May 12, 1894 thru May 13, 1894

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Saturday, May 12, 1894 --- Bert spent the morning cultivating the hops one way. I presume this involved sort of plowing the ground between the hop hills which are usually fairly far apart to let in light... often up to 8 feet apart. Russell rolled some of the oats planted this week on Milo Dye's land. They had lunch at Russell Dye's place, and then both dragged and planted oats for the afternoon - finishing planting all the oats. Bert ends with "i still continus caugh and grunt" (sic)

Sunday, May 13, 1894 --- Bert reports a headache all day, but as usual, even though it is Sunday, Bert keeps busy! Bert helps with the necessary chores, and then works on making a cover for his buggy (the reason for purchasing the thread a few days ago?). He also did something on his "cart" and took his "farewell ride in it". ( Bert seems to write "hite bed" on my cart - perhaps he raised the bed/floor?) After finishing the cover for the buggy, Bert and his brother Herman (my great grandfather) put the buggy together, and then Bert went visiting to S.C. Fisher's place, and over to Milo Dye's for dinner, before returning home to Russell Dye's place to help with the evening chores.