May 14, 1894 thru May 15, 1894

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Monday, May 14, 1894 --- Bert continues to fight his illness. He reports that his head "ached to beat Grant". I think I remember him using this phrase before, but I can't track down what this might refer to? Russ and Bert continued preparing fields for planting, and Russell went to his father's place to get seed potatoes.

Tuesday, May 15, 1894 --- Another day of headache, and Bert says he "barked and caughed (sic) all day". Bert marked a field for planting potatoes. (Probably digging shallow furrows to "drop" the potato pieces into at the proper distance apart) George Spiers and one of the Bardeen boys worked dropping the potato pieces. Bert and Russell cut more potatoes, and covered the potato pieces that were dropped earlier. Russell went back over to his father's place to get more potatoes. Bert reports that it went below freezing last night.