ton) and sold them for 45 cents a bushel..... a little over $18. Bert spends 10 cents on beef.