| Mon. Apr. 1, 1901 | Cut wood all day. Elisha helped. The boys cleaned out the stables & hen house. Lib & John went up to Clunette to get eggs. |
| Tues. Apr. 2, 1901 | Correll was over to see my Clinger heifer & I went over to see his horse. We traded. I gave him $28.75 to boot. I went over to F. Clingers & bought a heifer calf. paid $3.00 for it. |
| Wed. Apr. 3, 1901 | Fine. I & the boys went over to F. Clingers and got a calf that I bought yesterday. I went down to H. bowers & bought a yearling steer at noon. Paid $21.00. Trimmed up tree tops & went up to Will Halls to Doctor a sheep. Charged him 50 cts. Dr. Pd. |
| Thurs. Apr. 4, 1901 | I fed the stock & cleaned out the ash hopper & filled it. John & I halled wood & big post out of the Rarick woods in the afternoon. Lib went over to Fred Rinks to aid society meeting. |
| Fri. Apr. 5, 1901 | I done the chores in the fore noon. Fixed at the garden fence in the afternoon. |
| Sat. Apr. 6, 1901 | I went with Elisha down to Bankses. Got 100 pickits to fix the garden fence down there. Dr 25 cts Pd. Lib & I went to Warsaw in the afternoon. Paid $1.25 for plow beam. Paid $3.50 for Etta shoes. Paid 75 cts for John hat. Paid $1.20 Drugs at J. Watson. 50 cts wagon bed straps & 25 cts tobacco for Elisha. |
| Sun. Apr. 7, 1901 | We all went to Sunday School. Etta went up to Halls to practice their song. Gave Lib 25 cts for General Conference. |
| Mon. Apr. 8, 1901 | I fixed up my plow. Elisha went to plowing in the marsh field today. Elisha Miller commenced work by the month today. Cut my Lambs tails off today. Lib & John went out to Mash Rosses after 2 roosters. Paid $1.30. Full bloods came from Farmers. |
| Tues. Apr. 9, 1901 | Nice. I got my drill out & fixed the tung. Trimed my lambs and a calf. Dehorned the calf. Went up to Hoffines to see sick sheep. Died while I was there. Came home & watered my stock & fixed harness. |
| Wed. Apr. 10, 1901 | Done the chores & took the drill & some hay down to Elishas. I went down to Pallets to see their mare. Maby was there. I was down there in the night last night. John plowed in the afternoon & drilled oats in the marsh field. Elisha was sick today. |
| Thurs. Apr. 11, 1901 | I & John went down & started to plow the west orchard in the forenoon. John finished it in the afternoon. I took my sheep down to the Powell place. 26 head of old & 18 lambs. I went down & bought a steer of Mr. Hissong. Paid $15.00. Went from there over to Shans & crossed the marsh over to Palletts. They were berring their horse. Mrs. Bitticoffer & Shells wemon was here. |
| Fri. Apr. 12, 1901 | I fixed the garden fence in the forenoon & went down to the Irvin farm. I staked off a ditch for the man that lives there. A job, by the day at $1.00 per day. |
| Sat. Apr. 13, 1901 | At home all day. Burnt stalks on fore noon, fixed post digger & other tools in the afternoon. Elisha went to Warsaw in the afternoon. |
| Sun. Apr. 14, 1901 | Went up to Sunday School. At home the rest of the day. |
| Mon. Apr. 15, 1901 | I went down to the Irvin farm. Commenced ditching today. Mr. Whitmire & Son helped all day at $1.00 per day. I ate diner & supper at Shans. |
| Tues. Apr. 16, 1901 | I helped P. Falley load stone in the fore noon. Went down to the Irvin farm in the afternoon. Mr. Whitmyre & Son ditched all day. I went on Hoffines note for $40.00. To Cormany for a Horse. I offered Shan $12.00 for a sow today. |
| Wed. Apr. 17, 1901 | Raining. I & the boys cleaned seed oats in the forenoon. I went to Atwood in the afternoon. Got Charley shod in front. Paid Hodley 35 ctts. Bought Shans sow. To pay him $12.00. F. Correll paid me $4.00, my half for the logs he sold to Miner. Widmyer & Son ditched in the afternoon. |
| Thurs. Apr. 18, 1901 | Snow & Rain. Done the chores in fore noon. Went to Leesburg in the afternoon. I ordered wire of Ringgenberg. bought of Ringgenberg _____ x 4 single tree hooks. Paid him 30 cts. Went to R. Wallaces to see him about piping. |
| Fri. Apr. 19, 1901 | Cold. Frost a little. Elisha & I went down to Eplers after tile. Brought the hog I bought of Shan home to pay him $12.00 tomorrow for him. Gave Lib .50 cts. Paid C. Brody 50 cts for overhalls. Widmyer ditched all day. I ate dinner at Shans. |
| Sat. Apr. 20, 1901 | Windy & cold. I went down to the Irvin farm. Paid Shan $12.00 dollars for hog that I bought of him. Elisha Miller halled 2 loads of tile from Eplers finished. Paid Epler $19.40. Elisha took Widmyer 10 bu & 16 lb of oats at 25 cts $2.43. Winmyer ditched 1/2 day. I gave Etta $2.00. I ate dinner at Shan's |
| Sun. Apr. 21, 1901 | Cold & windy. Lib, John & the girls went to church & sunday school. |
| Mon. Apr. 22, 1901 | Rain. Elisha & John halled braces & post in the fore noon. Cut 3 logs down to the Irvin farm & took them to Rosses Mill. Widmyer & Son ditched today on the big ditch. |
| Tues. Apr. 23, 1901 | Rain in the forenoon. I fixed at my wagon bed. Elisha halled logs to Rosses. I went to the Irvin Farm. Gave Widmyer a job of ditching. 30 cts a rod. Took Rose to Bankses. |
| Wed. Apr. 24, 1901 | Elisha & I fixed the picket fence along the road today. I broke Bankses stretcher & jack today. I sold Crab 8 head of hogs today at $5.50. Frank Funk brought me a barl of salt. Paid him $1.45. |
| Thurs. Apr. 25, 1901 | I took a load of corn to Leesburg. 25 bu at 40 cts. $10.00. Libs corn. Gave her the money. I got my wire today. 500 lb, No. 11 at $3.25, 209 lb of barb at $3.25. 200 lb No. 16 at 4.25. Total cost $33.70. 2 plow points, 5 lb staples, 5cts worth rivets at Ringenberg & Byrer, 90 cts. Took wheat to mill today, 6 bu for Elisha & 7.30 for me. I got piping of R. Wallace 3/4 in. Dr for the same. Paid the above on May 25, 1901 $10.04. |
| Fri. Apr. 26, 1901 | I done the chores in the forenoon. The Sesser (assessor) was here in the afternoon. I went down to the other place, found a sheep on her back, couldent get up. John & Elisha finished plowing & commenced sowing oats today. |
| Sat. Apr. 27, 1901 | I took 24 sheep & 16 lambs down to the Irvin farm. Paul & I was at Shans for dinner. I paid Widmyer $12.10 on the big ditch - 57 rod at 30 cts a rod. Dr to him $5.00 on the above ditch. Gave him job of about 40 rod at 35 cts. |
| Sun. Apr. 28, 1901 | Fine. Went up to Sunday school. I gathered the most of the Elders sallery today at Sunday school. Charles Ross was here. His horse had Farey |
| Mon. Apr. 29, 1901 | I took 8 hogs to Leesburg. Weighed 1610 at 5.50. Brought $89.10. 7 of them was the shoats I got of B. Gochenhour. One I got of Dawson. Etta & Lib went to Warsaw. Gave them $5.00. I paid J. Irvin $1.90 for medicine for C. Rosses horse. Took 18 head of cattle to the Irvin pasture today. We scattered out our tile along the ditch in the afternoon. |
| Tues. Apr. 30, 1901 | Sowed Oats for pasture in the forenoon. Went down after dinner & got a sheep home from Elishas. Went over & sheared 8 sheep for F. Correll from 3 o'clock til night. Went up to Rosses & doctored horse. Dr. to .25 cts. |