College Farm Journal - Iowa Agricultural College

College Farm Journal

1866-1882

Iowa State University

Transcribed by Mary E. Atherly

Table of Contents Photograph of outside cover of journal Photograph of inside book cover of journal Photograph of page before page number one College Farm Journal, 1866 to 1882 Pages 1-640 Appendix: I. Comments from transcriber and editor, Mary E. Atherly II. List of College Boards, Committees and Faculty, 1870 III. Useful Terms and Definitions IV. Towns and locations mentioned in the journal which no

longer exist or were renamed V. Farm Workers reported in the journal VI. College student workers reported in the journal VII. Example of hand written page from journal VIII. Photographs of Superintendent H.M. Thomson and Farm

Manager A. J. Graves

The College Farm Journal is a leather bound book measuring 13 ½ inches high by 9 inches wide and 2 ¼ inches deep. The tan leather has gold embossing to outline the top and bottom panels and a small center panel on each side. The book spine is marked “Journal’ and “Supt. College Farm” in gold lettering

Example of hand-written pages. Page 1

Inside page before page 1 Book of Experiments

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College Farm Journal (Moses W. Robinson, Supt.) Agreeable to rules adopted for the government of the Supt. Of the Farm I here after make daily record of what transpires on the Farm.

Owing to the dry cold May corn and other crops were of slow growth; this being followed by extraordinary wet weather throughout June, caused weeds and grass to take a great start in the small grain and corn, the latter being backward for the Season. Receipts Expenditures 1866 July 11 Wind S. Clear, warm. Mr. Graves plowing in garden; Manhannett attending to stock and hoeing garden; Geo.(George) Dunn breaking prairie. Sml (Samuel) O’Brien driving team. Miller working in corn with two horse cultivator. Soil in good order for work. “ 12 Wind S. Clear, warm Graves working in garden; Manhannett attending stock and working in garden; Dunn breaking Prairie, O’Brien driving

Miller plowing corn Soil in good condition.

“13 Wind S. Clear, warm, Graves working in garden; Man- hannett picking potatoe-bugs Dunn breaking prairie O’Brien driving; Miller plowing corn Soil in good order for work. Paid O. Briggs for 6 lbs. Tobacco. Sheep wash 4.50

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1866 Carried forward from last page 4.50 July 14 Wind S.W. Clear and warm Graves working in garden Manhannett stock and garden Dunn sick; O’Brien killing potatoe bugs. Miller plowing corn with buggy plow. Soil in good working order. Pd. Thurman & Co. order for goods for labor on Farm 6.00 “ 15 Wind S.W.Clear warm Sunday. Ordinary work for the day attended to and all went to church at Ames. “16 Wind S.E. Clear and pleasant Graves fixing mower. Manhan- nett, Dunn and O’Brien attending stock and hoeing in garden. Miller plowing potatoes A.M. and corn P.M. Soil in good order. “ 17 Wind S.Cloudy Graves mowing grass. O’Brien Manhannett and Dunn working in corn with two horse cultivator. Soil in good order. Pd. A.J. Graves on Salary as foreman 50.00 “ 18 Wind N.E. Cloudy and damp Graves raking hay; Manhannett and O’Brien cocking hay Dunn sick Miller working corn with cultivator. Soil in good order I Bought @ Boon 7 oz. Arsenic .40 ___________ 60.90

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1866 Carried forward from last page 60.90 July 19 Wind S.E. Cloudy and damp Graves cutting wheat Man hannett scattering out-hay in cock; Dunn, O’Brien herding stock; Miller working corn with two horse cultivator Soil in good order “ 20 Wind S.E. Cloudy and cool Graves cutting hay and hauling it to the barn. Manhannett and O’Brien picking potatoe bugs; Dunn handling hay; Miller mowing weeds. Harvest in good condition. “21 Wind W. Clear, warm. Graves went to mill; Man- hannett and O’Brien hauling hay; Dunn hoeing potatoes. Miller plowing potatoes with a single shovel plow. “22 Wind S.W. Clear, warm Sunday—Ordinary work done Attended church at Ames. “23 Wind S.W. Cloudy, warm Graves cut wheat; Miller, Manhannett, O’Brien and Dunn bound wheat, Weather good for harvest. 60.90

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1866 Carried from last page 60.90 July 24 Winds S.W. cloudy warm with the appearance of rain. Graves cut wheat; Manhannett, Dunn, O’Brien and Miller bound wheat. “ 25 Wind E. cloudy with rain in A.M. warm. Graves killed mutton A.M. Cut wheat P.M. Manhannett, Dunn O’Brien and Miller hoed in the garden A.M. and bound wheat P.M. “26 Wind W. Cloudy, with little rain, warm Graves chored A.M. cut wheat P.M. Manhannett, Dunn Miller and O’Brien hoed garden A.M. and bound wheat P.M. Paid Black & McCarthy 23.00 “27 Wind N.E. Clear, warm Graves cut wheat, Manhannett, Dunn, O’Brien and Miller bound wheat. Pd. Rail Road Freight 4.33 “ Stearns Black Smithing bill 4.40 “ H. H. Robinson for 95 lbs. tobacco 19.00 “28 Wind S. Clear and warm Graves cut Timothy for seed, Manhannett, Dunn, Miller and O’Brien bound Timothy weather good for harvesting _____________ 111.63

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1866 Carried forward from last page 111.63 July 29 Sunday Wind S. Clear, warm Necessary work performed and some attended church at Ames “ 30 Wind W. Clear, warm Graves cut Timothy A.M. and Oats P.M. Manhannett O’Brien, J. Miller and Dunn bound Timothy and oats Weather good Pd. Wearn & Stricklin for paints, oils & c 17.55 “ 31 Wind S.W. Clear, warm Graves cut oats. Manhannett Dunn O’Brien and J Miller bound oats Aug 1 Wind N. Clear, cool Graves cut oats—J. Miller Manhannett Dunn and O’Brien bound oats

Aug 2 Wind S.E. Clear, cool.

Graves cut oats, Manhannett O’Brien, Dunn and J. Miller bound oats. Pd. J.C. Bucher for reaping & mowing ?inch reps. 5.20 Owing to the warm weather for the past month the corn has made fine progress and I think will mature if good weather continues. ________________ 134.38

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1866 Carried forward from last page 134.38 Aug. 3 Wind W. Clear, cool Graves cutting oats, Dunn Manhannett, J. Miller and O’Brien binding oats. Pd. Goody Kooktz for care of sheep 1.25 “ 4 Wind N.E. Clear, cool Graves cutting oats, Dunn Manhannett, O’Brien and J. Miller binding “ 5 Wind E. Cloudy, cool Sunday-- Ordinary work done “6 Wind S.E. Cloudy, cool. Mr. Graves went to Boon Manhannett, Dunn and O’Brien cutting weeds. J. Miller setting out cuts “7 Wind S.E. Cloudy, coo. rain ing some. Graves fixing fence Manhannett, Dunn and O’Brien cutting weeds; J. Miller fixing fence “8 Wind N.E. Cloudy cool Graves, Dunn and J. Miller fixing fence; Manhannett and O’Brien cutting weeds. “9 Wind East—Clear, warm Graves, Manhannett, Dunn J. Miller and O’Brien washing sheep in Tobacco. ___________________ 135.63

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1866 Carrried forward from last page 135.63 Aug.10 Wind E. Cloudy, cool Graves Manhannett and O’Brien doing chores. Dunn sick, J. Miller very sick from inhaling Tobacco

and Arsenic.

“11 Wind S.E. Cloudy, cool Graves hauling gravel for cellar, also J. Miller. Dunn cutting wood. Manhannett O’Brien doing chores. Dunn quit work today. “12 Wind N.W. Clear cool. Sunday—Necessary work performed. “13 Wind N.E. Clear, warm. Graves, Manhannett, J. Miller O’Brien and Bacon haul-

ing grain. A. Miller stacking. Hired M. Bacon

“14 Wind S.E. Clear, warm. Graves, Manhannett O’Brin Bacon and Miller hauling grain. A. Miller Stacking. Pd. Brooks(Bwoks) & Chaffin for 136 lbs. nails 11.15 “ R.R. Company freight on same 1.11 “15 Wind S. Clear, warm Graves Manhannett Bacon O’Brien and J. Miller hauling grain A. Miller Stacking _______________________ 147.89

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1866 Carried Forward 147.89 Aug. 16 Wind S.W. Clear and warm Graves, Manhannett, Bacon O’Brien and Miller drawing grain. A. Miller Stacking. Pd. P.S. Porter for 1 bu. buckwheat 2.80 “ 17 Wind S.E. Clear and warm Graves, J. Miller O’Brien Manhannett and Bacon draw ing grain. J. Miller Stacking “ 18 Wind S.E. Cloudy, rain, warm No work performed except chores Bacon quit work Pd. James Miller on work 20.00 Pd. Bacon in full 3.85 Pd. O’Brien for labor 11.00 “ 19 Wind N. Cloudy, cold, unpleasant Sunday—Usual labor for this day “20 Wind N.W. Cloudy, cool. Graves doing chores J. Miller drawing wood, Manhannett and O’Brien absent Pd. R.R. Co.Freight on box 3.97 “21 Wind S.E. Clear, warm. Graves, Manhannett J. Miller and O’Brien working in garden “22 Wind W. Clear, warm Graves, Manhannett J. Miller and O’Brien drawing Timothy. A. Miller Stacking. ___________ 189.51

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1866 Carried Forward 189.51 Aug.23 Wind W. Clear, cool Graves, Miller, Manhannet and O’Brien draying timothy

A. Miller Stacking

“ 24 Wind S.E. Cloudy, Cool Graves Mowing, Miller drawing oats; Manhannett at work in Evergreens; O’Brien in turnips. “25 Wind E. Clear, cool. Graves gone o Nevada, Manhannett ad O’Brien working in garden J. Miller raking hay. “26 Wind E. Clear cool. Sunday—Hands attended church except “Sam” O’Brien who stole money and quit work. “27 Wind S.E. Clear, cool Graves mowing; Miller and Manhannett drawing hay. “28 Wind. S.E. Cloudy, cool Graves sundry jobs; Man- hannett sawing wood, Miller fall plowing wheat stubble Ground in fine order. Pd. to S.O. Osborn per order to haul 10.75 Pd. Miller for Hardware 3.45 _______ 203.71

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1866 Carried Forward 203.71 Aug.29 Wind S. Cloudy, cool. Graves jobbing, Manhannett in turnips. J Miller plowing ground works well Pd. W.Spencer for 1 day work .70 Dunn for breaking Prairie in full. 39.50 “ 30 Wind S.W. Cloud cool rained all day Graves, Manhannett and Miller hauling manure in barn. “ 31 Wind W. Cloudy, cool. Graves, Manhannett and Miller hauling manure from barn basement Pd. Hoggett & Rainbolt for lumber, Salt & c per Bill 16.05 Sep.1 Wind W. Clear, warm. Graves and Miller at manure. Manhannett in orchard “ 2 Wind S.W. Cloudy, cool Sunday—Ordinary work done and we (the) attended church “3 Wind S.W. Cloudy, warm Graves and Miller went to mill. Manhannett catching gophers in orchard. Pd. Raelcliff ½ day in harvest 1.00 Pd. Abbott & Richely? per Bill Hardware 9.45 _____________ 270.41

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1866 Carried Forward 270.41 Sep 4 Wind S.W. Cloudy, warm rain A.M. Graves and Miller worked in the barn. Manhannett in the gopher business. Pd. Hoyer? & Bro. Bill of 4 halters & 4 sheep 8.00 “ 5 Wind S.W. Cloudy, warm Graves went to Blacksmih Miller sawing wood; Man- hannett sundry jobs in orchard. “6 Wind W. Clear, cool Graves Miller and Manhan- nett working in hay field. “7 Wind W. Cloudy, cool Graves, Manhannett and Miller Sunday jobs. “8 Wind S.W. Cloudy, cool Graves Miller and Manhan nett haying. “9 Wind S. Cloudy, cool. Sunday chores. “10 Wind S.W. Cloudy warm, rain Graves doing chores; Miller and Manhannett working in woodhouse. “11 Wind S. Cloudy, warm. Graves doing chores. Miller and Manhannett sawing and splitting wood/ Hired R. Marks to herd on stubble and meadows. ___________ 278.41

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1866 Carried Forward 278.41 Sept. 12 Wind S.W. Clear and warm. Graves, Miller and Manhan- nett haying. Dunn ½ day in hay field. “ 13 Wind S. Clear, warm Graves, Manhannet, Dunn and Miller in hayfield. “14 Wind E. Cloudy, cool Graves sundry jobs. Miller and Manhannett hauling manure on wheat stubble N. Barn. Dunn worked ¼ day for board. “15 Wind S.E. Cloudy, cool. Graves sundry jobs. Miller and Manhannett hauling manure, also Dunn for board. “16 Wind S. Cloudy, warm. Sunday—Ordinary Sabbath work. “17 Wind S.E. Clear, warm. Graves at jobs. Miller at work in woodhouse. Manhanett repairing

fence, Marks herding cattle.

“18 Wind S.W. Clear, cool. Graves witness at Court. Manhannett and Miller herding. hauling hay Marks herding. __________ 278.41

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1866 Carried Forward 278.41 Sept 19 Wind E. Cloudy, cool, rain Graves at court, Miller haul ing manure. Manhannett working in orchard and doing chores. Marks herding. “ 20 Wind W. Clear, cool. Graves and Manhannett at Court. Miller hauling manure; Marks herding. “ 21 Wind N.W. Clear, cool. Graves in Sorghum also Miller and Manhannett; Marks herding cattle. Heavy frost the first of

the Season.

“22 Wind S.W. Clear, cool Graves, Milles and Manhan- nett sundries; Marks herding cattle. “23 Wind W. Cloudy, cool, rain. Sunday—As usual Marks herding cattle. “24 Wind S.E. Cloudy, cool. Graves at the sorghum; also Miller. Manhannett absent at Teachers Institute Marks herding cattle. “25 Wind S.W. Clear, cool. Graves and Miller in Sorghum Manhannet absent Marks herding ___________ 278.41

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1866 Carried Forward 278.41 Sep 26 Wind N.W. Clear, cool Graves and Miller working in sorghum. Manhan- nett absent. Marks herding. Pd. Berresfeid, hardware 3.00 *Rec’d Cash from H.H. Robinson for Berkie pigs 45.00 “27 Wind S.E. Clear, warm Graves, Manhannett and Miller working in sorghum Marks herding. “28 Wind S. Clear, warm Graves butchering; Miller hauling hay. Manhannett at Sorg.(sorghum) Marks herding stock. *Rec’d of H.H. Robinson for 1 sheep pur. 7.00 “29 Wind S. Clear warm Graves attending stock; Miller went to mill. Marks herding. Manhannett chores. “30 Wind S.W. Clear, pleasant Sunday—Ordinary work performed. Oct. 1 Wind S. Clear Graves mowing. Miller plowing stubble, ground in good condition. Manhanett at Sorg- hum. Marks herding. ____________________________________

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1866 Carried Forward 52.00 281.41 Oct. 2 Wind S.W. Clear, warm Graves sundry jobs; Miller gone to mill; Manhannett working in sorghum; Marks herding *Pd Brown & Stafford 4.95 “3 Wind S. Clear, warm. Graves ad Miller hauling hay; Manhannett in sorghum; Marks herding. “ 4 Wind S.E. Clear, warm. Graves and Miller hauling hay. Manhannett in sorghum. Marks herding. “5 Wind S.W. Clear, warm. Graves in Orchard; Miller mowing; Manhannett at the sorghum. Marks herding. “6 Wind S. Clear, warm. Graves sundry jobs; Miller raking hay; Manhannett at sorghum. Marks herding. “7 Wind S. Clear, warm. Sunday—As usual on this day. “8 Wind W. Clear, cool. Graves gone to Nevada, Miller hauling hay also Manhannett. Marks herding cattle. Pd. ?Crowley for Buggy $126.00 Pd. F. Landstadt “ harness 27.00 _____________________________ 52.00 439.36

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1866 Carried Forward 52.00 439.36 Oct. 9 Wind S. Clear, cool Graves working in orchard. Manhannett in garden; Miller plowing orchard, ground in good condition. Marks herding. Chas. Gear Commenced work today in orchard. “10 Wind S.E. Cloud, cool. Graves and Gear in orchard Manhannett in garden and Miller plowing orchard, Marks herding. “11 Wind E. Slightly cloudy, cool. Graves in orchard. Gear cut corn; Manhannett digging potatoes; Miller plowing orchard Soil in fine order. Marks herding. “12 Wind S.E. Clear warm. Graves working in orchard; Manhannett digging potatoes; Miller plowing in orchard; Gear cutting corn. Marks herding. “13 Wind S. Clear, warm. Graves in orchard and sowing Rye. Manhannet digging potatoes. Gear cutting corn; Miller plowing in orchard. “14 Wind S.W. Clear and warm. Sunday—Ordinary work. _____________________________________ 52.00 439.36

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1866 Carried Forward 52.00 439.36 Oct.15 Wind N.E. Clear, cool Graves working in orchard Miller plowing; Manhannett harrowing; Marks herding; Gear cutting corn Pd J. Miller for labor 40.00 “ 16 Wind W. Cloudy, cool Graves working in orchard Miller plowing orchard, Marks herding. Manhannett digging potatoes; Gear cutting corn. Pd. Plum & brothers for alarm clock 5.50 “ Baker & Co. for window and desk glass 3.15 “ Express charges on Bose? glass 1.00 “ 17 Wind S.W. Clear, warm Graves trimming out plants; Miller and Manhannett sundry jobs in wood-shed. Gear cutting corn. Marks herding. “ 18 Wind S. Clear, cool. Graves sundry jobs; Miller, Gear and Manhannett digging potatoes Marks herding. Pd. W.L. Thomas for plastering & c 63.05 _________The large Cots- wold Ram was found dead in the Bull lot Today. Exc. Com (Executive Committee) arrived at 1 /2 P.M. “ 19 Wind S.W. Cloudy, cool. Graves sundry jobs and attend Exc. Com; Manhannett Miller and Gear digging potatoes. Marks herding. ______ 52.00 552.06

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1866 Carried Forward 52.00 552.06 Oct.20 Wind N.E. Cloudy, moderate Graves waiting on Exc. Com. Miller, Manhannett and Gear hauling manure. Marks herding Pd. Jas. Miller for labor 5.00 Exc. Com. left today they ordered the barn raised and hog pen built * Rec’d order for cash from Ex. Com., Expns on Barn 200.00 “ 21 Wind N. Cloudy, cool Sunday---Ordinary work performed; Marks herding stock. “22 Wind W. Cloudy, cool. Graves sundry jobs; Miller Manhannett and Gear hauling manure; Marks herding cattle. “ 23 Wind N.W. Cloudy, cold, rain Graves attending stock; Miller and Gear pulling turnips: Manhannett hauling manure; Marks herding stock. Stock enclosed. “ 24 Wind S.E. Cloudy, cool Graves with stock; Miller gone to mill Manhannett working in barn; Gear digging potatoes; Marks herding. Pd. A. Miller for labor 6.50

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1866 Carried Forward 252.00 563.56 (Oct) “ 25 Wind S.W. Cloudy, sleet Graves went to Nevada; Miller, Manhannett and Gear digging potatoes; Marks herding cattle. “ 26 Wind W. Rain in the morning. Graves sundry jobs; Miller, Manhannett and Gear working in potatoes Marks herding cattle. “ 27 Wind N.W. Rain with little snow. Graves gone to sale. Miller husking corn. Manhannett attending to stock. Gear sawing wood; Boy herding. “ 28 Wind S.W. Cloudy, cold. Sunday. Usual labors. attended church. “ 29 Wind W. Clear, cold. Graves attending stock; Miller Manhannett and Gear digging potatoes, Marks herding. * Pd Cross & Co. & Express 4.30 “ 30 Wind S.W. Clear, cold Graves attending stock Miller Manhannett and Gear digging potatoes; Marks herding cattle. “31 Wind S. Cloudy, cool Graves sundries; Miller & Gear hauling manure, Mahannett husking corn ____________________ 252.00 567.86

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1866 Carried Forward 252.00 567.86 Nov. 1 Wind S. Clear, fine day Graves fixing sheep pen Mil ler plowing; Manhannett and Gear hauling manure; Marks herding stock. “ 2 Wind S. Pleasant day Graves Sundry jobs Miller plowing; Manhannett attending stock also Marks; Gear hauling manure. “ 3 (Melendy) error pd. Sam Obrien labor for use of Melendy (Editor’s note: this entry

was edited in blue ink-Melendy was drawn through and the word error written above. Then Melendy was added to the end of the sentence over what appears to be a letter c.) 20.00

“ 4 Wind S. Clear and pleasant Sabbath—Ordinary work ad attended church. “ 5 Wind S. Clear, cool. Graves sundry jobs; Miller plowing; Manhannett attending stock Gear thrashing Marks herding stock “ 6 Wind S.E. Clear, fine. Graves Sundries; Miller hauling water; Manhannett husking corn; Gear thrashing; Marks herding stock. _________________________

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1866 Carried Forward 252.00 587.86 Nov. 7 Wind S. Cloudy, rain Graves in barn; Miller hauling rock; Manhannett husking corn; Marks atten ding stock. *Rec’d of J.A. Hull, Boon Co. Note Collection 80.00 “ 8 Wind S. Clear, warm. Graves at work in orchard; Miller hauling wood; Manhan- nett working in barn. Gear sawing wood; Marks attending stock. “ 9 Wind S. Clear, fine. Graves in orchard; Miller and Manhannett husking corn; Gear thrashing Boy herding. “ 10 Wind S. Cloudy, cool. Graves and Manhannett at work in the orchard, Miller and Gear husking corn. *Rec’d from J. Garber for Buck Lamb 15.00 “ 11 Wind W. Clear, cold. Sunday---Attending stock “ 12 Wind N.W. Rough, cold Graves working at Barn, Miller plowing; Manhannett in garden; Gear husking corn; Marks herding; ground works well. Pd. Wrights bill for “Blk. Smithing 9.50 “ Abbott & Kinsbury Hardware 6.55 “ Charles Snoad for 4 pigs 75.00 ________________________

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1866 Carried Forward 347.00 678.91 Nov. 13 Wind W. Cloudy, rain, snow Graves fighting fire; Miller and Gear husking corn and fighting fire (possible along railroad tracks) Manhannett in garden, Marks attending cattle. “ 14 Wind W. Rain Graves assisting to raise barn; Miller hauled manure, Manhannett in garden; Gear saws wood and hauls manure; Boy with stock. “ 15 Wind N. Clear, cold. Graves raising barn. Miller hauling lime; Manhannett in barn; Gear hauling manure; Marks with stock. Pd. Warnick? for raising Barn 50.00 “ 16 Wind N.E. More mild. Graves, Manhannett, Gear, Mil- ler and Marks threshing. “ 17 Wind N.E. Cloudy, cold. Graves Miller Gear Marks and Manhannett threshing. “ 18 Wind West. Cold Sunday—Ordinary work; attended church. “ 19 Wind N.W. Cloudy, cold, rain Graves, Manhannett, Miller, Marks and Gear threshing Pd. Coon for 1 da. labor .95 _______________________

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1866 Carried Forward 347.00 729.86 Nov. 20 Wind S.W. Clear, mild Graves, Gear, Manhannett, Mil- ler and Marks threshing. “ 21 Wind N.W. Cloudy, snow, sleet. Graves, Miller, Gear, Manhannett and Marks threshing. “ 22 Wind. W. Clear moderate. Graves, Gear Miller, Marks and Manhannett threshing. Pd. Express on 4 hogs 25.00 “ 23 Wind S.W. Clear, mild Graves did chores; Man- hannett and Marks with stock; Miller and Gear husking corn. Pd. Sullivan labor for 3 d’s 5.25

“ Van Eyl “ “ 3.75 “ RR Co. freight .25 “ 24 Wind N. Clear, pleasant. Graves, Manhannett, Miller, Marks and Gear husking corn. “ 25 Wind S. Clear, cool.

Sunday—Attended stock.

“26 Wind S. Cloudy, cool, little rain. Graves ,Miller and Gear getting timber for barn; Marks sawing wood. Pd. Luke cusl? for threshing crop. 1866 52.25 ____________________________________

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1866 Carried Forward 347.00 816.36 Nov. 27 Wind S. Cloudy with some rain Graves, Miller and Gear leveling up barn; Marks chores. Pd. RR Co. freight on gate .60 “ 28 Wind N.W. Clear; cool. Graves at the stone quarry; Miller covering grapes; Gear and Marks hauling manure. Pd. Kingsbury for seed chestnuts 1.75 “ O’Brien for laying stone in barn 8.00 “29 Wind N.W. Clear, cold Graves attended stock; Miller, Gear and Marks gathering corn. “ 30 Wind N. Clear, cool Graves attended stock; Miller, Gear and Marks gathering corn. Dec. 1 Wind S. Clear, pleasant. Graves, Miller and Gear leveling barn. Marks chores. “ 2 Wind S. Cloudy, Rainy all day Sunday---Did the feeding, attended church. “ 3 Wind S.E. Clear pleasant. Graves attended stock; Gear, Miller and Marks husking corn. “ 4 Wind S. Clear warm. Graves attending stock; Miller, Gear and Marks husking corn. _________________________

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1866 Carried Forward 347.00 826.71 Dec. 5 Wind S.W. Clear, very pleasant Graves attending stock; Miller hauling manure; Gear hauling stone, Marks chores “ 6 Wind S.E. Clear, mild Graves attending stock; Miller hauling lime and mortar; Gear hauling stone. Marks waiting on mason. “ 7 Wind S.W. Cloudy, P.M. rained Graves kills hogs; Miller and Gear husking corn; Marks wait ing on mason “ 8 Wind N.W. Cloudy, cold 2 in snow. Graves hewing timber; Miller and Gear leveling barn Marks hauling wood. “ 9 Wind N.W. Moderating a little. Sunday—Attending to stock, church. “ 10 Wind N. Rather cool, pleasant. Graves leveling barn, Miller hauling timber. Geer quit work. Marks at work in woodhouse and chores. Bashan and Thomas assisting in timbers. _______________________

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1866 Carried Forward 347.00 826.71 Dec.11 Wind W. Clear pleasant. Graves fixing barn. Miller attending stock. Marks in woodhouse Bashan and Thomas

in corn. Ed Wiltse commen- ces work tomorrow.

“ 12 Wind N.W. Clear, cool. Graves at the barn; Miller Wiltse, Marks, Bashan and Thomas husking corn. “ 13 Wind N.E. Clear, cold. Graves finishing up barn; Miller, Wiltse, Marks Bashan and Thomas husking corn. Pd. Clough for laying stone 8.00 “ R R Co Freight 11.45 “ Weam & Stricklan for lamp 1.70 “ 14 Wind S.E. Clear, cool. Graves finishing up barn Miller atteding stock. Wiltse Marks, Bashan and Thomas husking corn. “ 15 Wind S. Clear, cool. Graves at the bar; Mil- ler attending stock. Wilse Bashan Thomas and Marks husking corn. “ 16 Wind E. Clear, cold. Sunday—chores generally ______________________________

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1866 Carried Forward 347.00 847.86 Dec. 17 Wind W. Clear, cold. Graves attending stock. Miller Wiltse Bashn, Thomas and Marks snapping corn Pd. Abbott & Kingsbury for barn 2.80 *Rec’d Cash from J.C. Cusey for Bull Calf 50.00 “ 18 Wind N.W. Clear, cool Graves attending stock; Mil ler, Wiltse, Marks, Thomas and Bashan sapping corn Pd. D. G. Legerson? 2 hands and team threshing and for two gates 23.75 “ 19 Wind N. Clear cold Graves attending stock; Mil- ler, Wiltse and Bashan building fence; Thomas and Marks quit work. “ 20 Wind N.E. Cloudy, cool. Graves attending stock. Mil- ler sundry chores Wiltse hauling lumber from brick yard. Bashan digging holes

for hog pen pillars. Pd Keltner for work in corn 1 day 1.00 Pd Bashan for work in corn 11 ½ days and digging 1 day 12.50 Pd Thomas for work in corn 10 da’s and board 5.00 Those paid quit work and gone. _________________________

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1866 Carried Forward 397.00 892.91 Dec 21 Wind E. Clear quite cold. Graves attending stock; Wiltse fixing up; Miller doing chores *Rec’d cash from S.W.Woodruff, 1 bull calf 70.00 “ 22 Wind N.E. Cloudy, damp, cold. Graves attending stock; Miller outwork generally; Wiltse hauling rails. “ 23 Wind S.E. Clear, cool. Sunday—Graves attending stock “ 24 Wind N.W. Clear and cold Graves attending stock; Miller doing up work about the Barn; Wiltse attends school and works nights ad mornings and Saturdays for his board * Pd Northrup for hauling Freight 3.00 “ 25 Wind N.W. Clear, cold. Christmas—All hands enjoying a holiday—Nothing did save feeding. “ 26 Wind .W. Clear growing colder Graves attending stock; Miller hauling wood. Pd. Gibson for labor 1 ½ days 1.50 “ 27 Wind N. Still very cold. Graves attending stock; Mil ler doing chores. Pd. Coffelt labor threshing 4 days 5.00 _____________________________

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1866 Carried Forward 467.00 902.41 Dec 28 Wind N.E. Clear, cool. Graves attending stock; Miller hauling and splitting wood “ 29 Wind S. Clear, cool. Graves attending stock; Miller seeing to all work Pd. Miller for labor 5.00 “ Manhannett on labor 5.00 * “ Black & McCarthy for hinges 1.25 “ 30 Wind N.E. Little snow. Graves seeing to stock Sunday work as usual. “ 31 Wind S.W. clear, cold Graves and Miller seeing to stock and fixing for their comfort. (editor’s note) the following entries on this page are in a darker ink and appear to be the writing of H.M. Thomson who became Superintendent of the College Farm in 1867. Pd N.B. Shearer Carpenter work 6.00 “ A.J. Graves at various times in 1866 and paid out by him as per vouchers 413.25 “ Gibson & Marks in part on well 9.40 Rec’d cash from A.J. Graves for produce sold & Boarding on Farm 413.25 ______________________ Cash Recd and Expended since July 10th,1866 $880.25 $1,340.31 Cash Rec & Expd from Jan 1st to July 10th 1866 850.00 357.00 Total amt. Rec & expended 1866 1730.25 1,699.31 Cash Rec & expended in 1867 from Apple &Gibson 10.00 Jan 10 67 Pd RR Co Freight on Barn lumber 3.30 “ 18 67 F.M. Gibson for work on well in full 10.00 “ 19 “ Jones Marks” “ 14.87 “ 23 “ W.S. Thomas laying stones in barn 4.00 “ 24 “ R.B. Shearn work in barn 8.77 _________________________ $1,740.25 $1,740.25

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College Farm Journal, 1867 (Editor’s Note: These entries are written in a dark black ink in a smaller script and not as flowery a penmanship as 1866. This same ink was used to make corrections in the 1867 entries including the “income” notations.) 24th January 1867 (in pencil) H.M. Thomson Arrived at the Farm and found every thing going on as left by the Ex. Com. on the 12th instant. The improvements ordered in Oct. have made some progress but are far from being completed and their wants tells very severly on the Stock this stormy weather. I found one lamb sick (I believe from eating too much grain) It is a Cotswold Ewe. 25th A severe snow storm raging from the North.

The comfort & safety of the stock requires the undivided attention of Mr. Graves & his assistant. One Berkshire sow so buried in the snow had to be dug out & removed to the Barn. Requested Mr. Graves to see that the young stock was not fed grain to excess.

26th The storm somewhat abated but bitter cold. Directed Mr. Graves to give a small quantity of powdered chalk in tepid water to the sick lamb. The employees attending to stock shoveling roads in the snow to enable the stock to get to the water & c 27th Sunday

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January 28th 1867 Ordered Mr. Graves to take immediate steps to complete the improvements in the basement of the Barn and gave him the necessary order for procuring nails hinges & c, see order book Measured the grain in bulk on hand & found of Oats 670 bushels Corn 511 no wheat having been used since it was threshed it was not measured 29th Finding much grain wasted I have directed Mr. Graves to procure a new basket for carrying feed to the Stock the hay is so coarse and poor that much grain is necessary to keep them in condition. I have ordered the grain fed to each class of stock to be measured daily & not more to be fed than is eaten

clean up within one hour after feeding. I have been compelled to this from the fact that an indiscriminate uncertain amount has been given to them much of which has been wasted from their inability to consume it at once & before it had become soiled by their tramping over it. Have authorized Mr. Graves

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January 29th 1867 to procure some beef at the cost of the Farm it being his understanding that the arrangement made with the Ec. Com. found the farm to provide all the eatables for boarding hands & c except the Groceries. Hands attending stock fitting up pens

in basement of barn and hauling firewood. Procured a Thermometre. 30th Hands attending stock hauling firewood & working in basement of the barn. 31 The weather very much moder- ated. The five sheep having been kept shut up in close confine- ment since I took charge of the Farm ( a mode of treatment I considered highly detrimental

to health) I have ordered that except on very stormy days they shall be turned out for air & exercise during the middle of the day. Having found my order of the 29 disregarded in relation to determining the amount of grain fed to the Stock I have renewed that order & given Mr. Graves & his assistant to understand that it must be attended to Hands attending stock & doing chores. Received a rather imper- fect & unsatisfactory statement of the amount of grain fed must try it on a little further.

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1st February 1867 The weather being favorable I directed Mr. Graves to have the Timothy hay (straw) from which the seed had been threshed hauled into the the barn. Find it a very inferior article & much injured by the weather The Cotswold lamb injur’d

by too much grain is a good deal better I think out of danger but badly stunted. Hands hauling the hay & tending the stock

Feb 2nd Hands hauling the remainder of the Timothy Hay tending Stock & Mr. Graves Hauling firewood. “ 3 Sunday “ 4 Had a cover put over the oat bin to protect it from the poultry the weather being too severe to erect a separate place for them outside the barn. The snow storm last night caused much extra labor to get stock to water & make them comfortable. Hands employed attending Stock and getting firewood. “ 5 Employed Flemming Snelling for two months at $18.00 per month One of the Berkshire sows had 6 pigs this morning two are dead from being overlaid F. Snelling hauling firewood & Miller attending stock.

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6th February 1867

F. Snelling & James Ellison (day laborer) employed getting out fence posts to make the Bull pasture more secure. Miller attending the Stock reports another young

lamb this morning from a High grade ewe. Mr. Graves excused until next Monday night to look

after some urgent private business. Authorized Mr. Graves to purchase more flour for the Farm. I consider it unsafe to send a team so far to Mill in the present condition of the Road from Snow drifts The Bulls knock the zig zag fences down & go where they please. The result is that the grade “Ayrshire & Devon” Heifer has been served by her sire Henry Clay yesterday Ellison only worked ½ a day. “ 7 Mr. Reichard having stuck in the snow last night & he having lost two of his horses by their getting away from him I have let the Teams go to Walnut Grove to bring

his Buggy & Wagon to the College. Ed. Wiltse & Mr. Robinson going along with them. F. Snelling & J. Ellison getting out fence posts. J . Miller attending the stock

“ 8 Severly cold F. Snelling hauling firewood & working in basement of the Barn & C Lent Mr. Reichard a wagon box (with side boards on) full of corn to be returned in 1 month. Had a pen constructed in the basement of Barn for a Devon cow about to calf. Miller attending stock Too cold to work in the woods.

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9th February 1867 F. Snelling cleaning up in Barn Miller attending Stock 10th Sunday 11th A grade lamb of last year that had been in the Hospital pen for diseased eyes was turned out amongst the general flock some two or three weeks since by Mr. Graves, was run over yesterday by one of the Horses & had its thigh bone broke & had to be killed. Mr. Shearer working on roof of Hog house. Snelling assisting him. Ellison making fence posts & Miller attending stock 12th Ellison & Snelling assisting M.

Shearer to get the roof on the Hog House Miller attending stock 19th I have been absent since the 12th attending some unfinished private business of my own. One of the Devon cows had a fine Bull calf last night One of the fine bred Merion Ewes lambed Cora or Rose Smith (Mr. Graves does not know which) and cannot tell to what Buck as she has lambed several weeks earlier than she ought to have done from the time ?Geo Stone was let to the Ewes Another of the Berkshire has died, from the symptoms I am of opinion that that disease was pneumonia The rest of the stock apparently doing well

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20th February 1867 I find that the amount of Grain fed per day is as nearly as I can ascertain 4 oxen 50 pounds corn 1 steer 10 “ “ 9 cows 150 “ “ yard Sheep 74 “ “ pend “ 40 “ “ Horses 67 “ “ Bulls 25 “ “ Hogs 74 “ = 7 bu. corn daily

Oats pounds Bulls 50 “ Calfs 18” Sheep 20” Colts 12 “ = 3 4/32 bu oats I have directed some little change in relation to cows giving milk towit to substitute oats for corn a portion of the of the day. J. Miller’s time is wholly occupied Graves & Snelling attending to sundry chores necessary to keep things in order 21 Snelling hauling firewood & Miller attending stock There is one more of the young Berk- shire pigs has died apparently from pneumonia Also the lamb from the fine bred

Spanish Ewe was found dead this morning supposed from injury received when born as the Ewe had to receive considerable assistance when Lambing The remainder of the Stock seams to be doing as well as circumstances will admit

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22nd February 1867 One of the Common blood cows, Julia, has a calf this morning. The calf is a Heifer sired by the Ayrshire Bull Henry Clay Directed Mr. Graves to remove the young

Shepherd Dog as it could not be kept out of mischief on the Farm.

It is taken to Mr. Graves Farm to await orders from Executive Co. F. Snelling hauling wood J Miller attending Stock Graves fixing in Barn & C & C 23 F. Snelling chopping wood; Miller Stock; Graves repairing odds and ends in Barn Snelling assisting in afternoon It is two intensely cold for men to work outside.

24 Sunday---very cold

25 Mr. Graves gone to mill with 24 bushels wheat & I have directed him to purchase some bran, if it can be

got, as the newly calved cows need it to bring them up to their milk; the calves do not appear to get enough milk from the cows. Miller attending Stock Snelling chopping

26 Mr. Graves returned from Mill at noon—got pounds shorts at per hundred R. Shearer commenced at noon to shingle the Hog House & I have directed Ellison & Snelling to assist him Snelling was chopping in the forenoon Miller attending stock

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27th February 1867 One of the Hospital sows had fifteen pigs last evening she has overlaid or otherwise killed 9 &c The remainder appear strong and

active she is too fat Statement of amount of grain fed to the stock daily for the past week 4 Oxen 50 pounds corn 4 Bulls 25 “ “ 50(pounds)

oats 9 cows 103 “ “ 28 “ 1 Steer 10 “ “ --

Yard sheep 74” “ -- Pend “ 40” “ 22” 6 horses 60” “ -- 2 Colts -- 14” 25 hogs 80”

6 calves -- 14” _________ __________ 442+ 6 22/70bu 128=4 bushels Graves, Snelling & Ellison assisting the building Superintendent (Mr. Owens) to put some ice in the cellar for the purpose of preserving meat, fish & c during the hot weather Miller attending Stock I received yesterday from Washington D.C. Three boxes of books as follows to wit Jeffersons Complete works 9 vols. State papers 17 “ Annals Complete 42 “ American Archives 9” The Express charges were $31.15/100 see bill Lent Mr. Reickard’s man a load of corn (new waggon with sideboards on same as before) Received from Mr.M.W. Robinson, by mail this evening, the Reports of Messers(Mr) Sherman & Basset the Treasurers & agent for the Sale & lease of the College lands

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28th February 1867 Mr. Graves, Snelling & Ellison finished hauling ice & storing it Miller attending the stock which are now getting along more satisfactorily than at the close of last month 1st March 1867 Mr. Graves & Snelling collecting the refuse blocks & fragments of lumber left in the fall from the improvement in the Barn & which have been strewed about the Barn yards during the winter covered by

the snow. Some surplus lumber is piled that may be used in further improvements Sold ten bushels of Timothy seed to Mr. Chadwick of Nevada for $3.00/bu & Rec’d payment—see cash Book Miller attending stock The Native cow Julia had a steer calf this P.M.—Grade Ayrshire

2 Hands putting hay into the Barn & attending stock The cow that calved yesterday reported to me as unwell, on examin nation there were symptoms of

inflamation, but very slight, I have given her some peper tea to arouse the natural energies 8P.M. Cow appears better

3 Sunday 4 Mr. Graves & Snelling fixing Hog pens and removing Hogs to new pens Miller attending Stock

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Tuesday 5th March 1867 5 light Hogs Killed for house consumption will average about 165 or 170 pounds Amount of Grain fed to Stock during

the week ending Tuesday 5th March per day 4 oxen 55 pounds corn ------ pounds oats 4 bulls 25 “ “ 50 “ “ 9 cows 110 “ “ 41 “ “ 6 calves --- 18 “ “ 1 Steer 10 “ “ -- 70 yard sheep 74” “ -- 41 pen sheep 25 “ “ 45 “ “ 6 Horses 25 “ “ 30” “ 2 Colts -- 16 “ “ 25 Hogs 80 “ ----- 2 sows with young- 6 pounds shorts Thus six bushels & a peck of oats & five bu & 54 pounds of corn also 42 pounds of shorts are fed to the Stock per week.

Mr. Shearer working on Hog House afternoon 6 Have sold the wheat left over from

crop of 1865 at $1.40/100 per bushel Snelling hauling Firewood—Wiltse choping & helping to clean wheat Miller attending Stock—Graves cut- ing up meat & doing chores Mr. Shearer working on Hog House

7 Snelling hauling wood Mr. Shearer did some unfinished repairing up stairs in the House he being unable to work outside from intense cold worked forenoon only Miller attending Stock Graves variously employed I have purchased a whitewash brush for the use of the Farm House

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8th March 1867 9 Graves & Snelling cleaning Timothy seed Miller attending Stock

Snelling hauling firewood Graves sent to Ames with some Timothy some of the StoreKeepers having engaged to try & sell it for us

Miller attending stock 10 Sunday 11 We have taken some seed

to Mr. Scott’s Store in Philadelphia he engaging to try to dispose of it for us. I have written to the seed stores in Des Moines & elsewhere but have not been able to secure a purchase at any place. I have directed that left grain be fed to the oxen some of the bulls & the Devons Cows also some of the Bucks & c I am satisfied that the Stock have been fed an unnecessary amount of grain but could not determine till I had them some little time under my observation I reduced the quantity & indiscriminate mode of feeding shortly after taking charge and I am now satisfied that a further reduction in the case of the above stock will be both necessary and beneficial. On next page will be found returns of grain fed for six days ending with this date

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11th March 1867 Continued Amount & Kind of grain fed per day for the six days ending Monday March 11th inclusive 4 oxen 55 pounds corn 1 Steer 10 “ “ 4 bulls 25 “ “ & 50 pounds oats 9 cows 90 “ “ 80 “ “ 6 calves ---- 18 “ “ yd sheet 74 “ “ --- pen “ 25 “ “ 45 “ “ 6 Horses 25 “ “ 36 “ “ 2 Colts ---- 14 “ “ 20 Hogs 30 “ “ --- 2 sows 6 “ “ shorts 2 “ corn meal 5 milk cows 10” “ 4 “ “ “ The want of roots for our cows giving milk & to the young stock is a serious drawback. Snelling chopping & Miller attending stock

12 Two of the young pigs from Hospital sow have disappeared the floor in the pen occupied by the Berkshire sow is earth & she has rooted down so that the pigs from the other could pop underneath & from the Savage Disposition of Berkshire the belief is that she has killed and eaten them. The hole’s are stoped & as soon as the weather will permit Berkshire will be moved Graves & Snelling cleaning seed wheat preparitory to spring work Miller attending to the stock A most terribly severe storm raging the mercury commenced falling about daylight & fell steadily all day till at sunset it was 8 degrees below zero thus falling 28 degrees during the day Getting wallpaper put on office wall & have had wood work inside painted

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13th March 1867 The weather so intensely cold this morning men cannot work outside Graves & Snelling cleaning seed wheat when can stand out The Durham Cow Rose has just calved a red heifer calf all are apparently doing well Miller attending Stock

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not work outside, they have been cutting firewood & choring Snelling Choping in creek timber in afternoon Miller Attending Stock 15 Directed Mr. Graves to have one of logs to the sawmill at Philadelphia to be sawn into planks for Bridges, which is being done today Snelling assisting him Mann out the day hauling found firewoods Miller attending Stock 16 Mann putting hay & straw into the Barn Mr. Reichard has returned the two loads of corn lent to him on 27th

February and 8th February Graves finishing pens in Hogs House preparatory to weaning Berkshire pigs & moving Hospital sow from basement of barn The room in basement is wanted for calves Miller attending Stock

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Started to go to Boonesboro with Timothy seed in expectation of selling it, but found the snow so deep west of Philadelphia that we had to turn back Amount & kind of grain & c fed per day for the week ending this day inclusive 4 oxen 40 pounds corn 1 Steer 6 “ “ 4 bulls 20 “ “ & 4 pounds of oats 9 cows 50 “” 54” “ 6 calves -- 18 ‘ ‘ 6 horses 25 “ “ 36 “ “ 2 colts -- 14 “ “ 69 yd sheep 74” “ --- 41 pen sheet 25 “ 32 “ “ Hogs 30 “ “ -- 4 bulls 3 pounds shorts 3 pound corn meal 8 cows 8 “ “ 8 “ “ “ 2 sows 3 “ “ 3 “ “ Turkeys chickens & geese not known F. Snelling absent till mid afteroon, choring afterwards Miller attending stock

19th I have engaged James L. Miller for one year, at twenty three dollars per month to commence on the 9th day of April next, the period when his present engagement expires Also John Thomson (Canadian) for two months for twenty dollars per month. The hands are employed preparing fencing material except Miller who is

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20th March 1867 Finding myself unable to sell the balance of the Timothy seed elsewhere I took Mr. Graves & team with 8 ½ bushells of seed to Boonesboro and Montana where we succeeded in selling what we took up and also in engaging the Balance that could be dispensed with for horse use at $3.00 per bushell delivered the sacks returned The Durham Cow “Zielah” calved a fine Red bull calf this afternoon --doing well All hands preparing fencing & c Ext Miller attending stock

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send to Lewis & Dawes at Boone Had 12 sacks filled & sent by R.R. it being sold to the above firm for $3.00 per bu. to be delivered free Heroine, One of the Devon Cows produced a grade (Ayrshire) Heifer calf this P.M. Miller attending Stock the other hands filled the balance of their time at sundry odd jobs

22 I to Boonesboro & Montana Graves & men getting out fence

posts. Miller tending Stock 23 Returned from Boone & have

for the present lost track of the Timothy seed---Suppose it sent out west by some mistake Snow storm Men chopping in wood house The Devon cow (Heroine) recently calved not doing very well

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Monday 25th March 1867 The recently calved Devon cow not improving. I have procured some flax seed for her to take mucilaginous drink Graves hauling firewood & fence Posts in forenoon preparing wheat for mill afternoon Snelling & Thomson working in woods at fence Posts & firewood Miller attending Stock Ascertained by Telegraph that the Timothy seed sent to Boone has been sent west by mistake & is detained there by the snow blockade will be sent back as soon as blockade opens

26 The amount & kind of grain fed to Stock per day for the week ending on the

evening of the 25 March is as follows 4 oxen 20 pounds corn 1 Steer 5 “ “ 4 Bulls 15 “ “ & 36 pounds oats 9 cows 60 “ “ 40 “ “ 6 calves -- 18 “ “ 69 yd sheep 74” “ -- 41 pen “ 18” “ 36” “ 6 Horses 40” “ 36” “ 2 colts -- 18 “ “ 4 hogs 40” “ --- 4 Bulls 8 “ Meal & Shorts 8 cows 20 “ “ 1 sow 5” “ “ Thus 23 1/5 bushells of oats 27 1/5 bushells of corn & of meal & shorts 231 pounds are fed during the week Two hands in the timber getting out fencing in forenoon & in afternoon shelling & grinding corn Miller in charge of stock

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27th March 1867 Graves sent to mill with a grist

Two other hands putting balance of hay into the Barn & hauling straw Miller attending Stock The recently calved Devon Cow is still unwell from calving

28 Snelling & Thomson putting straw into the Barn the hay being likely

to fall short before grass comes Graves cleaning up in Barn in forenoon went to Philadelphia in the afternoon to get a Post axe made & see if Road Plank is ready Miller attending Stock

29 Being satisfied that there is not a sufficient amount of Hay to keep the Stock up till grass we have purchased 2,200 weight; at $5.00 per ton & Graves has hauled it home. Zielah’s Calf (Durham Bull) is quite sick scouring & showing symptons of Inflammation during the forenoon Snelling & Thomson preparing fencing. Miller tending stock in P.M. The calf some better but not out of danger have given some more medicine to check the inflammatory symptoms.

30 Durham Calf improving I think out of danger Snelling & Thomson getting wood Miller attending Stock (Editor’s note: handwriting seems to change in paragraphs from very small lettering to wide expansive script-possible some one else was helping Thomson make some entries here,or he changed writing pen. )

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30th March 1867 Hon J.W. Williams arrived in afternoon & commenced Topographical survey J. Thomson, my Boy & myself, assisting him Graves & Snelling cleaning up some of the old wheat of crop of 1865, sold for seed during afteroon Devon Cow Heroine improving slowly & also Durham calf 31st Sunday A young Southdown lambed this morning April 1st Mr. J.W. Williams busy engaged in making Topographical Survey Graves; J. Thomson & my son assisting him in morning while I wrote notices to the Executive Committee Graves afterwards repairing wagon boxes & c Snelling hauling firewood. I assisted surveying from midafteroon until night awful work 2 Mr. Williams proceeding with Topographical survey same help as yesterday in the forenoon Had to abandon runing the lines on account of the snow could not make certain of the

original corners on the west boundry Graves & J. Thomson assisting him in the afternoon to take the meandering of the Bluff & Slough running along the south side of the farm & marking the north line through the Timber The oats on hand measured in bulk to day find 454 bushells or there abouts Miller attending stock Snelling hauling firewood

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2nd April 1867 Amount & kind of grain we have fed to the stock during each day of the week ending 1st April 4 oxen 25 lb. corn 1 steer 5” 4 bulls 15” 25 lb. oats & lb. corn meal 9 cows 55” 50” 20” 6 calves -- 18” 4” 6 horses 40” 36” 2 colts -- 18’ 69 yd sheep 74” --- --- 41 pn “ 15” 40” 2” 22 hogs 30” --- --- Returned by James L. Miller Stock tender

3 Mr. Graves sent to the mill for the Grist left there on the 27th March J. Thomson & myself assisting Mr. Williams with the Survey but were compelled to quit at noon by Rain & thunder Storm Thomson & Snelling choping firewood in afternoon Snelling hauling firewood in forenoon Miller attending Stock

4 Graves did not return from Mill until this morning owning to the rain Rt—Shearer got twenty bushells of Tea Wheat engaged & paid for during winter in Carpenters work at $1.70 per bushell & 13 ½ bushells of the shrunk wheat of 1865 at $1.50 per bushell in all $54.50 Not having Mr. Shearers Bill I cannot state what is due the farm until he is settled with

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4th April 1867 Snelling morticing fence posts. J. Thomson assisting him in forenoon & assisting Mr. Williams & myself completing the survey in the afternoon. Graves repairing & jobbing balance of the day Miller attending stock 5 Thomson & Snelling preparing fencing in forenoon A grade wether sheep killed for the use of the house. Mr. Williams completed (as far as

at present practicable for high water) the Topographical Survey ascertaining the altitude of the large Spring to be 15 feet above high water in the Creek bottom; The entrance gate to cattle yard South & East of the barn to be 23 feet above the Spring; a point 20 rods west of the farm house is 13 feet above the gate & at the N.E. corner of the College building is 22 feet above the Gate or sixty feet above highest water in creek bottom near to the sand pit. Thomson & Snelling assisted Mr. Williams in taking the elevation. I went in to Boone after the Timothy seed Received $26.40/100 on account & took note at thirty days for balance ($60.00) Allowed some Stock that was (by request) weighed on the farm Scales, remain in one of the Bull pastures over night & furnished & hauled Straw for them. As they could not be removed on account of the high water making bottom impassible see cash book 6th inst.

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6th April 1867 J. Thomson morticing fence posts Snelling Sraightening up yards piling up remains of lumber left

from Hog House Barn & c which has been buried in snow all winter cleaning up generally Graves making a new box for his waggon yesterday & today Miller attending Stock The stock which was left here last night removed this morning their owners taking the back track

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8 Graves gone to Nevada being summoned as a juror Got excused & came back at noon Snelling repairing fences on various parts of the farm when they had been thrown down in the fall & left during winter J. Thomson trimming & morticing fence posts Snelling assisting during part of the afternoon Graves jobbing afternoon Miller attending Stock 9 The time for which F. Snelling was engaged & lost time is full- filled this day & he has left J. Thomson breaking corn stalks in forenoon & preparing fence posts in afternoon I have procured 100 zinc strips for protecting Apple trees from ravages of canker worm

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9th April 1867 Graves is employed in fixing some better accommodations the Sheep now beginning to drop their lambs Amount & kind of Grain & c feed per day for the week ending with the 8th day of April Graves’ oxen have been sold 2 oxen & 1 steer 17 lbs. corn 4 bulls 15 lbs corn 26 lbs oats & 8 lbs meal & shorts 9 cows 55 “ 40” 10” 6 calves -- 18” boiled 6” 69yd sheep 74” -- -- 41 pen “ 18” 14” -- 6 horses 40” 36” -- 2 colts -- 18’ - 22 Hogs 30” -- -- Poultry not known Signed James L. Miller Stock Tender 11 Graves picking seed corn & jobbing in the forenoon & Thomson preparing fence posts Graves & Thomson hauling hay in the afternoon (had to buy two tons more) Miller attending Stock A Hospital sow produced three pigs this morning The native cow (Polly) produced a very fine grade ( A & Native) heifer calf this afternoon Visit from Mr. Humphrey he expect- ing a meeting of the Executive Committee 11 J. Thomson breaking corn stalks in early part of the forenoon & repairing fences & morticing fence post balance of day A young grade sow (Berkshire & Hospital) produced 4 pigs today Graves gone for seed corn to Mr. Bucks & general jobing No other member of Ex. Committee having come Mr. Humphray has left for home. (Note—there are two entries dated 11-this is not a typing error)

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12th April 1867 Graves & Thomson harrowing and sowing Timothy seed in the Big Spring Bull pasture in forenoon Thomson spreading manure in Afternoon Graves assisting me to put on Zinc protectors on Apple trees My Boy taring the protectors part of the afternoon The recently calved Cow not doing well had to remove afterbirth Had to purchase some Snuff to make up ointment to destroy lice on the calves Another young sow had pigs today (Grade, Berkshire & Hospital) Hired G. Jensen for two weeks for (9.00) nine dollars 13 Lamb’s coming frequently the cripled Leicester Ewe had twins this morning (rather weakly ones) The morning being wet the hands are cleaning seed wheat J. Thomson sowing Timothy seed in West Bull pasture & harrowing it in afternoon Jensen spreading manure in the young orchard Miller attending Stock Graves & my Boy assisting me with the zinc proectors in old Orchad; the insects are preparing for mischief in large numbers The Leicester Ewe has twin lambs one very weak & doubtful to live

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Sunday 14th April 1867 High bred Spanish Ewe “Cora Smith” had a Ewe Lamb this morning to Beauty 15 Preparing to sew wheat J. Thomson plowing & letting off surface water all day Jensen letting off water (ditching) & spreading manure in forenoon Spreading manure in afternoon Graves gone to Nevada as a juror Fixing zinc protectors on apple trees find many of them dead particularly White Winter Pearmain & a great many so injured as to be “Not worth preserving”—chiefly from the Borer I went into the field North of the Bull pasture this morning where the fall ploughing was done & found so much water flowing over it that I had to set to work with two hands & get it turned into other channels so as to get it fit for sowing; it is now drying finely Engaged Samuel J. Wilson for a month at ($22.00) twenty two dollars per month to commence tomorrow morning 16 Jensen digging fence post holes with side of old orchard forenoon J. Thomson ploughing in forenoon Wilson harrowing J. Thomson sowing wheat from 11 ½ A.M. until evening My Boy harrowing with his team Jensen spreading manure in the afternoon Miller attending Stock

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16th April 1867 Return of grain fed daily for the week ending 15th April inclusive 3 steers(or oxen) 17 lb. corn 4 Bulls 15” 40lb Oats 5 lbs meal 3shorts 9 cows 60” 56” 12” 10” 6 calves -- 18” 3” 2” 68yd sheep 74” -- -- -- 41pen” 18” 36” 2” 2” 6 horses 45” 50” “ “ 2 colts -- 18’ “ “ 22 Hogs 35” and the slops from Kitchen Poultry not Known Signed James L. Miller Stock Tender G.R. McIntosh dressing & Marking stones for corners to perpetuate the survey made by Mr. Williams Graves at Nevada 17 J. Thomson sowing remainder of the wheat in field J in forenoon S.J. Wilson & My Boy harrowing Jensen spreading manure in the forenoon & sawing firewood in afternoon Wilson & Thomson harrowing part of the afternoon cleaning wheat remainder Had to stop harrowing on act of rain Miller attending Stock & Graves still at Nevada 18 Wilson & Thomson finishing harrowing of wheat sown in Field J. in forenoon Jensen cleaning & deepening the channel to carry off the water & spreading manure in fields J. working in garden in afternoon Thomson rolling wheat Field J Wilson harrowing cornstalk land intended for wheat in Field A. Miller attending Stock Graves still at Nevada

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19th April 1867 Thomson sowing new broke prairie land (in Field F) & Wilson Harrowing in forenoon Graves setting up Two Horse cultivator & horse rake in forenoon & cleaning wheat Jensen working in garden & shrubbery in forenoon Burning cornstalks in afternoon in field A. Wilson Raking corn stalks in afternoon field a. Thomson harrowing in field F. in afternoon Graves getting plough repaired Miller attending Stock 20TH Thomson sowing wheat in Field A. in forenoon Wilson raking cornstalks in Field A. & harrowing Jensen setting fence posts in forenoon & burning cornstalks remainder of day in field a. Graves driving cultivator putting in wheat in Field A—part of the day in garden some little time was lost in the middle of the day by the breaking of the Horse rake while raking cornstalks Thomson sowing wheat & cultivating in afternoon Miller attending Stock & c Graves sent to Blacksmith’s shop to get repairs on horse rake done there Every tool & implement on the farm seems to be out of repair 21st Sunday 22 Graves & two hands started to Field A. to finish the sowing of the wheat but had to quit for rain Thomson & Wilson then set to clearing wheat Jensen setting fence posts west of the old orchard Graves; Thomson & Wilson working in wheatfield (Field A.) in afternoon Miller attending stock

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Tuesday 23 April 1867 Amount and kinds of grain fed per day during the week ending 22nd April 1867 3 oxen & steers 17 lbs.corn 4 Bulls 15” “ 45 lbs. oats 9 cows 60 ” 72 ” 6 Calves ---- 18 ” 6 Horses 25 ” 100 ” 2 colts -- 18 ’ for four days 65yd sheep 74 ” 40pen “ 15 ” 34 ” Hogs 35 ” -- Reported by James L. Miller Stock tender J. Thomson sowing remainder of the wheat forenoon & cultivating afternoon Wilson Harrowing & cultivating Jensen setting posts forenoon Digging in garden & burning cornstalks in afternoon Graves in garden superintending & looking on Miller attending Stock 24 Thomson sowing oats & Harrowing Wilson cultivating & raking cornstalks Jensen Harrowing with Oxen Graves in Garden Some symptoms of scab making its appearance amongst the sheep for the last two or three days Miller attending Stock 25 Thomson; Wilson & Jensen Raking & burning cornstalks; Sowing oats and cultivating (or covering with cultivator) Graves hauling manure and making hot bed to start sweet potatoe plants. Graves getting Horse rake repaired part of afternoon

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Friday April 26 1867 Graves, Thomson, Wilson & Jensen working to get the oats in; Raking & burning cornstalks sowing oats & cultivating them in with shovel plough & two horse riding cultivator Harrow & c Graves planting Potatoes sowing Pease & c in Garden & sweet potatoes in hotbed P.M. The wind got so high towards noon as to prevent getting the oats properly sown & part of the hands had to go to ploughing part of the afternoon & Wilson to Rolling remainder of wheat land & the oats already sown From the careless & indiscriminate manner of using the lanterns 3 that have been purchase within a year have been broke I have procured two strong R.R. Lanterns from Chicago marked “C. Farm” & numbered 1 & 2 & have put No 1 in care of James L. Miller Stock

tender & No 2 in the care of Mr. Graves & informed them that if broke or destroyed the cost will be deducted out of their pay The putting in of wheat has been finished & we have used 46 bu. of seed but not having any means of accurately measure- ing I cannot record the number of acres. Miller attending Stock

27 Graves working in garden Thomson & Jenson & my Boy working on cornstalk land getting in Oats and Wilson finishing rolling wheat land & commenced on Oats in forenoon Jensen harrowing oats in afternoon Thomson & Wilson ploughing some patches for Oats that have been left in the middle of corn land last year in an unfruitful unsightly and unprofitable condition

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Sunday 28th April 1867 29th Wilson & Thomson ploughing patches for oats (in forenoon) that have been idle last year Jensen harrowing in forenoon Ditching north of R.R. in afternoon Thomson ploughing for corn in the afternoon Wilson hauling rails Graves getting harrow teeth sharpened in forenoon hauling Bridge lumber from Philadelphia in afternoon, also getting a plough that had got broken Standard repaired at Philadelphia 30 The amount & kind of grain fed per day for the week ending April

29th inclusive to wit 2 oxen 40 lb corn 1 steer 5 “ “ 4 Bulls 15” * 40 lb Oats 9 Cows 70” 88” Oats 4 yearlings 6 calves 25” “ 75 yd sheep 74” -- 33 pen sheep-- 40” Hogs 35” -- 6 Horses -- 65” James L. Miller Stock tender A Cotswold Ewe lambed a Buck lamb last night which has evidently been sired by a Southdown Buck Thomson sowing oats burning cornstalks & c Wilson ploughing (Bugg Plough in forenoon) cornland afternoon Jensen harrowing in Oats Graves hauling Bridge plank from Philadelphia in forenoon assisting in getting in oats and doing odd jobs in afternoon

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1st May 1867 Thomson sowing oats in forenoon and plowing corn land in afternoon Wilson plowing corn land all day Jensen harrowing oats land with oxen Miller attending stock & assisting me to fix & hang flood gates part of the day Graves in quest of potatoes bean & c to supply the house in forenoon working in the Garden in afternoon I have planted out 3 small white thorn trees in places where pear trees have died out for the purpose of budding these with the pear as soon as the proper season arrives for that operation

2 Wilson & Thomson plowing land for corn Jensen harrowing oats with oxen Graves working in garden & attending odd jobs in forenoon & sent in quest of seed corn in afternoon Miller attending stock & assisting me to repair some pasture fence injured by the fires the early part of last month Amount of grain fed to stock belonging to Mr. Graves made up until 1 st May fro 10th January Corn 38 bushells Oats 25 bu Geese in number not known 3 Thomson & Wilson plowing corn land left Thomson 1 ½ hours plowing in Garden Jensen harrowing oat an breaking L.(land)from Brick yard Graves Gardening & jobbing Miller tending Stock cleaning Sheep pens choping firewood & c I have rented about ½ an acre of land for garden for boarding house keeper

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4th May 1867 Thomson plowing corn land west of the college Building Wilson plowing corn land north of the Railroad C. Jensen digging strips occupied by the rows of fruit trees in garden H. Wilson hauling rails with oxen to the fence in course of erection north side of old orchard Graves working (sowing seeds) in garden in forenoon & in afternoon til about 4 oclock when he started

with the Buggy to his own farm. I cannot get him to remain at his work steady or attend to many things that he is told to unless continually with him or near by. I left the office a little before 4 oclock to examine the condition of the land & crops fences & c left him at work in

garden & when I came back between 5 & 6 he was gone as above stated & it has occurred several times before

5th Sunday 6th Graves & Thomson gone in quest of hay for the Stock in forenoon Wilson working on post & rail fence north side of the Old Orchard in forenoon Graves hauling corn to pay that used by his stock in afternoon Wilson & Thomson plowing corn land north side of the Railroad Miller attending Stock & repair- the fences injured by the Prairie fires north of R R track last fall Graves has returned 13 46/70 bu of corn & 5 bu by measurement returned before 18 46/70

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7th May, 1867 Table showing the amount of grain fed

per day during the week ending 6th May inclusive 2 oxen 40 b. corn 1 steer 5” 4 Bulls 15” & 36 lbs. oats 9 cows 60” 65” 10 calves - 24” 69 yd sheep- 20” 22 hogs 35” -- 6 horses -- 65” 19 pen sheep 12 pounds oats for four days signed James L. Miller Stock Foreman Wilson & Thomson plowing for corn on the north side of the Railroad track all day Miller attending Stock & repairing fences north of R.R. Graves planting seeds in Garden & jobing Mr. Dunham the architect on College Building arrived here in afternoon (the first time since winter) 8th Mr. Chadwick taken away his Timothy seed this morning (10 bu) Graves & Thomson gone for Hay in forenoon Thomson plowing North of R R in afternoon Wilson plowing North of R R all day Miller attending Stock & Repairing fences Mr Dunham left again this forenoon Graves working in Garden in afternoon Had Barry Brady ditching on the North side of the R. R. all day by the day Had to get salt from Montana There being none to be got in Ames for two weeks & our stock are suffering for want of it

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9th May 1867 Wilson plowing for corn & potatoes in forenoon & harrowing in afternoon North of R.R. Thomson plowing & harrowing in garden lot in forenoon and plowing (west of College) for corn in afternoon Miller attending Stock and cleaning up yard & jobbing during spare time Graves working in garden cutting seed potatoes & C & C 10th Thomson plowing out the corn land west of College Bldg. in forenoon & marking for corn north of R.R. in afternoon Wilson harrowing corn land N of R.R. in forenoon & land for potatoes & plowing in afternoon Miller attending Stock & harrowing with oxen (Harrowed nearly ¾ of the day) Graves bobbing around cannot stick to any particular job long enough to do much good & telling him of if it does not appear to make any improvement Rec’d a Box containing 2 ½ bu of seed corn from Knoxville Marion County procured for me by Hon. Thos. McMillan who had agreed with the Express Agent there that it should cost from $3 ½ to $4.00 from Knoxville to here but on receiving the Box the charges made are $8.00 could not well do without the corn & paid it under protest Two barrels of salt rec’d from Montana

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Page 65 11th May 1867 Three wagon loads & half of lumber worked up into parts of mouldings & other things (the trade names of which I am unaquainted with) were sent of towards Des Moines this morning Understand for the Court House at Indianola Are we as a Board of Trustees advancing money to Mr. Reichard to furnish material & pay hands to erect that building? Thomson marking out corn land north side the R.R. in forenoon Thomson & Miller planting corn in afternoon Wilson harrowing corn land in forenoon plowing in afternoon for sorghum Graves repairing corn planter in forenoon assisted (part of the time) by Miller when not attending stock Graves repairing cattle guard fences Extinguishing fire in west timber north of R.R. fixing sorghum seed & jobbing 12 Sunday Much troubled by sheep getting on the Railroad track in the Timber where the R.R. fence was partially moved last fall. Several gaps being left open 13 Thunder Storm from the west last night & chilly N.W. wind this A.M. Thomson plowing corn land S. of R.R. Wilson plowing corn land S. of R.R. in forenoon & on sorghum patch afternoon Miller harrowing part of day attending (1/2) Stock remainder & jobbing Graves variously employed during the

forenoon & part of the afternoon & part of the afternoon off on some business of his own as

usual during my temporary absence going to Ames

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14th May 1867 The protracted winter combined with the extravagant use of grain during the the early part of it; has so exhausted our Stock of grain that I have directed the slaughter of two Grade Hospital & Berkshire shoats deeming it more economical to kill them for the use of the House than buy corn at its present prices to feed them The following table shows the amount of grain fed per day for the week ending Monday 13th May inclusive 2 oxen 3 pounds corn 4 bulls 15” & 36/pounds oats 9 cows 45” 65” 6 calves -- 6” 6 Horses 65” 13 pen sheep - 10” 22 hogs 35” -- Signed James L. Miller Tender of Stock Thomson marking out corn land in part of forenoon & him & Miller planting remainder of the day Wilson harrowing the corn land west of the College Building Ira McLoughlin working by the day making fence north side of old orchard Graves jobbing cutting potatoes & c Visit from Lt. Gov. Gue 15th Wilson plowing in forenoon for corn & harrowing Sorghum land P.M. Thomson marking cornland west of the college & planting in afternoon Miller & Graves planting potatoes N. of R.R. in forenoon Miller helping to plant corn P.M. W. Scott came to work midforenoon & assisted with potatoes

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16th May 1867 Thomson & Miller planting corn on land west from College Bldg. Wilson plowing for corn S. Side of Railroad

Scott planting sorghum McLaughlin morticing fence post in afternoon & putting up balance of fence N. of old Orchard forenoon overhauled the pasture fence, west & north sides of lot & c Graves puttering around until 4 o’lock P.M. when he started off to Ames with his wife without giving me any intimation Leut. Gov. Gue left this A.M. sent a ream of letters & two half reams of note paper to have printed heading done by him 17 Wilson plowing for corn near R.R. on South side Thomson plowing for corn in the forenoon helping to get & plant trees in afternoon Miller assisting him afternoon Scott planting Sorghum part of A.M. potatoes remainder. Plowing for corn afternoon Miller assisted me to construct a temporary fence under the east R.R. Bridge to prevent our Stock from getting to the North Side of the R.R. where they are liable to be injured by climbing on to & standing on the track. We spent the balance of forenoon in digging trees wanted to fill

Banks & for a wind break North of the house & to plant in other places for ornament. Graves fixing sacks for wool & packing it. Received by Express a package of shells & c for the College; being a present from the Smithsonian Institute Washington

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18th May 1867 I have deposited the present of shells received from the Smithsonian Institute with the printed condi- tions on the upper shelf of the Geological compartment of the Book case in this office unopened further than to ascertain that had not been injured in transit. Thomson assisting me in the planting of the trees procured yesterday until ten o’clock when we were compelled to stop by rain. Scott & Wilson plowing till ten o’clock McLoughlin planting potatoes Miller jobbing about barn & attending stock Graves fixing wool & sacks Heavy rain afternoon

19 Sunday 20 The market reports giving no

encouragement to look for any advance in the price of wool I have concluded to close with the offer of Woodburry and Sons of Marshalltown & send it to them The Bridge over Squaw Creek on Road to Ames being injured by the flood I have ordered Mr. Graves to assist in repairing it the ground being to wet to work to advantage on the Farm. Wilson, Scott & Miller assisted half a day cutting wood & jobbing the remainder. Could not do much on account of rain. Graves moved wool to Ames rescues sheep enclosed by high water & jobbing

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21st May 1867

Wilson cutting potatoes. Scott cutting potatoes ½ day planting trees remainder. Miller diging

& planting trees McLaughlin 1/2 day preparing fence posts. Graves whitewashing and planting trees 22 Scott plowing for corn, McLoughlin

preparing fence posts, stone, Moving rails & digging post holes. Wilson & Miller planting trees & Sundry other jobs. Graves making some

changes in dining room & working in garden 23 Scott plowing for corn. McLoughlin at fence posts & fence. Miller setting fence posts & spliting rails. Wilson ½ setting posts ½ harrowing. Stone assisting to repair Bridge ½ day & ½ day diging in garden. Graves hauling corn & attending to fixing corn with Strychnine to kill squirels off the corn 24 Graves hanging Gate & jobbing. Scott plowing for corn. McLaughlin working on fence. Stone diging in garden & yard. Miller cleaning up Stock yard part day setting post ½ day. Wilson ploughing ground to plant cedar & mulching the trees already planted 25 Wilson setting posts ½ a day cleaning up round out buildings. Graves in garden Scott plowing for corn & c, McLaughlin

making fence. Stone digging in garden Miller Sundry jobs cleaning up, Privy & c

26 Sunday 27 Men cleaning wheat & jobbing (Rainy) 28 Wilson Sundry needful jobs. Graves

looking after men & jobbing. Scott splitting posts for picket fence Miller assisting

29 Scott plowing, Miller & Wilson planting potatoes

and harrowing. Graves jobbing & in garden

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30th May 1867

Graves tending field labor & in garden Wilson marking corn ground, Miller & Scott preparing corn ground and planting corn. 31 Miller & Scott ¾ day planting corn bal(ance) planting potatoes, Wilson planting potatoes Graves in Garden hauling corn & jobing June 1 Raining. Men jobing within doors most of the day

2 Sunday

3 Graves in search of potatoes & in the garden, Wilson diging round the shade trees. Miller making fence & working amongst Stock. Scott plowing for carrots 4 Scott harrowing & rolling the carrot ground ¾ day & plowing in garden remainder. Miller, Graves & Wilson working in garden 5 Wilson marking ground & planting Beans. Scott & Miller sowing carrot seed. Graves jobbing. All hands engaged digging part of the afteroon replanting corn rotted and taken out by the Squirels 6 Scott Miller & Wilson replanting corn North of Railroad Graves poisoning Squirrels & getting Buggy repaired in afternoon 7th Went to Desmoines for the purpose of getting money from the Treasurer The men set to replanting corn not having finished yesterday Graves to go to Mill with a grist the Roads being now much improved

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8th June 1867 Returned from Desmoines find that corn has been replanted as far as the deficiencies can be ascertained. I find that James L. Miller who was engaged as a farm hand from the 9th day of April last for one year (on contract) left by train yesterday morning without assigning cause; or making known if he would return He left after Graves had started for the mill & I was on my way to Desmoines has left about $25.00 of his wages in

my hands

9 Sunday Miller has returned says he cannot give a single reason for leaving and appears to seriously regret his foolish act 10 All hands & one extra employed in washing sheep this forenoon Scott, Wilson & Miller removing the old Hog pen, Privy & c during the afternoon Graves gone to get a Horse shoe on the

forefeet & buying sheet wash Tobacco from R.R. Station

11 Scott hauling pickets from Ames forenoon and manure from old Hog pen in afternoon Wilson hauling manure from old Hog pen in forenoon & cultivating with the

shovel plough in garden in afternoon Miller picking off & destroying potatoe bugs in forenoon & hoeing during afternoon in garden Graves repairing the wall where a portion was torn down in the dining room last year (in forenoon) and making it ready for the plasterer In afternoon preparing mortar attending to corn fields, Squirels & c

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12th June 1867 Graves went to mill taking 12 bu more wheat & to bring back that left there on Friday last Consider it better to get the necessary grinding done while the mill has plenty water Wilson rolling corn north of the R.R. Miller looking after squirels filling up corn & jobbing Scott clearing of manure from site of the old Hog pen Had some samples of it cut today for the purpose of testing its quality as fuel; was unable to ascertain the depth of the deposit; think it will be from 4 to 5 feet & in parts more some places 8 or 9 feet

13 Overhauling sheep & lambs find 50 lambs of the different breeds & 105 sheep one year old or upwards of different Breeds Grades & c Scott cultivating corn north of R.R. Wilson plowing in house plot for Sweet potatoes beets & c in forenoon Miller repairing large Bull pasture fence & hoeing in Garden in forenoon Graves getting clod fender of two horse cultivator repaired & some more Strychnine to poison squirels in forenoon Wilson plowing, harrowing & c in House plot in afternoon for Mangold, Sweet Potatoes & c Miller employed in afternoon in filling blanks in late planted corn & assisting Graves to plant Sweet potatoes. Graves fixing mortar & attending plasterer; setting Sweet Potatoes & C & C

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14th June 1867 Scott cultivating corn N. of R.R. Graves & Miller plowing Mangold seed carrot & c Wilson plowing for Mangold in the Home plat the ground ploughed yesterday being considered unfit for the purpose also Harrowing & cultivating amongst the young maples 15 Scott & Wilson erecting a temporary fence around part of old orchard where the grape vines, beans & Pie Plant are; to protect them from the Hogs while feeding off the Rye Miller assisting me to trans- plant small cedar trees Graves going to Nevada on business partly of his own & partly of the Farm 16 Sunday

Awful Thunder storm & rain in the evening

17 In consequence of the rain of last night we are unable to work corn consequently Scott & Miller set to finish transplanting the cedars & Wilson replacing the fence where the hog pen was removed from Graves sent to Bloomington for the wool box he had lent to Judge Evens last fall 18 Men all set to cultivate corn N. of R.R. Mr. Burnett from Walnut Grove corn & shearing sheep Graves superintending affairs on Farm Going to Des Desmoines Miller ¾ of day in garden

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19th June 1867 Miller plowing corn half day & shearing sheep the remainder Wilson half day plowing in garden & attending Wilson in wood shed Scott half day plowing corn remainder in woodshed & jobbing Graves taking care of wool Burnett shearing sheep 20 Miller, Wilson & Scott plowing corn Burnett shearing sheep Graves assisting & putting away wool Executive Committee here & in session 21 Wilson & Scott ploughing corn S. of R.R. Miller & Burnett shearing sheep Graves jobing & putting up the wool Ex. Com. in session all present 22 Scott & Wilson plowing corn Miller finished sheep shearing in forenoon; afternoon in the garden & jobbing Graves to Ames in forenoon Putting up wool in afternoon Executive Committee left this A.M. 23 Sunday 24 A most terrific storm of

Thunder the whole of last night has caused the suspension of most field labor the men cleaning up barn tools getting out reaper & mower preparatory to harvest repairing fences & c & c A carpenter fixing roof of dining room

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25th June 1867

Scott & Wilson hoeing & weeding in sorghum patch Miller repairing fences round bull pastures & working in garden Graves sent to Ames for hardware & c (in forenoon) needed in repair on House. In afternoon tyeing up grape vines torn down by the storm & jobbing Insured the Farm House & Barn for three years as follows to wit House for 3,500 & barn for 1,500 dollars to wit in the Phoenix; House $1,000.00 & Barn $500.00 in the Hartford; House $1,000.00 & Barn $500.00 in the National. House $1,500.00 & Barn $500 Had two skylights put in the roof over

the dining room for ventilation one for each sleeping apartment

26 Scott, Wilson & Miller cultivating corn & Potatoes & Sorghum Graves fixing reaping machine

& working in garden 27 Scott & Wilson cultivating corn north

of R.R. Miller taking bugs off potatoes in forenoon & cultivating corn in afternoon Graves went to Philadelphia for flour being unable to get to the Mill working remainder of the day in garden Sold 15 acres N. and W ½ S.E. ¼ of Sec. 34 Tp. 83 R. 24 W. of 5th P.M. To Fred Ibert? he has paid ($30.00)) thirty dollars in hand & is to pay ($30.00) thirty dollars in one year & ($30.00) in two years from date with the per cent interest on deferred payments with the privilege of paying sooner if he can make it convenient

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28th June 1867

Ordered Hogs all turned into the old orchard to eat down the Rye sown in it last fall. There is not enough Rye for half a crop but will support the Hogs until other feed matures. Our hands were all warned to work on the Roads this day but the wet weather has retarded the cultivation of our corn so much that I have arranged with them to work in corn I paying the RR Tax from Farm Fund & they to make up the time to the farm Miller & Wilson cultivating corn west of college Scott cultivating corn North of Railroad Graves working in garden and assisting McKee in repairing the Lightning rods on the Farm House & Barn 29 Scott, Wilson & Miller plowing corn Graves hanging skylights working in in garden & attending sundry field operations

30 Sunday July 1st Miller hoeing beans Scott plowing corn (cultivator) Wilson plowing beans corn & potatoes (shovel plow) Graves going to Ames working in garden Found a yearling high grade Buck dead in pasture (big spring lot) had got lost 2 Miller & Wilson hoeing beans & carrots

Scott cultivating corn Graves went to mill Young Leicester Buck died (cause unknown)

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Wednesday 3rd July 1867 Scott & Wilson cultivating corn Miller hoeing carrots Graves half a day going to Boone remainder in garden & orchard 4 All hands to celebration except the necessary chores attending stock & c 5 The hands handling sheep trimming Their feet & c half a day Scott mowing weeds remaining ½ day Miller & Wilson hoeing carrots remaining half day Graves fixing mower & reeper & sundry other jobs remainder of the day 6 Miller half a day hoeing carrots remainder of the day jobbing Wilson & Scott half a day cleaning up remainder of the wheat, the remainder of the day in carrot patch hoeing Graves repairing tools & going to Ames 7 Sunday 8 Scott Wilson hoeing carrots

Graves to Blacksmiths shop ½ day working in carrots Miller washing pigs remainder of the day (1/2) in carrots hoeing

9 Scott cultivating corn North of R.R. Wilson hoeing carrots Miller picking & killing potatoe bugs hoeing & weeding in garden & hoeing carrots Graves went to mill

10 Scott Cultivating corn north of R.R. Wilson & Miller hoeing carrots Graves hoeing & weeding in garden Suspect the young Leicester buck that died on the 2nd inst to have been bit by a Rattle snake his appearance indicated poison & I have been unable to discover any other means of poison unless in that way or any cause of death

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11th July 1867

In consequence of a communication from Registrar of State Land Office I have had to go to Nevada to search for Deeds of Land sold by old Board & investigate the defective title to land donated by S. McCoy I find that he never owned the land described on the County Record of Deeds as donated by him to the Ag College & altho our title (I believe) can be made good we have at present no title to the 20 acres donated by him that will protect the state. I will have to procure a transcript of several deeds supposed to have been burned along with the Court House at Nevada as I find them on Record but cannot find the deeds Scott cultivating corn in the forenoon near R.R. on S. side & sorghum in afternoon Wilson & Miller hoeing carrots Graves hoeing in garden & jobbing

Graves stud brought back 12 Scott Wilson & Miller hoeing carrots forenoon Scott & Miller picking potatoe bugs in afternoon Graves went in quest of grass sickles failed to get them had been carried

to Boone, remainder of day garden I have been examining donated lands, titles to lands & c Disappointed

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July 13th 1867 Scott & Wilson picking bugs off potatoes Miller hoeing & weeding turnips & c Graves gone in quest of Horse feed got 23 bushells corn at $1.25 per bushell = $28.75 the corn was of the crop of 1865

14 Sunday 15 I am going to Desmoines for the purpose

examining into the number of instances in which the title of the State to donated tracts of lands is defective so that I may be enabled to get as many of them perfected as possible while every thing is fresh in my memory Scott plowing potatoes Wilson hoeing potatoes Miller working in garden Graves mowing Timothy

16 Miller half day cocking hay afterwards had to quit from sickness Scott half plowing potatoes & half plowing corn Graves ¾ day mowing reminder jobbing Wilson hoeing potatoes & cocking hay Miller sick 17 Scott, Wilson removing scaffold

in barn cocking hay & jobbing Graves attending to a Horse of his own that is sick from eating too much corn Miller quite sick (suspect quinsy)

18 Scott & Wilson hauling hay into the Barn Graves attending his sick horse Miller sick I returned from Desmoines yesterday evening I find upwards of twenty tracts of land of which the title deeds are lost or destroyed but which can be supported by procuring transcripts from the Records of Story County & c

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July 19th 1867 Scott plowing corn (west of college) & Wilson pulling weeds in forenoon & hauling hay in afternoon Graves cutting hay. getting the mower repaired & attending his sick horse Miller sick 20 Graves cutting Timothy with the mower in forenoon Scott plowing corn in forenoon Wilson & Findlay puling weeds in potatoes patch north of R.R. in the forenoon All hands working at hay raking, cocking & hauling Miller sick but improving Engaged John H. Findlay for one month for $30.00 per month he commenced work this morning I have sold the yearling Durham bull, Humboldt, for $85.00 cash, being the only offer made to me after advertising until it has cost the Farm Fund $40.00; have not sold any other animals as yet & little prospect of doing it 21 Sunday The young Chester White sow was found this afternoon in the act of bringing forth pigs about 3 weeks to soon had much difficulty in relieving her, the pigs all dead & one of them partialy decomposed I think she will recover with care

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22nd July 1867 Wilson & Findlay hauling hay with the oxen Graves cutting Scott plowing corn in forenoon & for turnips in the afternoon Miller at sundry jobs in forenoon & raking hay in afternoon 23 Scott plowing ground for turnips till mid-

afternoon helping at hay the bal. of day Wilson & Findlay hauling hay Miller & Graves at sundry jobs & cutting & raking hay; Graves had twice to go to Ames for repairs on mower Another of the yearling high grade bucks died today on opening him his fat was found to have the appearance of being melted and have come to the conclusion that his death was caused by the excessive heat

24 Scot & Findlay working in barn & stowing hay on scaffold fixed by them across the drive way in forenoon—hauling in afternoon Hauling hay in afternoon Wilson working in bean patch amongst the evergreens & in the garden Miller weeding in garden—raked hay part of the afternoon Graves cutting hay when not repairing mower The Chester White sow has died—see Journal of Sunday last—every effort was made to save her but to no purpose

25 Scott & Findlay working at alterations in the Barn, Bringing poles for scaffold over drive way. weeding & c Wilson & Miller in woodhouse during the rain weeding balance of the (day) less one hour & half of Miller in hay Graves getting horse shod in forenoon cutting north of R.R. in afternoon Visit of Mr. Russel, Chairman of Bldg. Committee

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July 25 1867 continued Rain nearly all forenoon. Hay too wet in afternoon to haul

26 Graves cutting bale of Timothy out of R.R. in forenoon & raking in afternoon. Men all weeding in house lot— til mid-forenoon hauling hay balance of the day

27 All hands engaged in hauling the hay from the North side of the R.R. succeeded in getting all into the Barn in good order From the lot in front of house 3 ½ loads “ “ west of orchard 5 ½ “ “ “ west of College 18” “ “ north of R.R. 8=35 35 loads averaging 1,900 pounds to the load=33 ¼ tons value at $10,00 per ton $332.50/100

28 Sunday 29 Scott plowing some spots in the

corn lot north of R.R. (where the corn had failed from excess of wet weather) to sow turnip seed on Miller, Wilson & Findlay hoeing carrots except about 2 ½ hours engaged in binding wheat Graves getting out Reaper & cut a few rounds to ascertain all was in working order The machine seems to work all right & will commence cutting wheat tomorrow if all goes right The fine(grade) Ayrshire & Devon Heifer calf sick refused to suck the cow (its mother) this morning seems fevered, copious discharge from its nostrils. The morning being cold had it housed & I watched it frequently & towards noon as it appeared much better I turned it out again

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29th July continued Scott had to quit plowing about midafternoon owing to one of his horses being seriously attacked with flatulent colic. The attach was both obstinate & severe & it was not until after sunset that I had hopes of saving his life. At 10 o’clock P.M. I concluded to leave him for the night as he appeared out of immediate danger only slight symptoms of inflamation which I am in hopes will pass away before morning The sick calf is better

30 The horse that was sick yesterday is much better this morning I think out of danger Some unpleasantness this A.M. with Mr. Graves he feels very much hurt that I should remind him of his failure to repair a gate that I pointed out to him yesterday as unsafe. By neglecting to repair it all the Bulls, Bucks, Boars & caves were at liberty to go over any part of the farm at will & one buck & two Boors had already started on a ramble. Hands hoeing carrots till the dew dried off the wheat Afterwards Harvesting wheat near the R.R. make slow progress owing to inefficiency of the Reaper. Got to stop for something or other nearly every round

31 Hands hoeing carrots until 9 ½ o’clock All hands harvesting from 9 ½ o’clock until nearly 4pm when all our wheat that was ready to cut was down, bound and shocked. 4 hands then went to hoe carrots & Scott to plowing for turnips Graves various jobs Wheat so far a very fair crop but awfully mixed & does not ripen evenly

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1st August 1867 List of Ag. College Lands in Story Co. W ½ Sec 3 L.83 R.24 E. ½ “ 4 “ ‘” E ½ of W ½ “ “ The above is College Farm proper 10 acres in W. fl ½ 4-83-24 intended to be added to the College Farm (good time) Price per acre Sec./tract Range acres

E ½ N. E ¼ 9-83 23 80 S.E. ¼ S.W. 1/4 35-83 23 40

12.00 S ½ S.E. ¼ N.W. 1/14 14-83 24 20 This was the piece of land donated by S. M. Cory described as in Section 1 same tract & Range-error corrected 1867. Sold for $24.00 27th Aug. 1867

40 acres N. end N.E. ¼ 18-“ “ 40 5.00 N.W. ¼ N.W. ¼ 25 “ “ 40 Sold

O.B. See report of Superintendent for 1865 (Watt?) $100.00 was rec’d by the new Board in1866

6.00 N.W. ¼ N.E. ¼ 15 “ “ 40 Sold O.B. See report of Superintendent for 1865 (Graves)? $200.00 yet due with 7 per cent interest

N. ½ S.E. ¼S.E. ¼ 2 “ “ 20 10.00 E ½ S.E. ¼ 10” “ “ 80 Sold

1867 Rec’d $266.00 & two notes for $267.00 in each, due in one and two years with 10 per cent interest

6.00 15 acres N. and W. ½ SE ¼ 34 “ “ 15 Sold 1867 Rec’d $30.00 & two notes for $30.00 each due June 27th 1868 & 9 with ten per cent interest

N.W. ¼ N.E. ¼ 30 “ “ 40 5.00 10 acres N. end W ½ S.E. ¼ 17 “ “ 10 Sold

O.B. Nothing on records—Deed from State in possession of Graves

6.00 S.W. ¼ S W ¼ 10 “ “ 40 Sold O.B. See report of Superintendent for 1865 (Graves) $200.00 yet due with 7 per cent interest

10.00 S. ½ S.W. ¼ N.W. ¼ 11 “ “ 20 Sold 1867

10 acres S. end of E. 24 acres SE ¼ N.E. ¼ 10 “ “ 10 5.00 S.E. ¼ N.W. ¼ 8 “ “ 40 Sold

O.B. Nothing on record—Mr. Graves says sold to Mr. Beadle by Messers Foote, Melendy & C two years ago thinks for 200

1 acre in N.W. ¼ S.E. ¼ 32 84 24 1

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S ½ S.E. ¼ 13 84 24 80 This tract should be S ½ S.E. 13-84-26 (error in drawing deed)

N ½ N.E. ¼ N.E. ¼ 30 “ “ 20 N.E. ¼ S.W. ¼ 28 “ “ 40 Sold

O.B. See report of Superintendent for 1865 (Roberts) The deed is in possession of Mr. Graves

S. end S.W. ¼ N.W. ¼ 19 84 24 20 N. ½ N.E. ¼ N.E. ¼ “ “ “ 20 10 acres E. Side S.E. ¼ S.E. ¼ 33 “ “ 10

5.00 25 ” E. “ S.E. 1/4N.E. ¼ 31 85 23 25 Sold O.B.

See report of Superintendent for 1865 (Ballard) (Editor’s Note: Across the face of page 85 written in red ink “ This land record is transferred to some pages in the Book used

by Sec. W. D. Wilson as a Record Book the room on these pages being insufficient to make a legible Record .”)

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5th August 1867 (Continued) I have spent a considerable portion of the day in an endeavor to get on the trail to a solution of the difficulty in relation to title to the land in Sec. 13 T. 74 R.24 W but as yet to little purpose will have to make

another trip to Nevada 6th The Oats being rather green I have most of the hands to work to stack our first cut wheat Graves geese have done a great deal of damage to the carrots both by pulling them up & tramping on them. I repeatedly requested him to remove them & received promises of comply- ance but still they remain. Their destructive habits have forced me to peremptorily order their removal from the farm. 7 Three men stacking wheat all day One ¾ day stacking & ¼ binding oats One ¼ day in garden & ¾ binding oats Boy in garden ½ day Graves repairing Reeper & cutting I was at Desmoines, having gone after dinner yesterday to get 4 cast iron plates for the columns under the N.E. Tower on College building; the weight of the Tower has forced the narrow, or small ends of the columns, into the soft pine beams & caused it to incline over & the cast iron plates are to cover the ends of the columns. 8 Graves cutting oats & jobbing Miller binding oats (part forenoon in celler cleaning it out) four men stacking wheat all day

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9th Aug. 1867 I have been to the Records Office in Nevada examining into the title to S ½ S.E. ¼ S. 13 T. 84 R 24 & am well satisfied that we have no title to that identical tract From examination of other papers I am induced to believe that the donor of that tract intended to convey to the State the S ½ S.E. ¼ S. 13 T. 84 Range 26 instead of R. 24 will endeavour to have it put right as soon as I can spare time from other duties 4 men finished stacking wheat 1 ¼ day in binding oats Graves still cutting away at the oats 10 paid off Samuel J. Wilson this a.m. all hands engaged in reaping oats Have to go to Desmoines for money to pay for the Brick from Marshall- town Mr. Rupel being unable to leave home at present to attend to it 11 Sunday 12 Returned from Desmoines

at night Men jobbing in forenoon on acct of rain, the oats being wet all hands harvesting in P.M.

13 All hands harvesting. The reaper a complete nuisance I have spent most of the day trying to straighten land matters Have made an arrangement with Mr. Harvey Lewellen to correct the title to his donation in the same manner as was done inn the case of S.M.Cory to wit he gives a good Warranty Deed & the State releases by Quit claim the tract incorrectly deeded

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14th August 1867 John Findlay unable to work from a sore hand Graves, Miller & Scott harvesting oats Set Findlay to work to hoe amongst the shrubery in afternoon Graves finished cutting oats 15 Men (4) binding up bale of oats Graves jobbing & searching after the cattle the west pasture gate having been left open by some person unknown who is supposed to have passed through I have several times requested Mr. Graves to fix salt trough for the stock to save the waste of salt

by feeding it on the ground but he has hitherto failed to comply & today I find in the large Bull pasture nearly a Bucket full of salt on the ground after the stock have used till satisfied

16 In consequence of the above I have been remonstrating with him on his neglecting several small matters pointed out to him at various times Mr. Graves says when he was engaged by the Old Board of Trustees he distinctly stated that he would not go into the fields and run the hands & he does not intend not intend to do so. That he is not able to make a hand in binding oats & he will not go where he cannot make a full hand. That his Contract does not call for his working as a hand. That he will attend to looking after the Farm to the (over to next page)

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16th August Cont’d best of his judgement but will not work in the fields as a hand. Three hands finishing binding, shocking & hauled two large loads of short weedy oats that could not be readily bound into the barn for sheep feed in winter. Miller assisting at the oats in the forenoon & taking down the fence north side of the road across Squaw Creek bottom it being from 3 to 5 feet within the line of the road & the post having very little (16 to 20 inches)

hold of the ground that much of it has fallen over & partly carried away by the flood.

17 I have forwarded R.R. Freight bills to Mr. Russell as follows towit twenty two from Mr. Reichard and Five paid by me as follows Ames 14th Aug. car 2798 $5 brick 20,000 wt “ “ “ 3236 5 “ 20,000 “ “ “ 6844 5 “ 20,000 “ “ “ 6340 5 “ 20,000 “ 12th Aug “ 6958 5 “ 20,000 Three hands finished binding & got one load in, had to put it into Barn on act. of rain jobbing the remainder of day Miller at fence in Squaw Creek bottom same as yesterday taking down in consequence of road Graves doing little if any thing, sits in the porch a good deal today 18 Sunday

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19th Aug 1867 Miller grubbing brush ¾ & taking down fence along the road in creek bottom remainder Scott hauling posts Findlay repairing fences Graves writing up his accounts & jobbing I went to Boonsboro to examine into condition of a tract of land that was donated by Harvey Lewelleen & and error made in drawing out the Deed so as to call for land in Range 24 the land donated being in

Range 26 W. of 5 P.M. I found that it was sold for taxes

in June 1866 but reconveyed to the county of Boone in March of the present year to correct the mistake There is a claim of $160.00 for the year 1866 now past due

20 Graves away down Squaw Creek bottom, in forenoon, collecting fencing lumber & posts, that had been carried away byt he floods from this Farm, recovered to the value of about $10.00 Men repairing fence & other jobs in forenoon Graves & all hands stacking oats in afternoon 21 Graves was away on his own farm (having some surveying done)all day Men stacking oat have to employ another man in consequence of Graves refusal of the 16th inst. His conduct costs the Farm the expense of one man’s board & wages for both by example & precept the men are taught to do as little as possible.

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forenoon (had a man in his place) 4 men stacking oats all day Miller grubbing brush near the R.R. Switch ¾ of day Visit from my predecessor Mr. W. Robinson

23 All hands at work stacking oats during the day finished at six o’clock P.M. 24 Men jobbing until mid forenoon then assisted in thrashing part of a stack of oats for Horse feed; The machine broke before it was quite finished Threshed 106 bushells I have this day sold the East half of the S.E. ¼ of S.10 T. 83 R. 24 W. of 5th P.M. to Hg. McCarthy for $10.00 per acre ($800.00) of which I have received $266.00 in hand & two promisary notes for $($267.00) each, due one & two years from date. I find that on the 8th December 1865 Messers Holmes & Melendy sold to A.J. Graves the S.E. ¼ of the S.W. ¼ of S. 10 T 83 R. 24 W. and N.W. ¼ of the .E. of S. 15 T. 83 R.24 W. at $6.00 per acre one third ( or thereabouts-$160.00 see report of 1865) of which was paid down the remainder to be paid in

one & two years from that time with 7 per cent interest--$320.00 yet to pay with interest I learn that no notes were taken for the two deferred payments one of which is long past due & the other which will be due in a little over three months from this time At least Mr. Graves says he never gave any notes 25 Sunday

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30th Aug 1867 Scott & Findlay hauling hay Miller assisting at fence on roadside in Squaw Creek bottom in forenoon Graves cutting grass in forenoon & he & Miller raking & cocking hay in afternoon. 31 Mr. Porter having represented to me that he could not pay the men who had been employed grading the road through the Squaw Creek bottom I have advanced him fifty dollars on account of the appropriation made by the Executive Committee. Findlay unable to work from sore arm. Graves cutting the weed in the wet ground near the Brick Yard so as to enable us to plough it Scott plowing Miller putting up hay in afternoon jobbing in forenoon The Board of Supervisors in Boone County having a meeting on Monday next— I have been to Boonsboro to get the Lewellen Deed put on Record & took steps to get the claims for taxes

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Sunday 1st September 1867 Feels very cold and wintery for half ripe corn

2nd Men jobbing in forenoon Scott plowing stuble in afternoon Miller putting up fence in Squaw Creek Bottom north side of road, Hoggatt helping Graves mowing Findlay unable to work from lame arm Received & forwarded to S. M. Cory by one of his employees, a relinquishment from the State of all right title & interest in the fee simple of or to the S ½ S.E. of N.W. ¼ of S. 17 T. 83R 24 W erroneously conveyed to the State by S. M. Cory instead of the S ½ S.E. ¼ of N.W. ¼ of S 14 same T & R. which had been donated by him for the benefit of the

Ag. College 3rd Having received a call from my family intimating sickness of my wife & son I have for a few days to visit them & will attend business for Farm at same time. Henry McCarthy having tendered payment of one of the notes drawn by him for the land sold to him on the 24th Aug. last I have agreed to relinquish the claim for the 8 days interest that would be due & receive the payment Miller & Scott working at hay Hoggatt herding Graves mowing part day jobbing balance 4 Scott plowing Miller & Hoggatt ¾ day repairing fence Miller at hay bal. (balance) & Hoggat herding Graves to Mill 5 Miller & Scott ½ day fixing tops of Grain Stacks—hauling hay the remainder of day Graves ½ mowing & ½ jobbing Hoggatt herding & odd jobs

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Miller & Scott hauling hay Hoggatt herding & pulling beans Scott Miller & Graves working at hay Herding & Chores 8 Sunday house 9 Men hauling material & fencing a temporary Hog yard balance forenoon Scott plowing afternoon Miller & Graves moving hogs & working at fence 10 All hands at hay 11 Scott & Miller at hay

Graves mowing & getting repairs on mower

12 Graves getting mower repaired & mowing Scott & Miller at hay 13 Scott & Miller at hay Graves mowing part of day repairing mower & jobbing the remainder 14 Scott & Miller at hay until stopped by rain & Thunder Storm balance of day at odd jobs Graves doing Road work till the rain bal. jobbing 15 Sunday 16 Graves getting mower repaired

In forenoon, mowed part of afternoon Balance triffled around Scott plowed part of day in the Orchard & garden balance jobbing Miller pulled Beans & other work in Orchard I examined some land titles at Nevada Owens left for home this morning

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17th Sept 1867 Graves getting mower repaired and mowing in forenoon. Miller & Scott jobbing plowing & working at hay till rain, between 1 & 2 o’clock, in Woodhouse balance. Sowed about a peck of wheat (called Tappahannock (or early Boughton wheat) sent from Agl. Department at Washington It is described as one of the earliest & best varieties of Winter wheat known. It sown in House lot on land from which potatoes, peas & c have been taken the present season

18 Scott plowing in the Orchard when not driven into shelter from showers Graves making a set of swingle trees to plow with & jobbing Miller repairing a hay rack & jobbing Spent some time in showing round Mr. Travis artist & re

porter to Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper & furnishing him with date in Re: the College & c.

19 Scot plowing in orchard Miller fixing up hog house Graves jobbing Had a visit from some of the Scott Co. Farmers 20 Scott plowing in Orchard less the time

required to haul two load lumber from the College Graves mowing after the grass dried—jobbing remainder Miller & Kent at various jobs to wit cutting weeds examining apple trees for borer raking & hauling hay & C & C

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21st Sept. 1867 Scott plowing in orchard forenoon & working at hay in afternoon Graves mowing in forenoon & helping to get up hay in Afternoon Miller & Kent hauling hay Have written to Mr. Russell notifying him of several defects appearing in the walls of College Building

22 Sunday Visit from Dr. M. J. Smith New Hartford Butler Co. Iowa has come about 100 miles to see College & Farm 23 All hands busy cutting & raking

& hauling hay Employed Burnett & team to scrape out the ditch in Squaw Creek bottom commenced at noon. The Farm labor (haying) has been retarded so much by wet that none could be spared to do it & should more wet weather come it could not be done at all this season

24 All hands at work securing hay—finished cutting—but a good deal to rake & haul yet Rec’d from J.A. Hull a draft on Chicago for $242.89/100 being the balance of principal & interest for the S.W. ¼ of S.E. ¼ S9-84-26 appraised at $7.00 (acre) & sold for $8.50/100= $340.00

25 Scott plowing in Orchard Findlay & Kent hauling hay Miller setting fence posts & other jobs Deposited with Mr. Sherman our Treasurer Eight hundred (800) dollars arising from sales of land

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Page 99 26th Sept 1867 Scott plowing in Orchard Findlay & Kent hauling hay Miller working at ditch in squaw Creek & fixing up cattle & c for State Fair The time having expired for receiving bids for advertised stock as per advertisement I have received bids as follows For “Phil Sheridan” 1 bids verbal 40.00 3 “ Do(same) 50.00 2” Do)same) 65.00 2 “ written 70.00 1 “ Do (Same)(R.W. Humphrey) 75.00 Hon. R.W. Humphrey having made the highest offer is declared the purchaser Wm. Hastir? Esq. Summerset Warren Co. & a Gentleman named McIntosh from Polk Co. each offered $70.00 For “ General Grant” 2 bids verbal 50.00 1 “ do(same) 65.00 1 “” (D. Pillmer Warren Co.) written 70.00

1 “ Hand & Co Humboldt Co.” 75.00 27 Scott plowing N.W. of College Bldg.

& west of Road to Switch Findlay & Kent hauling hay Miller & Graves preparing stock & corn for some preparitory to State Fair The large red cow being very heavy I have concluded to start tomorrow as soon as practicable

28th Scott plowing N.W. of College Bldg. Graves, Miller, Findlay & Kent getting the stock for the State Fair on board the cars in forenoon; Findlay & Kent stacking Hay P.M. Graves & Miller gone with the Stock to Clinton

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29th Sept. 1867 Sunday 30th Sep. Graves & Miller with the stock at Fair Scott plowing N.W. of College Findlay & Kent stacking hay till noon afternoon picking seed corn & chores 1st Oct. Scott plowing N.W. of College Findlay & Kent finished hay forenoon in afternoon picking seed corn, corn for hogs & necessary chores 2nd Scott plowing as above Findlay & Kent setting fence posts on Road side in Squaw flat A young Berkshire sow died from diseased liver—could see no other ailment sufficient to cause death 3rd Scott plowing as above Findlay & Kent finished setting posts & got hog corn, & potatoes for House 4 Rained all day, hands cutting

wood & fixing various chores 5 Scott, Findlay & Kent working at Sorghum 6 Sunday

Graves & Miller got home from the State Fair with the stock all safe & well. More swine sick

7 Scott plowing N.W/ of College Graves, Miller, Findlay & Kent at work on Sorghum

8 Scott plowing Graves, Miller, Findlay & Kent at work on Sorghum

9 Scott plowing Graves & c making up sorghum

10 Scott & Findlay plowing Graves, Miller & Kent working up sorghum

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Scott Plowing Findlay Plowing ½ day Graves, Miller & Kent ½ day working up Sorghum Graves ½ day mowing clover in front of the House—went to get the seed for use on the Farm Miller & Kent at sundry jobs ½ day

13 Sunday 14 Scott & Findlay plowing

Graves, Miller & Kent butchered a Hog ¼ day Miller & Kent grubbing roots in the land being plowed N.W. of College ¾ day Graves jobbing balance day

15 Scott plowing Graves gone to mill with grist Miller, Findlay & Kent working at Ditch in Squaw bottom

16 Scott plowing Miller Findlay & Kent working at Ditch in Squaw bottom Graves jobbing Sorghum act. Thurs Syrup 135 gallons at .80cts $108.00 33 ½ days labor 33.50 Board-proportionate 24.00 Rent of land ($2.00acre) 3.00

Seed 1.00 Horse services 5.75 Profit $40.75 The Board is calculated by the week so as to include Sundays & lost time from rain & c in

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Miller, Findlay & Kent working at Ditch in Squaw Creek bottom Graves putting up petition Fences & c in Hog yard Had clover from barn yard cut & cured

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17th October, Continued for seed to be used on the Farm I have got it stored in the Barn in good order 18 Scott plowing in forenoon helping to make ditch in afternoon Miller, Findlay & Kent working at Ditch for Squaw bottom Graves fixing Division fences in Hog yard & helped me to run lines of timber lots in S.1v T.82 R.24 19 Miller & Kent making fence in Squaw bottom in forenoon fighting Prairie fire getting corn & jobbing in p.m. Findlay & Scott working at the Ditch in Squaw bottom Graves to mill for grist & fixing hog pens Sent off hand bills to the different counties named below, towit: Floyd, Jones, Clinton, Marshal, Jasper, Boone, Polk, Warren, Selby, Linn, Madison, Marion, Guthrie, Cedar, Powiesheik, Scott, Humbolt, Webster, Butler, Blackhawk, Delaware & Chicasaw & in addition had one mailed inside each copy of this county paper for this week. The grasshoppers have almost destroyed our carrot & turnip crop having eaten off nearly all that was above ground & so injured the crown’s of the bulbs as to render it very doubtful if they will keep through winter. They have also destroyed the winter wheat sowed on the 17th Sept. it came up fine but has disappeared again. 20 Sunday

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Monday 21s t October 1867 Received yesterday the Berkshire Boar Pig Bought from Dr. Sprague of Butler Co. at the State Fair. Findlay & Scott plowing N.W. of college Miller & James Thomson putting on fence Boards in Squaw bottom. Graves fixing potatoe bin in cellar & making alterations in room over sitting room (tearing down partition). On tearing down the petition so as to add the small dark room on second floor to the room over sitting room, it was found that false joists had been put up so as to make the ceiling about one foot lower in the dark room than the other (with what object I cannot discover). I have had the whole torn down as the expense will be very little more & the room will be greatly improved in every respect by the change. The dark room has been heretofore a harbor for dirt & vermin & its addition to the small ill ventilated

room over sitting room will abolish a nuisance and make one of the best bed rooms in the house well ventilated and easily warmed.

22 Scott & Findlay plowing N.W. of College Miller, Kent & James Thomson working at fence in Squaw bottom making the posts firmer and nailing on the boards. James Thomson helped me to ex- tinguish some fence set on fire by R.R. Engine sparks. Graves working on alteration in Farm house in forenoon & working to pay back some help

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23rd Oct. 1867 Findlay & Scott plowing N.W. of College Kent helping to thrash for return help. Miller & James Thomson working at Fence in Squaw bottom in forenoon Miller gathering corn for hogs in afternoon & J.T. catching gophers Graves lathing ceiling of room that is being altered in forenoon, hunting help to thrash & fixing oat bin in afternoon. 25 Threshing finished oats have 804 bushels which added to the amount thrashed in August make 996 bushels. All hands employed at Threshing 6 extra hands helping some for money & some for return labor.

26 Threshing finished wheat have 390 bu. which with 46 bu. thrashed in August makes 436 bushells. All hands employed at threshing also 7 extra hands the straw is all well stacked so that the stock can have the benefit of it whenever it is judged necessary without injuring the meadows. One fourth of the day, from mid-afternoon- noon, the men gathering hogs corn fixing fences & c & c. From the land partly plowed last fall (8 ¾ acres) we have 200 bu. of good wheat—lacks 5 pecks of 23 bu. per acre. From 1 acre 3 Roods & 16 Poles of sod land we

have 30 bu. of good wheat From 13 acres 1 Rood & 13 Poles of corn stalk land we have 206 bu. of wheat of rather poor quality a little over 15 bu to the acre.

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Sunday 27th Oct. 1867 28 Scott Plowing N.W. of College Findlay & Miller digging potatoes N. of R.R. Kent repaying threshing ( at McElyea’s) Graves putting on lath & jobbing Measured Sorghum land 1 acre & 69 rods Carrot patch 1 acre 9 “ wheat 8 ¾ acre Potatoes west of sorghum 35 rods

29 Scott plowing N.W. of college Findlay & Kent repaying Threshing (Priren?) Miller digging potatoes Graves getting plastering material & other jobs First snow of the season this evening. 30 Scott & Findlay plowing N.W. of College Graves, Miller & Kent getting sand for plastering, clearing place for poultry house fixing swine & various other jobs. James T. assisting me in measuring the various pieces of land that has been in crop the part season. 31 Scott plowing N.W. of college Kent repaying help we had threshing Miller & Findlay digging potatoes Graves mixing mortar for repairs of house & hands room 1st November, 1867 Scott plowing N.W. of College Kent repaying help we had in threshing Miller & Findlay digging potatoes except about 2 ½ hours fighting fire (along railroad where it had got into & was burning pasture fence) & repairing damage. Graves plowing N.W. of college Findlay & Kent digging potatoes Miller & Graves jobbing making mortar tending plasterer & c. Sent Reichard 2 baskets corn.

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3rd November 1867 Sunday 4 Scott plowing N.W. of College Findlay & Kent digging carrots Miller clearing up in barn, tending cattle, getting corn & c. Graves putting things in order for the sale. Tending plasterer & c. went to Cambridge in quest of a Mason to finish basement wall of barn hold a note against Buel of that place to be paid in Mason work—he was not at home but his wife says he will come

next week 5 Scott plowing N.W. of College

Findlay & Kent digging carrots other jobs. Fighting prairie fire & c. Miller attending stock assisting at sale when needed & c. Graves getting articles up & helping at sale Sold Oxen for 115.00 Devon Bull bid in at 45.00 Fine wool & Buck bid in at 8.00 Two Southdown Bucks sold at 10 each 20.00 Small Leicester lamb 22.50 Berkshire Boar pigs sold one at 8, one at 6, & one at 8 22.00 Two Suffolk pigs 10.35 One Hospital & Suffolk 4.50 Buggy sold at 55.50 Corn planter 16.50 Reaper 35.50 Mower 21.00 Furst & Bradley Cultivator 17.00 Tidrick & Hipped do(same) 26.00 (would not take his security) Harrows bought in at 23.00 Two old plows sold at 8.10 Two pups one at 1 & one at .75 1.75 349.70

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6th November, 1867 Scott plowing N.W. of College Findlay hauling lumber from Brickyard in forenoon. P.M. assisting County Surveyor & myself to set permanent land marks at the different ¼ Section corners of the Farm some of the corners were nearly obliterated. Graves killed a hog weight 208 pounds this forenoon for house use. Miller & Kent helped & afterwards dug carrots. Had County Surveyor in afternoon fixing corners as above. 7 Scot plowing N.W. of College. Graves absent this forenoon getting surveying done. Kent digging carrots part of day. Miller attending stock Findlay hauling lumber from Brickyard During the afternoon Graves, Kent & Miler & Findlay were employed about 3 hours fighting fire north

of the railroad this is the fifth time we have been injured within three weeks from fires caused by R.R. trains. We have lost several hundred Rails (about two hundred totally destroyed & from 4 to 500 more or less injured) which could not be put

into a fence if moved from their present position. On 22nd Oct. pasture & fence burned 1st Nov. would have got into timber-men put it out, burnt fence badly 7th-Burnt over meadow, burnt fence & both old & young timber, burnt Taylor’s fence

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7th November (Continued) 1867 I have notified the agent of the Railroad Co. at Ames of these fires & of the damage we have rec’d but on examination of the laws now in force to prevent prairie fires I am in doubt of our ability to reach the company so as to recover damage & refer it to the Board

8 Scott plowing N.W. of College in forenoon near R.R. (South Side) in afternoon The other hands finishing up the carrots, potatoes, beets & garden stuff Graves fixing sideboards for wagons preparatory to husking corn Various other chores being done

preparatory to winter Carrots 107 bushels Potatoes 60 “ Onions Beets Parsnips

9 All hands at work husking the corn north of Railroad husked 207 bushels of excellent quality Lost some time assisting to subdue a fire near the college some shavings were discovered to be on fire close to the machine shop & other buildings were in great peril, plenty of assistance was promptly on hand & it was got under without doing any serious damage. Mr. Dunham came here yesterday afternoon & left this forenoon. Mr. Reichard was here during the middle of the week & complained of being short of funds for carrying on the Building.

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9th Continued Amount & Kind of grain fed per day for the past week Ayshire Bull corn 6 pounds Durham “ 12 “ Devon 5 “ 2 Common cows 20 ” giving milk 2 “ “ 12 ” 1 Durham Heifer 12 ” recently calved 1 “ cow 6 ” not caved (Jess) 1 Devon Cow 10 ” 1 “ “ 6 2 Durham “ 24 ” Zallah & Rose 1 Grade Steer 14 ” Fattening for beef 63 yard sheep 65 ” for three days 20 Bucks 20 ” “ “ 1st pen 7 hogs 60 ” 2nd “ 8 “ 50 ” 3rd “ 7” 50 ” 4th” 2 shoats, 5 old hogs 60 ” 16 shoats running out 40 ” 2 sows & 8 pigs “ 40 ” 6 horses 16 bushels per week. Graves Stallion getting 6 quarts per day & the young colts as follows to wit: the yearling 6 quarts per day spring colts 4 quarts per day, the young colts not included in the 16 bushels 10 Sunday 11 The hands finished husking the corn north of the R.R. getting 115 bu more = 322 bushells Miller Findlay & Graves were helping in forenoon to spay pigs male & female 12 Scott, Findlay & Kent husking corn west of college all day. So much has been stolen by the people employed on College Building that it took 17 ½ rows to fill the first wagon (commencing at E. side) ten rows to fill the

second, nine the 3rd & c. set two of the men to watch so as to make an example & c.

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13 Nov. Continued Had 15 sow pigs spayed by Mr. Fitchpatrick in forenoon Graves & Miller helping him. Miller husking corn in afternoon Graves attending stock & making repairs in Gates, Doors & c.

13 All hands husking corn west of College. Graves in afternoon made a Gate & put it up at the crossing to corn field North of R.R. 14 Graves & Miller dipping sheep for disease. Findlay assisting County

surveyor & myself establishing remaining corners in West timber. Scott, Kent & some extra (two hands) husking corn finished that west of the College & find rec’d from it 313 bushels.

15 All hands at corn in forenoon Johnston making gutters to let off water N.W. of college in afternoon 4 hands finished corn (had 132 bu. from land near brick yard, by midafternoon. All our different pieces of corn have been more or less fed from ever since the corn was fit to feed. Scott plowed ¼ day Miller & Graves fixing to put up a poultry house ¼ day Kent & a day laborer fixing

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16th Nov. 1867 Scott, Findlay plowing near the R.R. Graves & Miller putting up a poultry House. Kent & day laborer making rails Johnston ditching ¾ of day Discharged Scott & Kent 17th Sunday 18th Findlay plowing s. side of Railroad Miller sent to mill with a grist Graves & McFarlane working at sheep sheds & poultry house Clemens making rails by the day Johnston ditching by the day Miller returned from Mill bein unable to get any grinding done 19th sent Miller to mill at Polk City Findlay plowing s. from R.R. Graves & McFarlane working at sheep sheds Johnston (day laborer) ditching N.W. of College. I having reason to believe that some confusion existed in relation to the County Roads on & South of the Farm have examined the “Road Record” pages 81 & 2 & on “Road Calendar” Page 2. I find that the Road supposed to be laid out across Squaw Creek bottom has been discontinued some ten years Also that an old established County Road runs along the South side of

the farm the whole length. Also that a Road intersecting the south line of the Farm a short distance west of the S.W. corner of Sec. 3 & bearing in a Northwest direction into the farm about ¾ of a mile then west has been informally changed & to some extent off the farm. I think the road on the section (if worked) sufficient

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2nd Nov. 1867 Graves & wife gone to Cedar Falls this morning Findlay plowing S. of R.R. Miller at Mill McFarlane grubbing brush Miller returned from Mill well pleased with returns. Twice today I have had a gate of the pasture in which the Bulls are confined set open by some unknown person on the second occasion eleven Bucks had got out & one of them I cannot find (The Leicester)

21 Found the missing Buck this A.M. had been with a Ewe in cornstalk Findlay plowing McFarlane grubbing brush from land being plowed Clemmens making rail Miller tending to cleaning &

fixing stock stables & c 22 Findlay plowing & McFarlane grubbing & helping him. Miller assisting County Surveyor & myself in getting the Meete’s & Bounds of the lands proposed to be exchanged with Mr. Porter & the Quarry acre belonging to the Farm donated by J. Briley & imperfectly described in the deed Clemmens making rails 23 Findlay plowing & McFarlane helping him & grubbing Miller cleaning Hog pens & hauled rails in afternoon Finished fixing corners of the Farm with County Surveyor

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Horses have had ¼ bu. of oats during the week ending today (Graves stud gets 6 quarts per day) one bin carrots amongst Other stock as follows Durham Bull ¼ lb. corn Ayrshire “ 8 “ “ Devon “ 6 “ “ 4 blooded calves 10 quarts of Boiled oat 3 grade “ 8 “ “

16 Bucks 20 pounds corn Hogs of all ages 210 “ “ The calves get a small amount of Flax seed boiled along with their corn Owing to the stock havin the run of the stalk fields we are not feeding them much grain & some not any 24 Sunday 25 Findlay plowing near Railroad

South side Miller tending stock & splitting post. McFarlane & day laborer setting posts for picket fence in forenoon Dane at North Division fence in afternoon. McFarlane ditching in afternoon on Saturday, the 23rd, ¾ of a day was devoted to setting posts for picket fence by D. (Dane) Kent- who is working for his board & going to school.

26 Findlay setting fence posts in forenoon & plowing S. of R.R. in afternoon Miller tending stock & sundry other jobs. McFarlane & day laborer working on Division fence north side of Farm setting posts all day

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27th Nov. 1867 Findlay assisting at Division fence in forenoon plowing in afternoon Miller tending stock & morticing & preparing fence posts. McFarlane setting posts & c in Division fence Mr. Graves came back at

night from Cedar Falls. 28 Findlay plowing S. of R.R. McFarlane working at Division fence Miller mortising posts in forenoon & plowing in afternoon Graves tending stock sorting out ewes for Bucks & c & c Bucks 29 Findlay & McFarlane splitting posts Miller & Graves placing protec- tion over grapevines & other tender plants. 30 Butchered two hogs this morning for use in the House weight 338 lb. jointly Findlay & team employed hauling straw & filling areas about the college Building to prevent injury from freezing ½ day Miller mortising posts McFarlane & Findlay hauling & putting I posts in afternoon Grain Fed during past week 4 work Horses each 12 quarts oats 1 “ “ 9 “ “ 1 Graves stud colt 6 “ “ 2 young colts 3 “ “ 1 cow College Belle 6 pounds corn 1 bull Alexander 14 “ “ 1 “ Gen. Grant 6 “ “ 1” Henry Clay 8 “ “ 1” Gen. Baker 6 “ “ over

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30th November continued 2 Durham calves 8 quarts of cooked oats & flax seed 2 Devon “ 8 ” “ 3 Grade “ 14 “ “ 8 Highbred Ewes 8 pounds corn 16 Bucks 28 “ “ C.B. & Hospital sow 12 “ “ Young Berkshire B & sow 7 “ “ 1st pen feeding Hogs (5) 50 “ “ 2nd “ “ (6) 40 “ “ 3rd “ 30” “ 4th “ (3 old & 2 young) 50” “ 1 old B. sow in barn 6 “ “ Pigs running out 44 “ “ 1st December 1867 Sunday Graves took his Yearling colt away from the farm. 2nd Miller tending stock & mortising fence posts McFarlane setting posts on Division fence on Northside of Farm Findlay hauling posts & assisting Mc Farlane at fence in afternoon. Took Mr. Graves with me to witness putting up notices for petition being presented to the Board of Supervisors for the appointment of a commissioner to examine & report on the expediency of vacating certain road on & over the Farm Went to Nevada to post notice on the door of the Courthouse. 3rd Bricklayer building wall in Wash house under kitchen sill & filling Brick in between

the studding of the partition wall. Findlay attending Bricklayer Miller & McFarlane working at the north Division Fence finished setting posts. Graves at various jobs.

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4th December 1867 Findlay attending Bricklayer Miller attending & odd jobs McFarlane working at sheep sheds Graves various repairs in House & jobbing Bricklayer finished filling in Brick & filled the runs of the mice in the pantry so as to better protect food from the frost & vermin. Findlay & McFarlane hauling manure into the large Bull pasture The driveway of the Barn was cleaned & the refuse containing a large amount of Timothy seed thrown amongst the manure near the Barn door & it is being put on some of the poor knolls in the large Bull pasture. Miller tending stock & helping to load manure. Graves at various jobs

6 Findlay sick McFarlane hauling out manure Miller helping tending stock Graves sick 7 McFarlane hauling out manure Findlay sick Miller tending stock & putting up fence (gaps by switch) on R.R. Graves putting up gangway into Barn & odd jobs Kent chops firewood & helps at Manure James Thomson assists me to measure plowed land & other places preparatory to making my annual report 8 Sunday A wagon load of sash sent off from the college to Indianola

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Monday 9th December 1867 Findlay & McFarlane hauling out manure Miller attending stock & other jobs Graves sick Levi Wismer a carpenter wishing to attend School & to Board at Farm house is working at the picket fence to be paid

in Boarding. I see no prospect of getting it done by Graves & the Farm hands.

10 Miller attending Stock & odd jobs Findlay & McFarlane hauling manure Graves sick. His young colt taken away 11 Miller attending stock & c Findlay & McFarlane hauled manure ¾ of the day & shell corn the remainder Graves sick 12th Miller attends Stock & c Findlay hauling manure McFarlane hauled manure ½ day & tended corn crusher grinding feed to remainder Graves working on Sheep shed ½ of the day; remainder at Blacksmith shop 13 Miller attending stock Findlay & McFarlane mending & oiling harness & other cores Stormy Graves jobbing & boils stock feed 14 Miller attended stock & c Graves, Findlay & McFarlane moving Hogs, working on sheep shed & c & c 15 Sunday 16 Miller attends stock & c

Findlay & McFarlane hauling out manure Graves ½ day working on sheep shed balance at sundry jobs

17 Miller attending stock & c Findlay & McFarlane hauling manure Graves making & hanging doors on new sheep sheds & c & c

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Wednesday 18th December 1867 Miller attending stock & c Findlay hauling manure Graves making & hanging doors in lower part of barn. 19 Miller attending stock & c Findlay hauling manure in order to fill the space being manured to a square so that the merits of putting out manure in the winter as com- pared with spring or fall may be tested in a reliable manner. 106 good loads of manure have been put on 4 acres & 13 rods of stubble and 13 loads on carrot & sorghum ground. 20 One of our Cotswold ewes found dead this morning she has been suffering for 3 or 4 months from Catarrh or some similar malady on examination her lungs were in a very bad & diseased condition giving evidence of intense inflammation Miller attending stock Findlay hauling firewood Graves fixing at Sheep pens 21 Miller attending stock Findlay oiling & repairing harness in forenoon & hauling rails remainder of the day. Graves jobbing. 22 Sunday 23 Miller attending Stock & jobbing

Graves Butchered two hogs in the forenoon weight 311 pounds Findlay & Miller assisting

24 Miller attending stock & jobbing Findlay hauling rails & firewood Graves cutting & salting pork & various other jobs

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Tuesday 24th Dec. 1867 Continued The Horses for the three weeks ending the 21st Dec. inst. were fed as follows to wit 4 work horses 15 pounds corn each per day= 60 lb Kate 12 “ 12” Lady (yearling) 9” 9 Graves stud 9” 9 Young colt 4 quarts of oats per day Other stock fed as follows to wit Zillah 7 quarts boiled corn Rose 7 “ College Belle 7 “ Alexander 8” Jessamine 7 quarts boiled oats & 1 pint flaxseed Henry Clay 10 pounds corn Gen. Baker 7 “ “ Heroine, Julia & Libby 7 pounds corn each Pride, Polly & Lucy 8 “ Gen. Grant 2 quarts corn & 4 quarts oats boiled per day &1 quart of flaxseed during the week 4 blooded calves 4 quarts of boiled oats each and 5 quarts of flaxseed during the week 4 small calves 3 quarts of boiled oats each and 3 quarts of flaxseed during the week Fattening steer 18 pounds corn daily 4 yearlings 10 “ “ 15 male sheep 12 “ corn per day & 10” carrots per week

4 Ewes 2” “ 6 “ “ Hogs in yard 20 pounds corn per day 28 pigs 44 “ “ Feeding Hogs 1 & ¾ bu. of meal cooked per day 25 Christmas Day No work done beyond attending to the comfort of the stock 26 Findlay & Graves getting lumber that has been lent to Mr. Reichard all summer & shelling corn in forenoon Findlay grinding feed in afternoon Graves attending stock J.L. Miller having left the place without notice and I understand does not intend to return

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27th December 1867 Mr. Dunham has been here since yesterday afternoon—left this morning Mr. Owens left this morning with Mr. Dunham at 10 o’clock a.m. Findlay cleaning out Hog pens and hauling out the manure into the fields and working at Sheep house. Graves attending stock & chores 28 Findlay & Kent putting hay into the Barn Wismer working on picket fence Graves attending stock and various other jobs 29 Sunday Jessamine calved a fine bull calf today doing well 30 Graves repairing Bob sled Findlay attending stock Graves & Findlay working at Sheep sheds in the afternoon 31 Findlay attending stock Graves hauling lumber for fence & both working at Sheep shed in the afternoon 2nd January 1868 Mr. Kingsley dv To 65 pounds leaf Tobacco at 13 cents per pound to be paid in 30 days 8.45

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1st January 1868 Graves and Findlay attending stock and other odd jobs. Kent worked at North Division fence 2 Findlay hauling firewood & attending stock Graves took a pig to Ames sold to go to Grand Mound Engaged Hiram McFarlane for two months at $18.00 per month his Father consenting The native cow Julia calved yesterday evening a very fine Heifer calf-Grade Durham & Native 3 Findlay hauling firewood when fair McFarlane attending stock & chores Graves at various jobs 4 Findlay hauling firewood McFarlane attending sock& grinding feed part of day Graves making & hanging a gate and various other jobs Wismer working at picket fence Kent chopping firewood in forenoon & at North Division fence in afternoon 5 Sunday 6 Mr. Humphrey visited & looked

over most part of the Farm & College Building Messers Gue & Cusey arrived but the intense cold prevented them from making much outdoor examination. Findlay hauling firewood McFarlane attended stock Graves jobbing 7 Findlay fixing tools & making rails McFarlane attending Stock Graves went with me to Nevada to give Bonds & file petition for vacating Roads on Farm Russell here-no others of Bldg. Committee

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8th January 1868 Findlay making rails McFarlane attending stock & chores 9 Findlay making rails McFarlane attending sock & chores 10 Graves going to Desmoines Findlay making rails McFarlane attends to stock 11 Graves at Desmoines Findlay & Kent putting hay into the Barn & grinding feed McFarlane attending stock 12 Sunday 13 Findlay making rails & McFarlane

attending stock 14 Findlay half a day getting butter remainder in timber McFarlane attending stock The native cow Libby calved a fine grade half Durham heifer\calf this day 15 Findlay making rails

McFarlane attending stock 16 Findlay hauling rails McFarlane attending stock 17 The Grade Ayrshire & Devon Heifer calved this day—a Heifer to her own sire Findlay hauling rails McFarlane attending Stock 18 Findlay putting hay in barn half a day & hauling Rails remainder McFarlane attends Stock Graves sick 19 Sunday 20 Findlay working at North Division

fence Graves sets glass & odd jobs McFarlane attends Stock

21 Findlay, Kent, Wismer & Graves halfday killing Hogs 560 pounds for house & sold/weighing 298 for $20.85

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21st January continued Graves to Ames & cuts up Hogs remainder Findlay half day at Fence 22 Findlay sent to Cambridge mill with a Grist took 261/2 bushells McFarlane attending Stock Graves sick 23 Findlay got back from mill with some excellent flour McFarlane attends stock Graves sick 24 &5 Findlay working at fence McFarlane attending Stock Graves sick 26 Sunday 27 Findlay at fence

McFarlane attending Stock 28th Findlay chopping wood in the channel of Squaw Creek to give a more free passage for the water & get wood otherwise going to waste Graves making swingletrees & c McFarlane attending stock 29 Findlay hauling rails& working at North fence Graves making a wagon tongue McFarlane attending cattle 30 Findlay working at North fence Graves making portable fence McFarlane attending stock 31st Findlay & Graves making fence & McFarlane attending stock Feby 1st Graves & Kent putting hay into the Barn & various other jobs Findlay chopping McFarlane attending stock 2 Sunday

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Monday 3rd Feby 1868 Findlay chopping cordwood out of Squaw Creek Graves hauling corn McFarlane attending the Stock 4 Findlay chopping cordwood Graves hauls corn has in the two loads 26 19/70 bushels at 40 cents McFarlane attending stock 5 Graves dressing & putting irons on wagon tongue & painting it Findlay chopping cordwood McFarlane attending stock 6 Findlay chopping cordwood Graves hauling wood & various other jobs—got wood out for new harrows McFarlane attending stock 7 Had a Steer slaughtered for use in the House; weight of beef 670 lb The Leicester Buck killed fighting with Merino Bucks this morning, the fruits of our limited accommodations for the stock Findlay & Wismer helping Graves to dress the Beef in forenoon Graves dividing Sheep house (so as to separate the horned Bucks from the others) during the afternoon Findlay chopping firewood in channel of Squaw Creek South of Railroad McFarlane attending stock The Leicester Buck(sheep) that was killed was opened. The cavity of the chest was full of semi congealed Blood showing that death was caused by violence some important Blood vessel burst His pugnacious disposition had provoked the ire of the others occasionally during the fall before the rutting season but I was led

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7th Feby continued that they were living in peace since the cool weather set in it having been so represented to me. 8 Findlay absent on private business to Nevada Graves & Wismer working at the picket fence in the forenoon( had to quit for storm) jobbing indoors in the afternoon McFarlane attending stock 9 Sunday 10 Professor Jones of Franklin N.Y. here to ascertain matters relative to our College (came on Saturday morning) Findlay chopping wood in the channel of Squaw Creek (clearing it out) McFarlane attending stock Graves at various jobs 11 Professor Jones left for Fort Dodge last night to confer with Hon. B.F. Gue Pres. of the Board Findlay chopping wood in Squaw Creek Graves at various jobs about the House & Barn Wismer at picket fence McFarlane attending stock The first Lamb ( High Grade Ewe to Stone) 12 Findlay hauling wood in forenoon and cleaning out hogs house in afternoon Graves making, repairing & putting up portable fence round Sheep yard. Some was torn down & broken by wind storm. McFarlane attending Stock Received notice this A.M. from Mr. J.A. Hull of the sale of a piece of land in Boone County. I cannot find evidence in this office to lead me to believe that the State has any title beyond a Bond for a Deed & nothing to show where that Bond is.

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13th Feby 1868 Graves repairing Gates and various other jobs necessary Findlay hauling wood in forenoon & chopping in afternoon McFarlane attending Stock Visit from Legislative Committee and members of Legislature 14 Findlay getting out wood

McFarlane attending stock Graves at various jobs, part of the day attending to the visiting Committee Showed Legislative Committee all over College Building, Farm Buildings and Farm also all of the Stock Committee left in the evening I received notice from home of the serious illness of one of my children & will leave for a few days by this nights train.

15 Findlay & Graves sawing logs in channel of Squaw Creek ½ day Findlay hauling wood reminder Kent grinding corn ½ day McFarlane attending Stock

16 Sunday 17 Findlay chops ½ day

Findlay & Graves haul hay ½ day McFarlane attending Stock

18 Findlay chops wood Graves attends to company & other jobs

19 Findlay & Graves builds fence 1/2day Gathers lumber & c Findlay chopping ½ day Graves hewing timber for harrrows McFarlane attending stock

20 Findlay chopping, Graves hewing timber for Harrows & cuts doors in Hog pen & c McFarlane attending stock

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21st Feby- 1868 Graves to Ames for horse shoeing & Findlay chopping 22 Findlay chopping & splitting rails

Kent chopping1/2 day Graves to Ames, cut doors in sheep sheds & sundry jobs McFarlane attending stock Wismer ½ day at Picket fence

23 Sunday 24 Findlay hauling wood Returned Graves cut small door in barn, sorting among stock & sundry chores McFarlane attending stock 25th Graves fixing small door in Barn & sundry chores Findlay hauling fire wood McFarlane attending stock 26 Graves repairing wagon injured by

being upset in the timber Findlay absent McFarlane attending stock Snow storm all day

27 Graves repairing wagon preparing wood for harrows & various other jobs Findlay absent McFarlane attending stock Zillah calved a fine Roan Buck calf this a.m.

28 In consequence of some represen- tations of dissatisfaction (by Members of the Board to private individuals in this neighborhood) with my conduct I have sent my resig- nation to Hon. B.F. Gue President of the Board & hope I shall be relieved immediately Graves at various jobs Findlay idle McFarlane attending stock

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29th Feby 1868 Kent hauling wood, straw for bedding for stock & c & c Graves & My boy grinding feed & various other jobs McFarlane attending stock Findlay idle (has sore fingers) Sunday 1st March 1868 2 Graves jobbing

McFarlane attending stock Findlay idle

3 Findlay chopping Graves hauling corn and other jobs The corn is so near done I have purchased a small lot in Ames at 45 cents per bushel McFarlane attending stock

4 Findlay chopping this forenoon helping to clean wheat afternoon Graves hauled a load of corn in forenoon took a load of wheat to Ames in afternoon & got a grist ready for Mill McFarlane tending stock helped to clean wheat in afternoon

5 Graves went to mill with a grist of about 30 bushels Findlay chopping McFarlane attending stock Mailed 2 copies of Report of Trustees to Supt. of Agl, 2 to Dept. of Education 1 to Agl colleges of Michigan, Pensyl- vania California, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Kenuckey, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Smithsonian Institute, & to many other colleges with Scientific Depts.

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6th March 1868 A most uncommonly heavy rain fell during last night & this forenoon has caused a very high flood Graves got home from Mill but had to leave part of his Grist by the way Findlay beating out clover seed (as it is now needed for sowing) McFarlane attending stock & chores

7 Kent shelling corn & various other jobs Graves, Thomson assisting to shell corn & various other jobs McFarlane attending stock helped to

shell corn Graves at various jobs trifling & c

8 Sunday 9 Findlay spreading manure in large

Bull pasture on the Sandy Knolls & harrowing them to sow Timothy & clover on Graves sowed seed & other jobs McFarlane attending stock & other jobs

10 Findlay harrowing for Timothy & clover on spots in large pasture where the mature grass is killed out Graves sows seed part of time goes to Ames for wagon wheels & brings home Grist that was left on account of flood

McFarlane grinds feed and attends to stock

11 Findlay harrowing in forenoon & cleaning out sheep pens in afternoon McFarlane attending Stock & odd jobs Graves sowed grass seed in forenoon repaired gates & various other jobs in afternoon

12 Findlay harrowing & brushing grass seed ni in large pasture McFarlane attending stock & odd jobs Graves sowed grass seed & various jobs

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13th March 1868 Findlay preparing rails for post & rail fence McFarlane attending stock and various other odd jobs Graves straightening up fences gates, farm implements & c & c 14 Allowed the widow Kintzley some straw & hay for her stock on condition that she would confine her diseased sheep at home. Findlay at Division fence McFarlane attending stock and other necessary jobs, shelling corn & c Graves & Kent putting Zinc protectors on apple trees in Orchard James T. helping McFarlane Hospital sow farrowed 13 fine pigs to Chester white boor 15 Sunday 16 Hands cleaning wheat repairing

fences attending Stock & c Sold 38 6/60 wheat in Ames at $1.60 per bushel----- $60 95/100

17 Findlay absent Graves delivering hogs sold getting Horses shoed & sundry jobs McFarlane attending stock

18 Findlay & Graves breaking corn stalks Butchered 4 hogs & fixing fence McFarlane attending stock & c

19 Findlay cleaning up stock yard moving lumber & rubbish & c Graves cutting & salting meat in all 404 pounds weighing Hogs & c & c

20 Findlay hauling manure on carrot ground Graves & Findlay breaking stalks in morning Graves painted wagon wheels getting some repairs on seeder & c

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Findlay & Gilmour hauling out manure Graves getting repairs on seeder & c McFarlane attending stock and helping Kent & J. Thomson to shell corn in afternoon 22nd March Sunday 23 Gilmour & Findlay sowed & harrowed grass

& clover seed on various old roads in Squaw bottom also on the embankment made by scraping ditch in morning Findlay harrowed breaking the remainder of the day Gilmour & Graves helped to clean seed wheat part of forenoon Graves sowing with sower and cultivator in afternoon Gilmour grinding feed ½ of the afternoon harrowing breaking the remainder Commenced sowing in N.W. corner of the Farm (South of R.R.) this afternoon

24 Findlay & Gilmour harrowing on Sod wheat land near Railroad Graves managing sower & cultivator in forenoon. The Cultivator shovels or teeth did not clear and consequently made inferior & slower work & he has been engaged during afternoon in getting them polished. McFarlane attending stock raked corn stalks part of the afternoon

25 Findlay & Gilmour plowing until stopped by rain in forenoon; oiled harness afterward Graves managing sower & c till rain jobbing afterwards McFarlane attending stock

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26th March 1868 Snow Storm Men repairing & oiling harness Cleaning up Timothy seed from barn floor & attending stock Devon Cow Pride produced a fine Grade Ayrshire & Devon Heifer Calf

27 Findlay & Gilmour sowing grass seed in large pasture, large Bull pasture, and Squaw bottom seed sown is a mixture of Blue grass Timothy & Clover also Hauled gravel around the watering trough Graves at various jobs McFarlane attends stock I went to Boonsboro to examine title of the State to W ½ N.E.1/4 Sec 35 84—28 which has just been sold & find conveyance duly recorded but cannot find Deed I found a Deed to forty acres of other land in Boone County towit the S.E. ¼ N.E. of Section 8—82-25

28 Findlay & Gilmour plowing in the forenoon (cornstalk land for wheat) near switch. Findlay plowed in afternoon Gilmour sowing wheat, & harrowing in afternoon. Graves managing sower & cultivator on sod sowing wheat Kent sowed grass seed in the forenoon in Timber on Squaw Creek Assisting at various jobs remainder of the day. Gathered & burned Brush & roots & c McFarlane attending Stock 29 Sunday

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Monday 30th March 1868 Findlay & Gilmour harrowing wheat in forenoon Findlay rolled wheat in afternoon Gilmour grubbed gathered & burned brush & roots Graves & McFarlane packed the wool of last year for shipment to Marshall McFarlane attended Stock Graves hauled wool to Railroad Station & other jobs 31 Findlay plowing cornstalk

land near R R Gilmour finished rolling wheat & grubbing in forenoon & hauled manure in afternoon McFarlane attending Stock and sundry jobs Graves at various jobs I disposed of the wool crop of 1867 to Woodbury & co. of Marshall 571 pounds at 37 ½ cents per pound to be paid in goods at wholesle prices I have taken 12 pair of blankets at $8.00 per pair 1st April Gilmour harrowing oat ground near Railroad. Graves jobbing in forenoon sowing oats in afternoon McFarlane attended Stock & rooted cornstalks ¼ day Johnston raked cornstalks ¼ day

2 Graves managing sower & c near R.R. Gilmour & Johnston harrowing oats near R.R. McFarlane tending Stock racked corn stalks ¼ day

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Hands all employed fixing flood gates in forenoon (ground frozen) Gilmour plowed in afternoon & worked on oats (sowing, harrowing & c) Johnston harrowing in afternoon McFarlane attended Stock and harrowed part afternoon Mr. Dunham & his assistant Mr. Moore, came here this evening 4 Mr. Dunham left this morning Gilmour rolling oat land near the Railroad in forenoon Johnston harrowed oat land ¼ day near R.R. remainder (N.W. of college Building) in forenoon Graves fixed gate under R.R. driveway & other jobs in forenoon Sowed wheat west of Switch road in afternoon Gilmour finishing up odd corners in afternoon (plowing, sowing, harrowing & rolling McFarlane attended Stock cut firewood & c & c James Thomson harrowed N.W. of College all day for Oats 5 Sunday 6 Johnston harrowing wheat N.W. of College Findlay managing sower and cultivator in lieu of Graves who is absent on private business sowed ¾ day (wheat) rolled the remainder Gilmour harrowing for oats Fire in two places from R.R. Engines (damage trifling) today

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7th April 1868 Shipped Durham Bull calf “Phil Sherwin” this forenoon for Mr. Humphrey via C.N.W. R.R. to Cedar Rapids thence via D.S.W. & D & S City to terminus of R.R. nearest Charles City Hands at various jobs until frost per- mitted field operations Gilmour & Johnston finished harrowing & rolling wheat in forenoon ¼ day each Gilmour & Johnston harrowed oats land in afternoon Graves managed sower & cultivator sowing oats in afternoon 8 Sold old Bill (Horse) this A.M. for 70 dollars giving three months credit on note with ten per cent interest Graves driving sower & c in forenoon harrowed ¼ the afternoon Gilmour & Johnston harrowing oats in forenoon Digging out Stumps in afternoon west end of farm McFarlane attended Stock & other jobs (cutting wood cleaning up & c) 9 Our Stock of corn being exhausted have purchased 100 bushels from Mr. Presnal at 40 cts. per bushell Graves & Gilmour hauling it Johnston Digging out stumps McFarlane tending Stock 10 Graves time being at a close as provided by his contract he is attending to his own business. Gilmour & Johnston hauling corn harrowed ¼ day in the afternoon McFarlane attending stock Graves cannot con- veniently leave for a few days

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Saturday 11th April 1868 Gilmour brought last load of corn this forenoon harrowed oats and sowed timothy in afternoon Johnston assisted amongst stock in forenoon cut wood & c harrowed oats in afternoon McFarlane fed stock but could not clean from having his hand hurt Mrs. James Gilmour & children came here tonight 12th Sunday 13th McFarlane & Gilmour plowing for oats in forenoon Johnston attending Stock and various other jobs Hands all engaged shelling corn in afternoon being too wet to work outside 14 Johnston clearing out water runs the lands sowed in forenoon at various jobs in afternoon Gilmour hauled goods from Ames in forenoon Jobing P.M. McFarlane attended Stock & c Young ground feed saw wood & c 15 Graves & family moved away today & c & c Gilmour assisting me to get Stove, Furniture & c & c from Ames & put it up in the House McFarlane attended Stock and & various jobs Johnston & Young digging out stumps between showers 16 Gilmour & Young plowing W of College Building Johnston digging out stumps McFarlane tending Stock

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17th April 1868 Gilmour & Young plowing cornstalk land west of College for oats Johnston digging out stumps McFarlane attending stock 18 Gilmour & James Thomson plowing for oats in forenoon (cornstalk land) Johnston & Young digging out stumps James Thomson grounded feed part of afternoon Young digging stumps ½ of afternoon plowing the remainder Johnston digging stumps in afternoon & paid off 19 Sunday 20 Gilmour assisting me to plant Evergreens & plowed in young orchard for truck for Farm house Young plowed for oats in forenoon & assisted with trees in afternoon McFarlane attended Stock & various odd jobs Rec’d this morning by Express 1000 European Larch 1000 Norway Spruce mostly in good order, & 1000 Scotch Pine a large proportion of which were in very poor order. I think partially heated on the way, were also much smaller than ordered I have countermanded the order for balance as such trees are of very little value to us 21st Gilmour & Young harrowing for oats in forenoon Goff harrowing oats in afternoon Young plowed some corners in afternoon McFarlane attended Stock& various other jobs.

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Wednesday 22nd April 1868 Dunham building committee here Gilmour sowed oats ¾ day & other jobs reminder Goff harrowed oat ground Young harrowing oats west of the college 23 Goff & Young harrowing oats Gilmour sowing oats McFarlane attending stock 24 Young & Goff cutting wood McFarlane attending stock Gilmour jobbing 25 Young & Goff hauling manure. McFarlane attending stock Gilmour planting potatoes & jobbing 26 Sunday 27 Young & Goff harrowing oats Gilmour sowing oats and Timothy seeds McFarlane attending stock 28 Young & Goff cutting wood and jobbing Gilmour jobbing McFarlane attending stock 29 Young & Goff hauling manure and jobbing Gilmour hauling manure McFarlane attending stock 30 Young & Gilmour hauling manure Goff rolling oats McFarlane attending stock May 1 Gilmour, Young & Goff hauling manure McFarlane attending stock 2 Gilmour, Young, Goff & Petersen hauling manure McFarlane attending stock 3 Sunday

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Monday 4th May 1868 Peterson & Young spreading manure in forenoon & Young ½ of afternoon Petersen diggin post holes for flood gates posts ½ of afternoon (stopt by rain) Gilmour & Goff plowing corn land in forenoon & Goff ½ of afternoon till stopt by rain Gilmour sent to Ames for goods in afernoon stopt by rain McFarlane attending stock Manhannett fixing shrubbery & getting out crotched posts for flood gates. 5 Ex. Com. in session Gilmour hauled goods from Ames forked posts for flood gates in A.M. plowed for corn rest of P.M. spreading manure Goff plowed ¾ of day spread manure balance Young spreading manure Manhannett working at flood gates & getting material Petersen working at flood gates in forenoon & ½ of afternoon Spread manure remainder 6 Petersen Making drain in cellar Remainder of hands at various jobs—awful rain— 7 Gilmour, Petersen & Young at drain in cellar McFarlane attending stock 8 All hands getting out and spreading manure 9 Goff & Young plowing. McFarlane attending stock & c Gilmour, Petersen & McFarlane fixing lambs & sheep spreading manure & c Manhannett working in grape Dept.

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Saturday 9th My Cont’d Executive appraising stock & examining Farm & c Rose calved a heifer calf in the evening 10 Sunday 11 Goff & Young plowing until stopt by rain Petersen digging out boulders Manhannett shellling seed corn & various other jobs McFarland at various jobs & stock Gilmour at various jobs. The Board of Trustees in in session all day see minutes of Board 12 Gilmour & Goff plowing Young & Petersen repairing fences on west side of farm McFarlane attending stock & working in garden & c Manhannett fixing up grape vines & gardening Board of Trustees closed their session today. 13 McFarlane taking away bull calf “Gen. Grant” the purchaser to pay cost Young attending stock & working in garden Goff & Gilmour plowing for corn Petersen worked in garden part of the day fixing fence & other jobs the remainder Manhannett fixing fence. 14 Goff plowed till noon & then quit work Petersen helping at flood gates in forenoon plowed afternoon

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Thursday 114th May 1868 Continued Gilmour plowed for corn in forenoon & in garden in afternoon Young attended stock worked in garden sowing seeds & other jobs Manhannett getting out stuff for flood gates on Creek & fixing fence 15th Gilmour & Petersen plowing Manhannett at fence near creek Young attending stock working in garden & c. 16 Gilmour & Petersen plowing for corn & c Burnett & team hired to plow & plowing for corn since mid afternoon yesterday Manhannett & Young putting up fence & flood gates on the creek 17 Sunday 18 Gilmour harrowing & preparing corn land Petersen & Burnett plowing for corn Manhannett fixin fence & flood gates in forenoon Manhannett fixing grape vines in afternoon Young at various jobs 19 Gilmour marking land & planting corn Peterson plowing in forenoon /14 day harrowing the remainder Burnett plowing for corn McFarlane at various jobs ¾ of day helping to plant corn the remainder Manhannett absent Young in garden forenoon and cutting seed potatoes in afternoon A turkey hen killed by stray dogs

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23rd May, 1868 Gilmour & McFarlane planting corn Burneet & Petersen plowing for corn on north ide of Railroad Sykes & Manhannett working on the Division fence—less Manhannett in orchard during the hottest part of the day destroying canker worms Young put out prepared corn for the squirrels & worked in the garden, cut wood & C & C 24 Sunday 25 Gilmour & McFarlane planted (in morning 1/6 of day) corn Gilmour, McFarlane & Young planting poatoes in afternoon in house lot Young worked in garden in forenoon Petersen & Burnett plowed for corn north of R.R. all day 26th Gilmour, McFarlane & Young planted potatoes in forenoon Burnett & Petersen plowed balance of corn land in forenoon harrowed in afternoon Sykes worked at division fence Young helped in afternoon Manhannett destroying canker worms in orchard Johnston hoed young trees in forenoon helped Manhannett in afternoon 27 Young & Sykes all day at Division fence Burnett & Petersen harrowed corn land ½ forenoon at various jobs remainder Gilmour marked corn land north of R.R. ¾ day & he & McF. planted balance Manhannett & Johnson planted Sorghum

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28th May 1868 Hands cleaning oats, wheat & various jobs in forenoon—heavy rain A.M. Gilmour & McFarlane planting corn in afternoon The other hands getting out stuff for bridges & various other jobs in afternoon 29 Gilmour & McFarlane planted out corn N. of R.R. in forenoon Gilmour plowed in house lot in afternoon McFarlane repaired fence in afternoon & planted potatoes Young sowing carrots Peterson hauling manure into orchard from College Manhannett The bay mare was covered yester day by “Young Coburg” a brown horse from Ridge-post, Boone Co. Devon cow Heroine produced a fine grade Ayrshire & Devon heifer calf to day 30 Gilmour plowed in house lot in forenoon harrowed ½ of afternoon hauled a load of material from Ames for College Building ¼ day Peterson plowed, hauled manure & harrowed in orchard for pumpkins Manhannett fixed fence in forenoon Manhannett & Young campaigned against canker worms in afternoon McFarlane & Young planted pumpkins seeds & c in forenoon McFarlane at various jobs remainder of day 31 Sunday

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Monday 1st June 1868 Manhannett & Young destroying canker worms Gilmour & Peterson hauling logs manure & various other jobs McFarlane attending stock working in the garden & jobbing in general 2nd Manhannett planting sweet potatoe plants Petersen hauling gravel Gilmour, McFarland & Young cleaning up & at a number of necessary jobs One of Graves’ sheep died 3 Manhannett & Young killing canker worms Peterson hauling gravel Gilmour & McFarlane at various jobs 4 Manhannett pruning apple trees Gilmour, Young & McFarlane fixing bridge on road out Petersen hauling gravel to the new road 5 Manhannett pruning trees (apple) McFarlane various jobs Young hoeing in the garden Peterson plowing & hauling gravel to road Gilmour sowing carrots, mangolds & c

6 Manhanet pruning apple trees Gilmour, McFarlane and Young washing sheep and various other jobs Peterson plowing in orchard hauling manure & c 7 Sunday

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Monday 8th June 1868 Gilmour cultivating corn north of barn Petersen getting out manure & preparing ground for squash mangolds & c & c Others planting & various jobs in garden & around the place.

9 Gilmour to mill at Montana with grist Peterson cultivating corn Young hoeing in garden and amongst evergreens McFarlane at various jobs 10 Peterson & McFarlane cultivating corn & potatoes Young hoeing in garden Gilmour over hauling fences & c planting sweet- potatoe plants 11 McFarlane & Petersen cultivating corn Young hoeing in the garden Gilmour fixing fences 12 Petersen & McFarlane cultivating until stoped by rain at various other jobs the remainder of the day

Young hoeing part forenoon at various jobs remainder of day Gilmour at various jobs 13 Petersen & McFarlane hauling gravel Gilmour & Young doing various jobs 14 Sunday

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15th June 1868 Petersen & McFarlane cultivating corn Gilmour & young putting up flood gates 16 Peterson & McFarlane cultivating corn Gilmour & Young at various jobs 17 Gilmour, McFarlane, Petersen & Petersen in corn cultivating with small 8 inch plow Single & double shovels & one horse 5 tooth cultivator Young at various odd jobs & assisting me in office in afternoon 18 Gilmour & 3 other men cultivating corn all day Young at various jobs Mr. Howe Supt. Iowa Division of the C. & N.W. R.R. has called & we have agreed that the R.R. C. shall have gravel east from the barn but shall first take all the gravel that can be safely removed from each side of the railroad track near the N.W. corner of the large bull pasture & westward so as to form a good wide ditch on each side the wet ground required to be drained between that point & the timber Also to cover all places where gravel may be removed from with a satisfactory covering of good soil & leave them all smooth & in as good surface condition as they are now in 19 The grasshoppers are doing so much damage & the prospect of a crop so gloomy that I have concluded to buy some feed grain & have been to Nevada for that object— was unable to buy corn for less than 75c per bu. bought one load

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19th June Contd Gimore to Nevada for load of corn McFarlane & Petersen cultivating corn near college Young & Zents Christiensen repairing fence round bull pasture in forenoon & hoeing corn in the afternoon. 20 Gilmour & three hands cultivating corn in forenoon Gilmour hauling lumber from Ames in afternoon Petersen & Christiensen cultivating corn in afternoon Young at various jobs and McFarlane cleaning barn & c in afternoon I was offered a quantity of lumber—the property of the R.R. Co. –at $25.00 per M? I consulted Mr. Moore who went & examined it & gave as his opinion that 2/3 of it was excellent flooring the balance 1st class fencing; that the flooring could be dressed by hand & then cost $10.00 less that the ordinary rate per M? I have therefore concluded to take as offered 21 Sunday 22 Gilmour plowed land that was sowed in carrot & c for beans the carrots being destroyed by grasshoppers Petersen & Christiensen cultivating corn McFarlane & Young attending jobs hoeing & c

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23rd June 1868 Petersen & Christiansen, Gilmour cultivating corn H. McFarlane hoeing corn Young at various jobs 24 Gilmour & Petersen cultivating corn Christensen hoeing corn & c 25 Petersen, Christiansen and McFarlane working road work 3 men & 1 team Young hoeing Gilmour cultivating 26 Young, McFarlane & Petersen with one team working roads Christiansen hoeing corn Gilmour cultivating 27 McFarlane, Young & Petersen with team working roads Christiansen hoeing corn Gilmour cultivating corn 28 Sunday 29 Petersen cultivating corn Gilmour cultivating corn in forenoon & assisting me looking up logs & various jobs in afternoon Christensen hoeing corn in forenoon cultivating in afternoon McFarlane & Young hoeing in corn ¾ day jobbing remainder 30 Petersen & Christiansen cultivating corn Gilmour, Young & McFarlane making new road out from the Farm House

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1st July 1868 Gilmour, McFarlane & Christiensen making new road out from the Farm House Petersen cultivating corn Young taking borers out of apple trees & hoeing around them 2 Gilmour, McFarlane & Christiansen Petersen working (making bridge & c) on new road out from Farm house Young digging out borers from apple trees Christiansen Petersen went to Nevada for mower Received a visit from Prof- Anthony came yesterday evening & left this evening 3 Gilmour hauling freight from Ames in forenoon and plowing in orchard in afternoon C. Petersen cultivating corn in forenoon plowing in orchard in afternoon Young digging out borers in orchard Christiansen clearing

ground for celebration & c McFarlane repairing bull pasture fence & working single horse plow in orchard

4 All hands at Celebration same time occupied with the necessary chores 5 Sunday 6 Gilmour & Young cultivating corn Petersen & McFarlane hauling manure Christiansen mowing weeds & c

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7th July, 1868 Petersen & McFarlane hauling manure from near College Building Young cultivating corn Christiansen cutting weeds Gilmour & various jobs 8 Young & Petersen working at the

new road out from Farm House McFarlane preparing gate posts for farm entrance Christiansen hoeing corn Gilmour hauling lumber 9 Petersen & McFarlane working at the road gate & c Young cultivating corn Christiansen putting up ?lop poles Gilmour hauling lumber 10 Petersen, McFarlane & Christiansen hoeing Gilmour hauling lumber Young cultivating corn a.m. potatoes p.m. 11 Gilmour fixing mower & mowing Petersen hauling lumber Christiansen cultivating corn ¾ & putting up hay ¼ day Young hoeing out morning glorys from corn McFarlane at various jobs & putting up hay in afternoon 12th Sunday 13 Gilmour cutting Timothy till stoped by rain C. Petersen hauled lumber a.m. Hay after till stoped by rain Young & Christiansen hoed corn a.m. helped to get in hay balance time McFarlane at various jobs

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22nd July 1868 Hands all employed harvesting wheat crop poor from grasshopper ravages & wheat it is got so tangled by the heavy rains as to make progress slow 23 Hands all employed harvesting, cut out the wheat in forenoon—cutting oats p.m. 24 All hands cutting & binding oats had to kill a sheep for meat for the house Bought corn to the value of $30.00 25 All hand busy cutting & binding oats since dew dried off—jobbing in morning 26 Sunday 27 All hands at work harvesting 28 All hands at work harvesting have all the oats cut worth binding Cut ten acres in 7 hours today with one team, and very easy work 29 All hands harvesting Stacking wheat in afternoon Visit from President of the Board on his way to Chicago 30 All hands employed hauling & stacking wheat Two of them sick from heat & scarcely able to work 31 Heavy rain Men at various jobs Having been notified from my home that one of my hands has been shot—I leave for a couple of days to learn parti- culars & see what is to be done

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Saturday August 1st 1868 Petersen & Gilmour plowing for turnips Young & McFarlane pulling weeds in various places 2 Sunday 3 All hands hauling & stacking balance of wheat 4 All hands hauling & stacking oats except Young ½ day in the garden pulling weeds 5 All hands hauling and stacking oats 6 Hands secured remainder of oats deemed worth saving when it commenced to rain hauled two loads lumber & various other jobs during balance of day 7 Men preparing ground for turnips. Stacking lumber & various other jobs destroying weeds & c & c 8 Hands stacking lumber sowing turnip seed, preparing ground, planting out strawberry plants & various jobs Visit from Prof.Townshend and Mr. Russell 9 Sunday Visit from Hon. A.S. Welch President of the College 10 The hands at various

jobs destroying weeds sowing turnips, looking after stock fences & c & c Prof. Townsend (Townshend) left this A.M. expressed satis- faction generally

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Hands employed stacking the oats injured by the grasshoppers except one looking after stock & hoeing in garden The Young Durham heifer “Myrtle” being in heat I ordered her shut up till it went off but McFarlane the hand entrusted with the care of the stock let her out & there is reason to fear that she was served by the Ayrshire Bull. I have discharged him for violation of orders 12 Gilmour, Petersen & Christiansen gathering, hauling & stacking poor (grasshopper injured) oats Young hoeing around trees

Executive committee mostly gone home 13 Gilmour cutting grass & toping out grain stacks The other hands are at various jobs repairing roads & c 14 Gilmour sent to Cambridge to mill with a grist The other hands shelling corn grinding feed & other jobs 15 Gilmour & two hands fixing bridge to go under R.R. hauling wood & various other jobs Young hoeing & mowing weeds 16 Sunday 17 Gilmour mowing matured (natural) grass Petersen & Young fixing fence across Squaw Creek Christiansen at various jobs

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August 18th 1868 Hands engaged in various jobs in forenoon on act. of the rain last night Gilmour mowing from midforenoon The other hands making hay in afternoon Furnished an oak log to Mr. Moore to be used & c in the erection of Professors houses sise (size) 10 feet long average girth 20 inches 19 Hands are all engaged in hauling & working hay 20 Hands are all engaged in getting hay Stacking & c 21 Hands are all engaged in hauling & stacking hay Prof.—A.N. Prentiss Lansing Michigan on a visit to this institution 22 Hands are all employed in hauling & stacking hay Prof. Prentiss left in evening 23 Sunday 24 Gilmour cutting grass for hay Petersen & Young weeding turnips in forenoon grinding feed & putting up hay in afternoon Christiansen attending stock & raking hay in afternoon 25 All hands hauling & stacking hay Starting for Desmoines for draining funds No entry for 26th

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27th August 1868 Gilmour cutting grass for hay Peterson & Christiansen weeding turnips; until rain came on Young at various other jobs 28 Hands shelling & grinding corn & c in forenoon At hay in afternoon 29 All hands working at hay in forenoon Afternoon (raining) at various jobs The in & in-bred Ayrshire & Devon calf died today—cause unknown—she has been ailing for some time 30 Sunday 31 Hands shelling & grinding corn weeding turnips & c & c 1st Sept 1868 All hands working at hay 2nd Gilmour cutting hay in the forenoon Hauling furniture from Railroad station in afternoon Other hands weeding turnips in forenoon & at hay in afternoon 3 All hands hauling & stacking hay 4 Gilmour cutting grass for hay north of R.R. Peterson hauled hay in forenoon & plowed near R.R. in afternoon Christiansen helped at hay in forenoon attending stock & c afternoon Young at various jobs 5 Hands at hay until toped by thunder & rain storm—cut wood & various jobs remainder of day Barn struck by lightning

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5th Sept continued carrying off vane & tearing the Lightning rod from the Building some 12 or 14 feet from the

ground up—no other percep- tible damage Gilmour & Petersen plowing during the afternoon Christiansen cutting down thistles on the R.R. & jobbing Young sick—jobbing

6 Sunday 7 Petersen plowing in forenoon at hay in afternoon Hands at various jobs in morning (1/4 day) getting hay the remainder Two young lambs about 4 months old died from some unknown disease I have written to the Vety—Dept of Prairie Farmer describing symptoms before & after death & c & c in endeavor to ascertain cause 8 Awful storm during last night. Thunder, wind & rain Gilmour plowed in forenoon getting up hay in afternoon Christiansen & Young getting wood, tending stock & various jobs in forenoon hay & c afternoon Petersen plowing 9 Petersen plowing in forenoon hauling hay in afternoon The other hands working at hay after wet got off in a.m. 10 Gilmour mowing grass for hay Young mowing weeds & fixing pen for lambs Petersen & Christiansen cleaning out sheep house a.m. & hay making p.m.

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11th Sept 1868 All hands busy raking hauling & stacking hay Taking the wool to Desmoines as I am of the opinion that I can do better with it there than in Marshall sold for 37cents per pound 12 All hands busy at the hay 13 Sunday Dr.Shaffer arrived with

his collection for the College Museum

14 Petersen plowing Gilmour & Young fixing hay stacks Christiansen attending stock & jobbing 15 Hands cleaning wheat oiling & repairing harness and various odd jobs Visit from Mr. Russell of building Committee 16 Gilmour went to Cambridge mill with 12 sacks of wheat to grind Petersen plowing & hauled load corn from Ames Young & Christiansen at various jobs attending stock & c 17 The frost having injured the leaves of the sorghum all hands are at work striping them off it is scarcely ripe enough but this will save what is good 18 Hands striping sorghum & a variety of other jobs Mule team hauled brick for college building purposes in afternoon Laborers working on the farm in lieu of Teamsters

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19th Sept 1868 At 7 o’clock this morning the Mechanics went to their work as usual but had little more than made a good start when

the east most of the houses now being erected as residence for Professors suddenly fell into the cellar the walls crumbling to powder two men (laborers) were severely hurt and two or three more slightly Most of the forenoon consisted in helping to get home the injured men getting firewood & odd jobs Mule team hauling for the College building in afternoon Other hands at various jobs

20 Sunday 21 Sold to B.F.Bain, Eldora, Hardin

Co. one Berkshire Boar pig weighing 128 pounds for $15.00 The hands cutting sorghum when not stoped by rain Mule team hauling for the College (water & gas pipes & c) in the afternoon—exchange of work 22 Gilmour to Desmoines with Mr. Cusey & myself Petersen hauled firewood a.m. for College p.m. Two hands from College (Manhannett & Trip) helping to work up sorghum Christiansen & Young getting corn & c helping at sorghum 23 Gilmour back from Desmoines Petersen hauling wood & corn & plowing. Christiansen attending stock & other jobs Manhannett & Young at sorghum Trip part of day

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24th Sept (Thursday) Gilmour & Christiansen capping out hay stacks & various other jobs Petersen hauled sorghum cane & plowed Manhannett & Young working Sorghum Mr. Dungan & family arrived this evening, brought two men & teams—stayed over night 25 Gilmour went to Nevada for sifter/sister? Petersen hauling for sorghum Manhannett & Young working up sorghum 26 Gilmour went to Cambridge for flour Petersen & Christiansen shelling & griding corn. hauled half day Manhannett & young at sorghum 27 Sunday 28 Gilmour to State Fair with stock Young & Petersen helping to ship & various jobs Petersen hauling remainder of of sorghum Young & Manhannett at sorghum Christiansen tending stock repairing fence & various jobs 29 Young & Manhannett finished sorghum had two barrels & ten gal. Petersen & Christiansen plowing ( the latter only part of the day) jobbing & c 30 Petersen plowing Christiansen hauling for College Young attending stock & chores Oct.1 Petersen plowing Christiansen hauling for College Young doing chores Mr. Simmons came from Chicago to put up range remained one night

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Friday Oct. 2nd 1868 Petersen & Christiansen hauling tile from cars at switch Young assisting to unload & chores 3 Petersen & Christiansen hauling for college in forenoon Petersen plowed in p.m. Young & Christiansen at various jobs remainder of day 4th Sunday Dr. Wright made short visit 5 Gilmour returned from the State Fair Christiansen & Petersen hauled wood for College part of day Hands at various jobs remainder of day 6 Gilmour went to Sweedes- Point in quest of a girl but failed to get one Petersen getting plow sharpened in forenoon plowing in the afternoon Christiansen & Young at various jobs 7 Hands fixing stock & taking them to the County Fair 8 Petersen & Young gathering corn in morning & took the stock to County Fair remainder of day Gilmour & Petersen plowing 9 Gilmour & Petersen plowing Christensen & Young jobbing Petersen plowed at Fair & won the 1st prize Visit from Mr. Russell & Dr. Shaffer 10th Gilmour & Petersen plowing the other hands at various jobs Mr. Dungan(Dunham?)& family left Prof Jones & family arrived 11 Sunday

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Monday 12th Oct 1868 Gilmour & Petersen plowing Young & Christiansen at various jobs 13 Gilmour & Petersen plowing a.m. Petersen plowed p.m. Gilmour & Christiansen moved sheep in P.M. & hauled wood Young cut wood p.m. 14 Two teams hauled for College 3/4 day at various jobs remainder of day 15 Gilmour cut clover Petersen plowing other hands at various jobs 16 Gilmour & Petersen hauling for college in forenoon Christiansen raked hay & various jobs Young jobbing 17 Gilmour Petersen & Young hauled corn & hay Christiansen attending stock & jobbing Prof Jones & family left

yesterday & Prof. Townsend & family arrived this morning Romeo/Piorneo? left 18 Sunday men hauled wood for college nearly all day 19 Petersen hauling for College Christansen attending stock Gilmour & Young hauling manure & digging potatoes 20 Hands picking potatoes in morning. Cutting wood, oiling harness & various other jobs remainder of the day raining nearly all day

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Wednesday 21st Oct. 1868 Petersen & Young getting corn in forenoon & potatoes in afternoon Christiansen cleaning sheep pen & attending stock Gilmour at corn a.m. potatoes p.m. 22 Petersen hauling for College & Christiansen in p.m. Remainder jobbing & getting up potatoes 23rd Petersen hauling for college getting corn, potatoes, attending stock & a variety of jobs Had 9 students helping to get up potatoes this p.m. to wit Wm. Talbot N1 3 ½ hours M. Suttiff 1 2 ½ C. Swafford 1 2 ¼ C. Wadley 2 2 ¼ C. Suksdorf 1 3 ½ Sam. Huntingdon 3 2 ¼ Frank Rees 2 2 ¼ J.R. Thomson 2 3 ½

Got in 41 ½ bushells of potatoes 24 Petersen hauling for College Gilmour getting up potatoes had 4 students gathering two of them 3 hours, the other two 4 5/60 hours Had 6 students picking corn two hours Young & Christiensen cutting wood, tending stock and a variety of other jobs opening end of cellar drain 25 Sunday Men hauled water for college

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Young opening cellar drain in afternoon Petersen hauled furniture to college in afternoon Gilmour plowed up potatoes hauled tile & put potatoes in cellar in afternoon Six students gathered potatoes & four worked in orchard searching for borers time in afternoon Suksdorf & J.R. Thomson for 3 hours Hangsteet attended stock 27 Petersen hauled wood & water in the forenoon Gilmour & other hands hauling in & getting up the remainder of the potatoes 28 Petersen hauled out manure & hauled water for College Young helped him & cut wood Gilmour at various jobs Hangsteet herded stock 29 The withered grass north of the Railroad caught fire from the R.R. Engine & has destroyed considerable fence Hands hauling in corn & at various other jobs 30 Hands repairing fences destroyed or partially destroyed by fire yesterday & at sundry other jobs 31 Gilmour & Petersen at fence, Young cut wood, making soap & c Hangsteet tended stock & c

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Page 168 Sunday 1st Nov. 1868 Hands hauled two loads of water to the College 2 Hands employed at various jobs for College & Farm hauling & c 3 Gilmour, Petersen hauling corn hauled water p.m. to College Young making soap & various jobs Hangsteet tending stock 4 Gilmour plowing for grading at the College building a.m. working students p.m. Petersen & Young at various jobs laying drain tile & c Hauled water for College & lumber 5 Both teams hauling for the College all day Young at various jobs shelled corn & c Hangsteet tended stock 6 Peterson laying drain tile, hauled for college ¼ day Gilmour hauled corn to barn & hauled for College Young attended stock 7 Hauling turnips into cellar Students helping Peterson laying tile Young attending stock All hauled corn in afternoon 8 Sunday Hauled water for College 9 Rain Gilmour hauled lumber & timber for sleepers for Barn Petersen hauled for College & helped Gilmour with sleepers Young & Hangsteet at various jobs Prof. Jones, on Sunday, brought home Buggy broke

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Tuesday 10th Nov. 1868 Gilmour & Petersen hauled sleepers for Barn in forenoon & corn in the afternoon Young cutting wood & various jobs in forenoon helped to pile corn in the afternoon Hangsteet attending stock 11 Hauling in corn & various jobs & hauling for college 12 Hauled coal from Ames for the College—Borrowed from Cook Gathering in corn Hauling for barn & c 13 Petersen hauled stone from Ames for College well all day Gilmour hauled wood to College Gathering in corn, seed corn & other jobs Young waiting on the carpenters & jobbing 14 Gilmour gathered in corn in forenoon & hauled coal to the College in afternoon Petersen hauled coal all day Young assisting carpenter & jobbing Yants tending stock 15 Sunday 16 All hands at work securing shelter for the stock from the storm of snow now raging 17 All hands busy fixing up the stock getting wood & other chores 18 Hands hauling sleepers for flooring for cow stable tending stock and other chores 19 Board of Trustees met in the President’s office in the College Bldg. Six members absent

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19th Nov. 1868 continued Hands hauled coal & wood for the college one load each One hand hauling sand the balance of the day Other hands tending stock, doing chores, helping in with sleepers & lumber for cattle berths 20 Both teams hauling coal from Ames for College Young cuts wood and tends stock 21 Mule team hauling sand for the College Christian attending stock Young at various jobs, cutting wood, tending to calls of various kinds Gilmour fixing at stock hauling wood & various jobs 22 Sunday 23 Petersen attends stock Gilmour hauls lumber from Ames material for the drain & c Young chores attends to Buggy for Prof’rs & c 24 Petersen attends stock Gilmour hauled coal & other chores Snowing Young cuts wood, chores & Horse & Buggy for professors 25 Petersen attends to stock Gilmour hauls coal & wood Young cuts wood, chores & Buggy for Professors 26 Thanksgiving day Petersen attends stock Gilmour hauls turnips and other chores selects Ewes for Buck Young as usual

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27th November 1868 Petersen attends to stock Gilmour hauls tile & other material to tile drain in forenoon in forenoon & coal in afternoon Young at various jobs hauling sawdust & c to College 28 Teams hauling coal from Ames to the College—hauled a car load Young at various jobs helping carpenter & c & c Petersen attending stock 29 Sunday 30 Hands & teams hauled a car load of coal from Ames to the

College Tuesday 1st Dec 1868 Gilmour & Young hauling for College—Gas fixtures in the forenoon, wood and manure to protect water pipes from frost in afternoon Petersen tending stock

2nd Hands preparing to get Threshing done in forenoon Threshed in afternoon 64 bu wheat 3 Hands threshing nearly all day Threshed 101 ½ bu wheat Snowing Total amt—of wheat 165 ½ bushells 4 Hands employed at various jobs indoors on acct. of stormy weather 5 All hands employed threshing oats helped by students Hauled two loads of coal in the morning for the college 6 Sunday 7 Petersen & Hewins attending stock & chores Gilmour & Young hauling wood, coal & c and chores

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Petersen & Hewins attending stock & chores Petersen & Gilmour hauled coal part of the day Young cut wood & other chores

9 Gilmour & Petersen hauling coal & wood Hewins & Young attending stock & chores, cutting wood & c 10 Gilmour hauling coal Petersen hauling straw to the College in afternoon various jobs in forenoon Hewins attending stock Young chores & c College pm 11 Gilmour hauling coal Hewins attends stock Petersen hauling coal Young various jobs 12 Gilmour at various jobs Petersen hauling coal Young carrying mail & c Hewins tending stock 13 Sunday 14 Gilmour & Petersen hauling coal straw & c for college Hewins attending stock Young at College 15 Gilmour to mill for grain & with a grist Petersen hauled coal in forenoon Petersen & Young left 16 Gilmour hauled coal Snelling due in forenoon Team used by Students to haul coal in afternoon 17 Gilmour to mill for grist Hewins tending stock Snelling assisting to put up new shed

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18th Dec. 1868 Exchanged 3 Bucks and the Devon Bull “Baker” for 39 wethers with L.S. Coffin of Fort Dodge he (Coffin) bearing cost of transport- ation Gilmour assisting in assorting sheep Snelling assisting carpenter with new sheds Hewins attending stock had help to grind & prepare feed in afternoon from students Two students (Anderson & another) had team hauling firewood to College in the afternoon 19 Gilmour & three students

hauled coal in forenoon All hands assisting at threshing from 11:45 oclock a.m. until night had Students from College as

follows to wit Meyers, Cadwell, Churchill, Suksdorf, Anderson & Mullen. My own boy works every afternoon 20 Sunday 21 Gilmour hauled tile & c to Drain & coal from Ames to College Snelling & Hewins tending stock 22 Hauling coal to College getting mules shod & c Snelling & Hewins tending stock 23 Gilmour hauling coal & wood Students hauled coal in the afternoon Snelling & Hewins tends Stock 24 Gilmour getting out timbers for the air ducts at college a.m. jobbing p.m. Students get timbers p.m. & grind feed & c Snelling & Hewins tend Stock

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Four students to wit Brown, Cadwell, Anderson and Cessna hauled coal to the College all day both teams

Gilmour straightening up various odd jobs around the premises

Snelling & Hewins attend stock Hewins had his thigh ripped with one of the Boars (Berkshire) a week ago & cannot tend the stock himself

26 The students hauling coal again today with both teams Gilmour working at various jobs Snelling & Hewins tending stock 27 Sunday 28 Gilmour went to Nevada to exchange wheat for flour & get bran got flour but failed as to bran the remainder of the day at odd jobs Hewins & Snelling at various jobs & tending stock 29 Gilmour cleaning young cattle in forenoon hauling for the College in afternoon Snelling choping wood & assisting with the cattle Hewins attending stock 30 Gilmour hauling at various things for the College Snelling hauled for College part of the day. remainder on farm Hewins tending stock 31 Gilmour went to Cambridge in quest of Bran & failed to get any Snelling hauled lumber for College in forenoon at various jobs in afternoon Hewins attending stock had help to get feed prepared by students

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Friday 1st January 1869 The students have teams to haul coal from Ames to College Gilmour attending to fixing yard fences & other jobs Hewins attending stock Snelling at Nevada 2 Students hauling coal except Mr. Cadwell who in afternoon ground feed with mule team & various jobs amongst stock Gilmour at a variety of jobs Snelling cleaning privy & c Hewins attending stock 3 Sunday 4 Gilmour went to Nevada for Bran & shorts & hauled a load of coal to College in afternoon Snellling cleaning out the wood house in forenoon getting ready to Kill hogs & other chores in afternoon Hewins tending Stock 5 Hands killing hogs Killed nine & propose curing to be kept for use in the College 6 Hands & teams employed most of Day in getting College Safe from cars(train) to College Building 7 Gilmour & Snelling cutting up pork Hauling Students trunks to the Railway Station and various jobs 8 Thompson (Student) hauling coal Snelling hauling wood ½ college & ½ farm house chopping feed & c Suksdorf helping in barn Hewins attending stock

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Saturday 9th Jany 1869 Thompson & Suksdorf students, cleaning out wood shed Snelling grinding feed Gilmour packing the pork straightening things in various places Hewins attending stock 10 Sunday Snelling went with Ex. Com. to Des- moines also Sup. & Sec. books & c 11 Snelling brings oil cake from Desmoines Suksdorf & Thompson cleaning out the wood house in forenoon Suksdorf hauling wood & Thompson in afternoon Hewins tends stock Gilmour at various jobs 12 Gilmour & Suksdorf hauling Coal Snelling & Thompson cutting wood & various jobs Hewins tends stock 13 Gilmour & Suksdorf hauling coal other hands grinding feed tending stock & various other jobs 14 Gilmour hauling coal Snelling to Desmoines for Book, goods, Supt. & c & C Suksdorf cleaning hog pens & various other jobs Hewins attending stock 15 Gilmour hauling coal Snelling Desmoines Other hands tending stock & various 16 Gilmour & Snelling hauled coal in forenoon, jobbing hauling wood & c in afternoon Other hands grinding feed tending stock & c & c

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Sunday 17th January 1869 The place seems solitary & deserted 18 Gilmour & Snelling hauling wood Suksdorf & Hewins tending stock preparing feed & c & c 19 All hands preparing to secure ice for the College and other odd jobs Propose to make a bottom of rails then straw on which the ice to be piled 12 feet wide 10 high & 20 long & to en- close the whole with sheeting straw & Sawdust 20 Teams hauling for College then hands getting out ice—had two students assisting Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock preparing feed cutting wood & c 21 Hauling Ice, Firewood, & c by Gilmour & Snelling—both teams Hewins & Suksdorf stock & feed 22 Gilmour hauls Ice Snelling “(hauls) Sawdust to save the Ice, hauls flour & c Hewins & Suksdorf tend stock grind feed, cut wood & c The Devon Bull Baker was disposed of yesterday to L.S. Coffin in conformity with an arrangement made by Mr. Cusey (member of Ex. Com.) in the

latter end of Nov. or beginning of Dec.— last the State receiving 39 wethers for him & 3 Bucks

Mr. Coffin was required by me to pay $5.00 for keeping Baker since 18th Dec. until yesterday 23 Gilmour hauling Ice to College Snelling hauling wood in forenoon & Ice in afternoon Gilmour sorting cattle, sheep & various other jobs in afternoon Suskdorf & Hewings tending stock & c & c

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Page 178 23rd Jany continued Have 20 tons ice stacked up 24 Sunday 25 Hands hauling ice & wood attending stock & c 26 Hands (2) hauling ice & lumber for ice house 1 Full P.M. Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock, preparing feed & c 27 1 man & team hauled ice 1 “ “ “ ice??? & Firewood Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock cutting firewood preparing feed & c 28 1 hand hauling ice 1 hand sorting meats & c Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock preparing feed cutting wood & c 29 All hands jobbing cutting firewood tending stock and various indoor jobs—violent snow storm 30 Gilmour hauled lumber for ice house & College Snelling hauled ice Hewins & Suksdorf tended stock prepared feed & c 31 Sunday Feby 1 Gilmour to mill with wheat for flour & bran Snelling hauling ice Hewins & Suksdorf tend stock cut wood prepare feed & c & c 2nd Snow Storm Hands employed at various jobs indoors, fixing and oiling Harness & c & c tending stock & c 3 Still storming Hands tending stock and jobbing generally oiling harness & preparing feed & c

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4th Feby 1869 One of the fine Southdown Ewes bought last fell died this morning, cause unknown had two fine lambs inside Hands employed in forenoon in shoveling paths, excavating things from amongst snow & c in the forenoon Snelling hauling ice in afternoon Gilmour sent to Ames on differ ent errands Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock, grinding feed, cutting wood & c & c 5 Gilmour & Snelling hauling ice in forenoon & Brick for Penell & Co. in afternoon Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock, cutting firewood preparing(grinding) feed and various other jobs Separated Stone & other fine wooled Bucks from Ewes 6 Gilmour & Snelling hauled brick for Pennell & Co. all day Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock grinding feed cutting wood & c 7 Sunday work only 8 Gilmour & Snelling hauled Brick for Pennell & Co. ---one team 1 day Hauled for College—our team ¾ day other jobs remainder of day Hewins tending stock Suksdorf at various jobs assist ed with Calf Spencer to R.R. & c Shipped Spencer to Hon. S. King of Harrison Co. price $150.00 Spencer is 13 months & 9 days old & weighed 888 pounds, had gained 3 pounds per day during the last 23 days 9 Sherman weighs 818 pounds being 3 ½ per day

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9th Feby 1869 Snelling started to Desmoines with Bull calf Sherman weighed 3rd Earl of Oxford. He weighs 874 pounds. Has gained 100 pounds since 16th January 24 days Gilmour hauled sand ½ day for Pennel & co. ½ day sand & going to Ames for material for College. Hewins tended Stock Suksdorf ground feed cut wood & various other jobs 10 Hauling shock & corn & turnips tending Stock, cutting wood, preparing feed & c 11 Hands working at ice, cleaning out Hog pens & various other jobs 12 Snelling hauling saw dust for ice Gilmore at various jobs Hewins attending stock Suksdorf cut wood, cleaned hog pens & c (v) 13 Gilmore fixing at ice & various jobs fixin (loading) Bridges to prevent their being carried off by flood Hewins & Suksdorf attending stock

preparing feed & c & c Snelling absent

14 Sunday 15 Gilmore getting horse shod & hauling saw dust for ice Snelling absent Hewins & Suksdorf tends stock cuts wood, various other jobs 16 Sent Gilmour for oil cake & Hominy to Des Moines Suksdorf cleaning ditch (outlet of the drain) near Railroad Snelling hauling sawdust for ice Hewins attending Stock & c

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17th Feby 1869 Gilmoour to Desmoines for oil cake & hominy Suksdorf opening drains, cutting wood & c Snelling hauling sawdust for covering ice Hewins attending Stock 18 Gilmour returns from Desmoines Snelling hauling cinders for track for mill in forenoon & lumber for icehouse afternoon until stopt by Storm Suksdorf opening ditches & various other jobs preparing feed & c Hewins attending stock 19 Gilmour at various jobs Snelling getting mules shod & hauled sawdust & other jobs Suksdorf grinds feed, cuts wood assists with Stock & c Hewins tending Stock 20 Gilmour & Snelling hauling Stone, Sawdust & c for College Suksdorf cuts wood & assist in preparing feed & other jobs Hewins attends stock 21 Sunday (sick) 22 Gilmour assisting in getting out ice to complete filling ice house Snelling hauling Suksdorf cutting wood preparing feed & various jobs Hewins attending Stock Sent 30 sacks to Tama City for seed wheat ordered from Hon. Jas Wilson also $67 50/100 in money to pay for it by express Two fine twin Southdown lambs from those bought in fall, at Fair 23 Gilmour & Snelling at the Ice

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24th Feby 1869 Messers Russelll & Humphrey are here on Building Committee business Gilmour & Snelling are helping to secure ice for college one team hauling Hewins & Suksdorf tending Stock. Cutting wood, preparing feed & c & c 25 Gilmour hauling ice Snelling sawing ice Suksdorf cutting wood grinding feed & c Hewins attending stock 26 Two hands & teams hauling sawdust to College ice house Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock cutting wood preparing feed & c 27 One team hauled sawdust ½ & ice ½ day & one team hauling wood to the College all day One hauling coal Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock preparing feed & c 28 Sunday March 1 Hewins tends stock Suksdorf grinding feed & helping with the stock Gilmour & Snelling hauling saw dust 2 Gilmour hauled half a day to the College balance wood Snelling hauling wood Hewins & Suksdorf tending stock cutting wood & c & c 3 Snelling & Gilmour hauling wood Hewins & Suksdorf tending Stock cutting wood & c & c

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4th March 1869 Gilmour & Snelling hauling castings for Pennell & Co. in forenoon Seed wheat house in afternoon Hewins & Snelling attend stock cut feed & wood & c 5 Gilmour hauling freight to the college Snelling hauling wood & afternoon hauling coal Hewings & Suksdorf tend stock cut wood, prepare feed & c 6 Snelling coal hauling Gilmour grinds corn & various jobs Hewins & Suksdorf tend Stock cut wood & c 7 Sunday 8 Snelling hauling coal & lime Gilmour & other hands at various jobs 9 Gilmour & Snelling and hauling coal Hewins & Suksdorf tend & jobbing 10 Gilmour & Snelling hauling coal & Freight to College Hewins & Suksdorf tending Stock & various jobs 11 Gilmour & Snelling hauling coal & freight to College Hewins & Suksdorf tend Stock cut wood & various jobs 12 Snelling went to mill with a Grist Gilmour haul’d coal half a day. Grinding feed remainder Hewins & Suksdorf tend stock cut wood & c

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13th March 1869 Snelling hauling coal Gilmour emptying flour in forenoon hauling coal in afternoon Hewins tending stock Suksdorf grinding feed forenoon various jobs afternoon 14 Sunday 15 Two teams hauled wood forenoon, afternoon. Selling hauled coal & trunks. Gilmour helping to butcher steer Suksdorf cleaned drain cut wood & various other jobs Hewins tended stock 16 One team hauling trunks all day also beef to College One hauled cinders from the College & coal to it Hewins tended stock Pres Welch arrived Trustees met in afternoon 17 Inauguration

Hands attending to Visitors & Stock 18 Hewins taking bull to Mason? City Snelling tending Stock Gilmour hauling trunks & freight 19 Hewins taking bull& bringing horses from Mason? City Snelling tending Stock Gilmour hauling coal 20 Gilmour bringing bran & flour from Nevada Snelling hauling coal Hewins tending stock 21 Sunday Attended Divine service twice in the College

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22nd March 1869 Snelling hauling coal Gilmour hauled getting poles for College Laundry & hauling coal in in forenoon butchered hog & various other jobs in afternoon A very fine fat Shoat killed for College weight 130 pounds Hewins tended Stock Creole (grade Ayrshire & Devon) calved a fine bull calf 23 Gilmour & Snelling hauling for College in forenoon Hauled corn for farm in afternoon Hewins attended Stock 24 Jessamine (Durham) produced a fine Red Bull calf this A.M. Gilmour & Snelling hauled corn for farm this A.M. Coal for College P.M. Hewins attending stock 25 Gilmour hauled a load of corn for farm & other jobs Snelling hauling at various things for College Hewins attended stock Rain P.M. Signed leases in blank & sent to Hon. G.W. Bassett 26 Hands repairing hog pen fences in forenoon hauled two loads trunks & other matter for College & one load bran for farm Hewins tending stock 27 Hands repairing fences in forenoon Gilmour hauled various goods for College in afternoon Snelling cutting wood P.M. Hewins tending stock A new Cotswold Ewe died today

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With the exception of the ewe that died yesterday all the stock is doing well 29 Gilmour & Snelling commenced harrowing for spring wheat had to quit at 11 ½ a.m. for rain Hands cleaning seed wheat oiling harness Gilmour hauled ¼ day for College after rain Hewins attended Stock 30 Gilmour & Snelling harrowing for wheat Hewins attended stock Howe cut wood & various other jobs 31 Gilmour & Howe harrowed sod for wheat Hewins attended stock April 1st 1 Snowy,, stormy Hands got wood & attended to various jobs 2 Gilmour Howe hauled coal & other goods for College Hewins attended stock Hilton cut wood & did various chores 3 Gilmour & Howe hauled for college in forenoon Harrowed in afternoon Hewins attended stock Hilton cut wood & assisted with stock 4 Sunday 5 Gilmour sowing wheat Howe hauled for college ¾ coal ¼ lumber Hewins attended Stock Hilton cut wood & other jobs Sowing machine broke & had to be taken to Bl(blacksmith) shop for repairs

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Gilmour sowed wheat after the sowing machine was repaired Howe was at various jobs half time for the college Hilton cut wood & various jobs Hewins time being out & he being going away tonight, he & C. Petersen attended stock, object being to have Peterson shown the regulations A. Petersen hauled coal for the College 7 Gilmour sowing wheat. Finished sowing Fife (Editor’s note: fife wheat) Howe harrowed ¼ day, hauled for College ¼ day, repaired fences and other jobs the remainder C. Peterson attended stock A. Petersen hauled for College coal wood & c Hilton cut wood & assisted with stock College Belle produced a fine heifer calf this evening 8 Gilmour sowing wheat Howe harrowing C. Petersen attending stock A. Peterson hauled for college in forenoon & harrowed in the

afternoon Hilton helping with stock & chores

9 Gilmour sowing wheat Howe harrowing A. Petersen hauled goods for the College 1/3 day hauled posts and harrowed remainder C. Petersen attended Stock Hilton helped with stock & cut wood & did cores Ayrshire cow Nonsuch had a fine bull calf this P.M.

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10th April 1869 Gilmour finished sowing wheat A.M. scoured plough & ploughed some land for College Garden in afternoon Howe harrowed wheat C. Petersen tended stock Hilton assisted with stock and did various jobs A. Petersen rolling wheat 11 Sunday 12 Gilmour plowing for College garden in forenoon both teams hauling tools wood & coal in afternoon & A. Petersen hauling posts to new breaking in forenoon Howe harrowing wheat Hilton helping to load posts in forenoon various jobs P.M. C. Petersen attended sock 13 A. Peterson hauled coat & c for college Gilmour hauled for college in forenoon. Harrowed land & sowed the Amarantha wheat from Dept. of Ag. in afternoon. Howe repaired fence & flood- gates in forenoon, rolled wheat in afternoon. C. Petersen attended stock Hilton helped & did various jobs 14 Gilmour hauled corn in forenoon ploughed in afternoon A. Peterson hauled for college A.M. harrowed in afternoon Howe finished rolling wheat C. Petersen tended stock Hilton repaired fence helped with stock & various other jobs Corner of buggy broke while used by the Pres. or some one under his order

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15th April 1869 Gilmour plowed for oats ¾ day Howe Do (“ “) A. Peterson hauling & harrowing for College C. Petersen tended stock Hilton at various jobs 16 Gilmour getting plowed hardened & horses shod in a.m. Hauled ¼ day for College & ¼ day wood Howe & A. Petersen cleaned oats in forenoon Howe ground feed in afternoon Petersen hauled wood C. Petersen tended stock Hilton cut wood & helped with various jobs 17 Gilmour hauled ½ day for College & half scoured plow & taking it to Blacksmith shop Howe plowed for oats & scoured his plow in afternoon A. Petersen tending stock Hilton helped with stock & various other jobs Howe & Petersen hanging flood gates in forenoon 18 Sunday 19 Howe plowed for oats Gilmour & A. Peterson hauled corn C. Petersen tended stock Hilton helped & Cut wood & c & c 20 Howe plowed for oats A. Petersen ground corn a.m. hauled fence boards P.M. Glmore at various jobs C. Peterson tended stock. Hilton helped & did various jobs

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21st April 1869 Gilmour & Howe plowing for oats C. Peterson tended stock A. Petersen hauling fencing Hilton cut wood & did various other jobs 22 Gilmour & Howe plowed for oats A. Petersen hauled manure from off water pipe & hauled coal for College C. Petersen tended stock Hilton helping with stock & various other jobs 23 Gilmour sowing oats west of college Howe harrowing the land A. Petersen hauled coal in forenoon & harrowed in afternoon C. Petersen tended stock Hilton helping at various jobs 24 Gilmour sowed oats Howe harrowed 2/3 hauled post 1/3

(Ed’s note: 2/3 day—1/3 day) A. Petersen harrowed for oats C. Peterson tended stock Hilton cut wood & did other jobs 25 Sunday 26 Hands all putting in oats till stoped by rain Preparing seed potatoes & cleaning seed oats remainder of day Hilton & C. Petersen tended stock cut wood & c & c 27 Hands cleaning oats & other jobs in forenoon Gilmour sowed oats in afternoon A. Petersen hauled coal for the college in forenoon Young split posts in forenoon

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27th April continued at various jobs in afternoon C. Petersen tended stock Hilton helped to get out fence posts in forenoon & had various jobs in the afternoon Experimented Sowed 1 peck black Swedish oats on newly plowed land by Straw- stack near brick yard Sowed 4 quarts Probsteir

Probsteir Barley on E. side of Swedish oats hand plowed in fall Sowed 4 quarts Saxonian Barley E. of Probsteir land same

Sowed 27 quarts of Excelsior oats East of Barley & Arnantka wheat land in good order plowed in fall All sowed by hand Cornseu? oats sowed immediately east of Excelsior by seeder( on land similarly prepared) same day Buggy axle broke by being driven into deep rut holes while heavy loaded by Dr. Foote—injured otherwise also—by the falling & twisting

28 Gilmour cutting corn stalks Howe harrowing oats A Petersen harrowing lawn in forenoon, ground feed, hauled trees to college, & flour from R.R. to college in afternoon Young helped with buggy to Ames for repairs worked in garden balance forenoon & until night C. Petersen & Hilton tended stock worked in garden & c & c

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28th continued sowed garden seeds received from Dept. of Ag. as follows 1st large weathersfield onion 1st w 2nd Short Pope Radish (seed from Depart) 3 Early short French carrot 4 “ Nocesa Onion 5 New pine apple beet 6 “ improved orange Belgian carrot 7 Snows matchless lettuce 29 Gilmour cut corn stalks in forenoon harrowed oats in afternoon A. Petersen hauled tile & posts in forenoon harrowed oats in afternoon Howe helped with posts & was discharged Young raked corn stalks Hilton helped to load tile & c in forenoon burned stalks afternoon C. Peterson attended stock 30 Gilmour sowed oats north of Railroad Young & Hilton harrowed A Petersen hauled posts to new fence N. of R.R. in forenoon & rolled oats near brick yard p.m. C. Petersen tended stock & odd jobs 1st May Gilmour harrowed oats N. of R.R. in forenoon hauled fencing in afternoon Young harrowed oats A. Petersen & team hauling for college, wood, coal, trees & c & c C. Petersen tended stock repairing fence & c & c 2nd Sunday Gilmour’s boys tending the wheat where unfenced & exposed to cattle & c

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3rd May 1869 Gilmour & Young plowing for corn N.W. of the College A. Petersen hauled fencing in forenoon cutting corn stalks in afternoon C. Petersen tended stock & repaired fences 4th Gilmour sowed oats on cornstalk and N. of west pasture lot Young harrowed, raked up cornstalks & c & c A. Petersen harrowed in the forenoon & hauled wood to the College in afternoon C. Petersen tended stock & sowed garden seeds H.M Thomson (student) harrowed in afternoon 5 Gilmour hauled half day for college Plowed in garden & hauled gravel to College work = equal ¾ day for college Young plowing for corn A. Petersen harrowed oats C. Petersen tended stock & worked in garden 6 Gilmour plowed for corn in forenoon & in College garden in afternoon Young plowed for corn A. Petersen hauled tile to drain in forenoon & fuel for college in afternoon Halkett laying tile ½ day 7 Gilmour plowing for corn Young DV? (Ed. Note: ditto) A. Petersen hauling fence post out the S. line fence C. Petersen tended stock & worked in garden ?B. Reed took fat steer to kill

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8th May 1869 Gilmour preparing land for potatoes sorghum & c Young plowing for corn in forenoon & harrowing potatoes ground in afternoon A. Petersen at various jobs in forenoon hauling smoked meats from Philadelphia in afternoon C. Peterson tended stock & worked in garden & at various other jobs 9 Sunday 10 Gilmour getting mules shod in forenoon & in quest of feed for horses in afternoon Young harrowing & preparing ground for potatoes until stoped by Thunder storm A. Peterson plowing for corn N.W. of College C. Petersen tended stock worked in garden & c until rain 11 Gilmour in quest of corn in ½ forenoon & preparing & putting in potatoes remainder of the day Young plowed for corn in forenoon & harrowed in afternoon A. Peterson plowed for corn in forenoon & potatoes afternoon C. Peterson tended stock & worked in garden 12 Gilmour & A. Peterson plowed & Young harrowed for corn near R.R. until stoped by rain near noon Hands employed preparing seed corn & potatoes afternoon A wet cold uncomfortable afternoon

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13th May 1869 Page 195 Gilmour hauled wood in forenoon & plowed in afternoon near R.R. for corn A. Peterson hauled for College in the forenoon & plowed for corn afternoon Young jobbing in forenoon and harrowed corn land in afternoon C. Petersen tended stock & worked in the garden & C & C 14 Gilmour, & Young preparing land for corn in forenoon Gilmour marking in afternoon near R.R. & Young hauling (1/2 time for college) A. Peterson plowing for corn (less time lost waiting on students coming to plant potatoes) half near R.R. & ½ N.W. of college C. Petersen tended stock hauled lumber & various other jobs 15 Gilmour planting corn had a student helping Young plowing for corn A. Peterson plowed a.m. hauled coal for College p.m. C. Petersen tended stock and worked in garden Two men & teams hired plowing for corn & potatoes Team plowed ½ day in the College garden 16 Sunday 17 Gilmour planted corn C. Peterson helping Young plowed A.M. harrrowed P.M. A. Petersen hauled coal to college after harrowed P.m. Two men hired & plowing for corn

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18th May 1869 Gilmour marking corn land ¾ day hauled lumber for new fence ¼ day Young & A. Peterson harrowing corn land A man & team hired and marking corn land A man & team hired and plowing in College garden C. Peterson tended stock worked in garden & c 19 Gilmour & C. Petersen planting corn Young plowing College garden A. Petersen tended stock and various jobs also hauled ¼ day for College 20 Very wet & disagreeable Hands employed at various jobs preparing seed potatoes, seed corn Hauled a load of lumber& load of posts to south fence in afternoon A Turkey hen setting to hatch 18 eggs; stolen out of the barn last night or early this morning no trace—Turkey & eggs both gone 21 Gilmour & C. Petersen planting corn Young plowed in forenoon, hauled fencing in afternoon A. Petersen at various jobs in forenoon & plowing slough (recently drained) P.M. 22 Gilmour planted remainder of corn N.W. of College--------- --------(Note: words crossed out)

& H. Thomson helping C. Peterson at stock & various jobs A. Petersen hauled coal to College Young made posts hauled them hauled ¼ day for College

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Sunday 23rd May 1869 Dr. Foote Asst. Prof. of Chemistry took from this office library the following books “ The American Farmers Encyclopedia “ Four Vols. Ohio Ag reports for 1859-60 61-64 one each “ Three Vols. New Hampshire Agrl reports for 1855-6 & 9 one each of these reports, duplicates are left in this office 24 Hands preparing seed potatoes and various jobs most of the day, owing to rain were unable to do regular farm work Young hauled a load (1/4 day) from Ames to College 25 Gilmour & A. Petersen plowing for potatoes & College garden Gilmour, Young & C. Petersen planted Acacia hedge north of Railroad in forenoon Young fixing hedge P.M. Students planted potatoes in afternoon 26 Gilmour plowed in old orchard when not hindered by rain A. Petersen plowed balance of land wanted for College garden Young fixing & planting rose(Acacia) hedge C. Petersen attending stock cleaning pens & c & c 27 Hands at various jobs, rescuing stock from flood, preparing seed potatoes & repairing damage done by flood & c & c 28 Hands preparing & planting potatoes, looking after stock c 29 Hands preparing & planting potatoes & other needfull jobs

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Page 198 Sunday 30th May 1869 31 Gilmour plowed in old orchard in forenoon prepared seed potatoes & c A.Petersen plowing harrowing & c the remainder of College garden All hands planting potatoes in afternoon 1st June Gilmour & A. Peterson plowed in old orchard Young hauling for College sand, stone, flour & c C. Petersen. Stock, garden & various other jobs 2nd Gilmore and A. Petersen plowed in old orchard in forenoon & for mangold, carrots & c in afternoon Young hauled for College balance ovens? & c C. Petersen tended stock, garden & various jobs 3rd Gilmour & A. Petersen plowed for Mangolds, carrots & c C. Petersen tended stock & c garden & various jobs 4 Gilmour preparing

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7th June 1869 Gilmour repairing portable fence in forenoon A. Petersen in corn a.m. C. “ “ sowing carrot seed A.M. Young cultivating corn a.m. All hands washing sheep in afternoon 8 Hands at various jobs A.M. Gilmour plowed in house garden lot P.M. after rain Young hauling for college PM. C. Petersen in garden A Petersen plowed more land for carrot & mangold seed 9 Gilmour plowing in garden in forenoon, preparing carrot & c ground in p.m. Young finish harrowing & c orchard A. Petersen cutting corn C. Petersen in garden & c 10 Gilmour plowing new orchard Young cultivating corn A. Petersen harrowing A.M. hauling for college P.M. C. Petersen sowing carrots 11 Gilmour plowing new orchard Young & A. Petersen cultivating corn A. Petersen at various jobs 12 Gilmour & A. Petersen hauled corn ¾ day each, hauled goods for college 1/4 day, plowed ¼ day C. Petersen stock & various jobs Young cultivating corn 13 Sunday

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14th June 1869 Gilmour A Peterson and Young in N.W. corn C. Peterson tended stock garden & c & c 15 Gilmour & C. Peterson assisting Mr. Cusey with cows & other cattle bought at the College Young & A. Petersen worked in corn N.W. of College 16 Gilmour cultivating potatoes in forenoon mowing weeds & for roads for College afternoon A. Petersen & Young in corn-----both places---- C. Petersen tends stock repairs fence & c 17 Gilmour hauled for college ¾ day balc. (balance) rain Young & Eastwood shearing sheep A. Petersen hauled rails to repair fence & other jobs C. Petersen planting cabbage (1000) plants with Stranger (Nelson) helping 18 Gilmour hauling rails & attending to rebuilding fence A. & C. Petersen hauling granite boulders to aid in making bridge on new road from F.H. to the College Young & two extra helpers shearing sheep Nelson at various jobs H. Thomson working college team 19 Rainy, thunder & c Hands employed in shearing sheep, putting up wood, cleaning up within doors (& without when not raining)

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Sunday 20th June Sunday work & c & c 21 Gilmour hauled ½ day for College balc. (balance) getting horse shod & hauling rails Young shearing sheep finished with one Student & two other men help A. Petersen grinding feed & c A.M. hauling for road between farm H. and College P.M. C. Petersen & Nelson sorting potatoes & a variety of other jobs H. Thomson at various jobs with College team weeding in garden & c 22 Gilmour cultivating corn & potatoes Young repairing fences A.M. trimming sheep & c. P.M. A. Petersen breaking Prairie C. Petersen & Nelson weeding in garden A.M. assisting with sheep P.M. H. Thomson working College team various other jobs 23 Gilmour cultivating corn in forenoon—Rain ¼ day for College P.M. C. Petersen & Nelson weeding in garden & jobbing Young cultivating corn A.M. cut wood & jobs P.M. A. Petersen breaking Prairie except during rain Rinying Budes??? during rain H. Thomson cleaning Barn Harness various jobs Received a fine young Chester white sow pig from Andrew Lovell Esq. Sycamore, Ill.

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24th June 1869 Gilmour cultivated corn A.M. worked on new road to College P.M. Young & .. cultivating corn A. Petersen breaking prairie C. Petersen & Nelson cleaning up yard & working in garden H. Thomson working College team 25 Hands cutting wood & various jobs Could not work outside on account of R A I N 26 Gilmour and H. Thomson brought Bull (Humbolt) from R-way Station various other jobs A. Petersen breaking prairie Other hands at various jobs could not make full time owning to so much rain falling Had Dunham Bull Humbolt brought from my own farm owing to apparent infertility of “3rd Earl of Oxford” cows being served 3 or 4 times & still coming inn 27 Sunday 28 Gilmour getting plows sharpened & scouring them A.M. hauling to College Road P.M. A. Petersen breaking Prairie C. Petersen & Nelson tend stock weed in garden & c 29 Gilmour plowed for sweede Turnips ¾ day & in College garden 1/4th with cultivator A. Petersen breaking prairie A.M. cultivating in College garden P.M. C. Petersen & Nelson planting cabbage weeding garden & c & c H. Thomson sent to Palestine after beef cattle for College

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30 June 1869 Gilmour cultivating in College garden A. Petersen breaking prairie C. Petersen hoeing setting out cabbage plants Nelson assisting him H. Thomson working at various jobs with College team 1st July 1869 Gilmour cultivating College garden A.M. plowing potatoes P.M. A. Petersen breaking prairie C. Petersen tending stock & working in garden A.M. cultivating corn P.M. Nelson hoeing in garden A.M. acacia hedge P.M. H. Thomson hauling from Ames with College team A.M. & sods for terrace P.M. Leggett hauled sods A.M. & cultivated corn P.M. 2 Gilmour preparing ground for turnips (Sweeds) A. Petersen breaking Prairie C. Petersen hoeing in garden A.M. sowing sweeds (turnips) P.M. Nelson tending stock & c 3 Leggett hauling sand to buildings necessary work National Holiday 4 Sunday 5 Gilmour cultivating potatoes A. Petersen breaking prairie A.M. hauled since P.M. C. Petersen sowed turnips A.M. hoed in garden P.M. Nelson working in garden Leggett cultivating corn

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6th July 1869 Gilmour cultivating potatoes A. Petersen breaking prairie C. Petersen plowing potatoes Nelson hoeing in garden Leggett cultivating corn 7 Gilmour cultivating in College garden A. Petersen breaking prairie A.M. hauled lime ¼ took plow to Blacksmith’s shop ¼ (P.M.) & got mules shod C. Petersen cultivating trees in nursery ¾ day cut weeds balance Nelson cutting weeds Leggett cultivating corn 8 Gilmour cultivating in College garden A. Petersen breaking Prairie C. Petersen plowing potatoes Nelson hoeing in garden Leggett cultivating corn 9 Gilmour cultivating sorghum A. Petersen breaking prairie C. Petersen plowing potatoes Nelson cleaning hog pens & various other jobs Leggett cultivating corn 10 Gilmour cultivating mangolds & carrots, hauled 1 load turnips A. Petersen breaking prairie C. Petersen plowing potatoes Nelson tends stock & works in garden Leggett cultivating corn 11 Sunday 12 Gilmour grinding sickles & mowing A. Petersen breaks prairie C. Petersen & Nelson cleaning yard & c

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13th July 1869 Gilmour hauling corn for feed A. Petersen breaking prairie A.M. hauling corn P.M. C. Petersen & Nelson cleaning up yard tending stock & c 14 to 18 Hands employed at various jobs, unable to work outside much on acct of incessant rain Have hauled tile to drain, fixed up reaper & mower sickles, haul’d two loads cement from R.R. Station for college. cut wood c & c sowed turnip seed (15 & 17th) Mr. Cusey landed with 15 head of cattle bought for the College on the evening of the 18th Hay harvesting very much hindered by rain, in fact curing at a stand—sowed turnips Sunday 19 Mr. Cusey left for home Gilmour fixing reaper other hands repairing roads & various other necessary jobs 20 Gilmour getting reaper in order to cut wheat A. Petersen & Nelson working in hay & other jobs, cleaning yard 21 Gilmour cuts wheat C. Petersen operating mower in Timothy A. Petersen cleaning out sheep shed yard & c and hay P.M. 22 Gilmour cutting wheat C. Petersen raking hay Nelson & students hauling 2 students also put up hay three hours

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23rd July 1869 All hands at the hay A.M. Gilmour with the help of students cut & put up the remainder of Italian wheat 1st half of afternoon All others at hay also Students Sukesdorf, Marshall Sears, Robinson & Devon and Gilmour last half P.M. Two carpenters made two new hay racks = 1 ½ day & cut doorway on west side barn remainder of day Hay racks cost Lumber 4.00 Carpenter 4.50 Bolts & nails 24 Gilmour cut Timothy A.M. Cultivating carrots & Mangolds in afternoon Other hands & 7 students at hay, raking, gathering hauling &putting into barn from morning until near sunset Students Messers. Sukesdorf, Marshall Churchill got all the hay that was cut into the barn 25 Sunday The Ayrshire Bull Henry Clay died this morjing Dr. Townshend assisted by students C. Sukesdorf, myself & Farm employees opened him & found death caused by inflammation in the lung the right lobe being entirely gone & the left badly diseased tubercular formation inside & out

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26th July 1869 Gilmour cutting Timothy for hay A. Petersen hauling wood to College & Farm House in forenoon and worked on new Road in afternoon A. Peterson & Nelson overhauling & repairing pasture fence A.M. C. Peterson raked hay PM. Nelson at various jobs 27 Gilmour cut balance of Timothy in forenoon & haul’d hay until stoped by rain midafternoon Nelson sick A. Peterson getting timbers to put up slaughter house A.M. hauled hay until rain p.m. C. Petersen tended hogs & c & helped at hay 28 Gilmour & A. Peterson plow’d for turnips A.M. haul’d hay p.m. C. Petersen & Nelson butchered sheep & got timber for slaughter house A.M. helped at hay P.M. Had help from four students at hay 29 C. & A. Petersen hauled remainder of Timothy from N. of R.R. Nelson helped to stow it in the barn & did other work Gilmour cutting wheat lost some time by Machine breaking 30 Gilmour cut balc. of Fife wheat, students bound C. Petersen cut grass in land thrown into lawn by the new road a.m. he & Nelson worked at Roads P.M. Nelson mow’d a.m. odd corner A. Petersen hauled for College ( lumber for slaughter house A.M., at Road & from Station P.M.)

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31st July 1869 Gilmour hauling in hay A.M. for College P.M. C. Petersen hauling for College (wood A.M.) from R- way Station P.M. A. Petersen working on public roads Nelson helped at hay & various other jobs 1st August Sunday Aug.2 Gilmour hauling for Prof- houses A.M. cutting grain (Barley, oats & arnantka

wheat P.M.) A. Petersen plowing down land sown to carrots C. Petersen putting in tile at College A.M. Hauling to road P.M. Nelson pulling weeds & tending stock

3 Gilmour cutting oats C. & A. Petersen hauling for College (1/2 day was for Prof. houses) Nelson was weeding in garden tending stock & c & c 4 Gilmour cutting oats C. & A. Petersen hauling for College-2 teams-1/4 day of one team was for Prof. houses Nelson hoeing weeds & working in garden, fed hogs & a variety of small jobs The oats are lodged in many places & where ever lodged they are more or less rusted, but the lodging makes slow work cutting

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5th August 1869 Gilmour & C. Petersen repairing the fence across the west end of farm Gilmour cut oats P.M. A. Petersen hauling old rails for wood A.M. and for college P.M.—worked at new road & haul’d goods from Ames Nelson tended stock & hoed & weeded in garden, cut wood in forenoon 6 Gilmour hauled gravel to road out from Farm A. Petersen hauled lime to prof. houses C. Petersen butchered a sheep sowed turnips seed, planted cucumber seed & c by request of President Nelson cut wood & pulled weeds in garden 7 Gilmour & Nelson making bridges & repairing road over which to haul stone to Prof. houses A. Petersen hauling goods to College ½ --and sewer pipe ½ day to prof. houses C. Petersen planting cucum-

ber seeds ½ day, helping at roads & odd jobs remainder A Steer raised on the farm 2 ½ years old was butchered last- evening his weight 469 ¾ lb. 415 ¼ pounds taken to the college---$49.83 at normal price paid

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Aug 9 Gilmour fixing road & hauling reaper to oats A.M. Cutting oats P.M. C. Petersen helping a.m. cultivating Sweedish turnips P.M. A. Petersen & Nelson repairing road A.M. A.P. hauling to new road between farm house & college ½ of P.M. & lumber to Prof- houses rem. Nelson helping in oats P.M. 10 Gilmour hauling lumber A.M. Cutting oats P.M. A. Petersen hauling lumber to Prof. houses—all day C. Petersen cultivating balance Sweedes, Arboretum nursery, Cabbage plat & c & c G. Talman assisting with the lumber Nelson left A.M. 11 Gilmour hauled wood A.M. cut oats P.M. C. Petersen cultivating new orchard—chores in morning A. Petersen hauling to Prof. houses a.m. & from old orchard P.M. Hauled foxtail & c Talman assisting A. Petersen throughout day 12 Gilmour at various jobs cut oats after dried off A. Petersen hauled from old orchard A.M. to new road & from R. R. station to prof. houses P.M. C. Petersen cultivating new orchard Talman helped A.P. in a.m. bound oats a.m.

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13th August 1869 Hands all employed in stacking wheat Hired Mr. McElyea & team to help average daily amount—of potatoes taken to College 132 pounds or 15 2/5 bushels per week raised on farm & dug by student detailed for that purpose commenced 14 All hands employed repairing Roads, Gates, Fences & c 15 Sunday 16 Hands at various jobs in forenoon too wet for regular work Gilmour mowed weeds in various places in afternoon A. Peterson plowing among trees old road & c west of College & south of old field in afternoon Talman hauling for improvements round college & for Prof—houses P.M. C. Petersen tending hogs -getting feed-- various other jobs P.M. 17 Gilmour sorting wheat shocks & Stacking wheat until stoped by rain A. Petersen plowing new land & helping with wheat till rain c. Petersen & Talman at various jobs in morning, helped with wheat afterwards till rain Executive Committee met today for a variety of business 18 Hands at various jobs Plowing for Strawberry patch for College, hauling off weeds & c & c Ground too wet for much work except odd jobs

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19th August 1869 Hands at various jobs in morning midafternoon commenced to stack wheat finished the stack begun on 17th when again stoped by heavy rain A. various jobs remainder of the day 20 Hands cleaning wheat (old) to be sent to market & fixing up damage done by heavy rain Awful rain 21 Hands employed as follows Gilmour & Tallman cleaned remainder of old wheat in the morning remainder of the day were in the fields straightening up shocks & c & c

C. Petersen tending to stock cleaning out pens & c A. Petersen plowing new land S.W. of College

Shocks in bad order 22 Sunday 23 All hands busy sorting wheat Shocks sprouted & badly injured 24 All hands busy getting in grain— Slow work having to pick it all on act. of wet 25 Gilmour, A. Petersen & Tallman hauling gravel to roads C. Petersen cutting wood A.M. cutting weeds P.M. 26 Gilmour & Tallman hauling gravel to roads A. Petersen hauling gravel ½ day, breaking prairie ½ day C. Petersen cleaning hog pens & various chores

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27th Aug. 1869 All hands hauling gravel less A. Petersen breaking prairie in forenoon 28 Gilmour & C. Petersen hauled gravel in forenoon & sorted wheat in afternoon A. Petersen & Tallman hauled gravel to roads all day 29 Sunday 30 All hands working at the wheat Had two men (loaned) from Prof. houses helping at wheat all day & man & team half-day Man & team hired half-day 31 All hands working at wheat Man & team hired half a day 1st Sept. 1869 1 All hands hauling stacking & c wheat Man & team in afternoon when students labor was available Found students cutting up fencing-posts & boards for fuel at College this P.M. Called the attention of the President to it as an act of willfull waste & extrava- gance 2 All hands busy stacking grain 3 Heavy rain storms Hands threshing oats by hand cutting wood and various other jobs necessary The Chester White Boar got from Mr. Court, Michigan, died today of what is called hog cholera & was buried deep to prevent spreading

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4th Sept. 1869 Rain in forenoon hands cutting wood & jobbing Afternoon hauling out manure to S. of old orchard 5 Sunday Bottom lands of Squaw Creek overflowed for the 5th time this season 6 Gilmour plowed N. of R.R. in the forenoon & hauled posts for coal & implement shed in afternoon Students cutting them A. Petersen plowed N. of R. R. C. Petersen & Tallman hauled out manure to S. of old orchard Students opening out wet oats to dry 7 All hands busy sorting oats & getting grain (oats) ready and stacking necessary chores 8 All hands hauling & stacking oats necessary chores 9 All hands busy hauling & stacking oats & necessary chores 10 All hands hauling & stacking oats & c & c finished stacking 11 Hands cleaning up and collecting damaged oats into stack for hogs Furnished 85 bu. potatoes to College were dug by students hauled by hired team 12 Sunday 13 Heavy rain storm Started with car load of Stock to State Fair taking Mr. Gilmour with me Hands at various jobs and preparing stock for fair.

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14th Sept 1869 A. Petersen got mules shod & hauled a load of bran for farm & a load of flour for college a.m. Plowed P.M. C. Petersen got horses shod & hauled a load of Bran for farm, fixed fence remainder of day P. Christian worked on new road

with team 15 A. Petersen & P. Christian plowed a.m. Petersen plowed p.m. the others worked

on new road p.m. C. Petersen worked at various jobs in barn & amongst stock a.m. & mowed p.m.

16 C. Petersen mowed grass for hay A. Petersen hauled wood for College a.m. & raked hay p.m. P. Christian plowed a.m. & worked on new road a.m. 17 C. Petersen mowed for hay A. Petersen worked on new road a.m. raked hay p.m. P. Christian plowed a.m. absent p.m. 18 C. Petersen mowed a.m. worked at various jobs p.m. A. Petersen hauled potatoes & various odd jobs a.m. hauled hay p.m. P. Christian choped wood am hauled hay p.m. 19 Sunday Got home at midnight from State Fair. The above 5 days work reported by Mr. Brown Rain in evening 20 Hands at various odd jobs being too wet to work at hay towit getting timbers for coal & impl. shed, plowing sorting sheep & c Got cattle home from Sate Fair last night

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Hands plowing a.m. getting hay p.m. mowing, hauling, raking & c Seeing little prospect of being able to get enough hay on the farm for our Stock I have bargained with Mr. Porch to cut & put up 50 tons upland hay to be of good quality & well stacked where it will be safe from fire, the price to be $2.75/100 per ton & to be estimated in the stack by disinterested parties chosen. one each by Mr. P. & Supt. College Farm. 22 A. Petersen & P. Christian plowed a.m. till 10 o’c all hands hauling afterwards at hay Gilmour & C. Peterson getting sleepers for coal shed in morning 23 C. Petersen hauled coal p.m. Plowed a.m. P. Christian plowed ¼ day hauled coal 3/4th C. Petersen cleaning mower was assisting Mr. Gilmour to take mower to pieces & put together again occasioned by some evil disposed person stuffing the boxes with concrete 24 Mr. Gilmour at Boone Co. Fair with stock A. Petersen & P. Christian hauled coal 2/3rd day. getting corn remainder C. Peterson helping to get corn & cleaning hog pens & c 25 Mr. Gilmour at Boone Co. Fair was unable to get home for want of train P. Christian & A. Petersen plowed a.m. A. Petersen hauled stone to Prof. hous(es) p.m. Christian hauled hay C. Petersen cut wood a.m. raked hay in p.m.

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Sunday 26th Sept. 1869 Stock did not get back from Boone owing to trains not being running 27 Gilmour mowing for hay N. R.R. A. Petersen hauled stone to Prof. houses a.m. & hay P.M. P. Christian hauled fencing material a.m. & Hay P.M. C. Petersen getting feed preparing it, tending stock helping with stock from Station & c & c Received a very superior stirring plow from Skinner & Brothers Desmoines donated to the farm—by manufacturer Stock arrived home from

Boone Co. Fair this P.M. all right but contrary to arrangement with the pres. J.A. Hughes Esq. we are charged freight amtg. to $26.00 & have had some little expense to pay besides

28 Gilmour mowing for hay N. of R.R. The other hands raking hauling stacking & c had aid of some of the students in afternoon C. Petersen attended stock morning & evening 29 All hands busy securing balance of hay had students help p.m. Mr. Brown with Aldrich-a student—fixing up Sorghum mill & evaporator yesterday & today 30 All hands busy cutting raking & hauling hay less the time employed in necessary chores and Gilmore hauling a load of stone from Ames in afternoon for culvert in new road Gilmour got shoe set on one horse Thus ends my official connection with the Iowa Ag. College H.M. Thomson (Editor’s note: at this time the writing in the daily Journal was taken over by P.S. Brown by order of the Board of Trustees until a new Superintendent arrived. See Annual Report, 1869)

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Page 218 Friday Oct. 1st 1869 (Editor’s Note: writing is very wide bold, open style—Spelling of Gilmour changes to Gilmore-other names take on various spellings) Oct. 1st It rained in the morning and Farm hands were engaged cleaning up old wheat and cleaning around Barn & lot until noon two teams, and A. Petersen, worked on new road at the College after dinner.— After noon Gilmore & C. Petersen worked with hogs—Sorting Hogs & fixing Pens P. Christisen cut wood & husked corn “ 2nd Peter Christisen & A. Petersen worked with each a team hauling sorghum all day.—Gilmore hauled Potatoes & fodder before noon & husked corn for feed, afternoon Christisen took care of Stock and was busy “3rd Sunday “4th Before noon—Gilmore mowed; A. Petersen plowed. P. Christisen hauled sorghum Afternoon—Gilmore mowed & raked Hay----P. Christisen & A. Petersen hauled Sorghum—Christien Petersen worked ¼ of day with Stock about Barn “5 A. Petersen & Gilmore plowed P. Christisen hauled Sorghum C. Petersen worked at ditch at College afternoon—Gilmore & P. Christisen hauled hay Andrew worked with mules at new road—another team was driven by Students on new road “6” Before dinner Gilmore hauled oven wood for College, some wood for Farm House & one load of Hay. P. Christisen hauled sorghum A. Petersen plowed after dinner Gilmore worked about Farm House. P. Christisen took 2 teams & worked on new road. A. Petersen took two teams and worked with Students hauling manure. Christisen, Petersen worked about Barn preparing feed for Stock .

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Thursday Oct. 7th 1869 Page 219 Oct. 7 Gilmore Plowed A.M. & hauled manure P.M. A. Petersen plowed A.M. and hauled manure P.M. P. Christisen hauled Hay & Sorghum a.m. & worked on new road with team p.m. C. Petersen took care of stock and helped haul a load of hay— Students drove one team on new road after dinner. Mule team went after Freight in evening. 8 Gilmore hauled Freight-for College A.M. P. Christisen hauled corn a.m. A. Petersen plowed A.M. P.M. it rained and all hands worked repairing stalls in barn & repairing tools except C. Petersen who tended stock all day. Buggy hauled one load of Fencing from Ames before noon(All words underlined) “9 Gilmore hauled lumber for fence north of R.R. & hauled wood for Farm House P. Christisen hauled slops from College in the morning then plowed north of R.R. A. Petersen plowed all day north of R.R. C. Petersen took care of stock “10 Sunday. No work “11 A.M. Gilmore hauled some timber to repair barn with.--& helped repair Barn P.M.—A. Petersen & P. Christisen plowed a.m. and cut wood & gathered garden produce P.M.---C. Petersen worked with Stock A.M & laid drain at college P.M. –Students hauled manure with two teams P.M. & worked one team on new road End of summing up for Report Oct.12 Gilmore hauled wood to Farm House and wheat to car A.M. & worked in Barn P.M.---P. Christisen plowed A.M. and worked on new Road P.M.

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12th Oct. Continued Oct. 12 A. Petersen plowed A.M. & worked in garden gathering vegetables P.M. C. Petersen took care of Stock all day “ 13 Gilmore hauled wood & corn a.m. & repaired bins in barn P.M. C. Petersen worked with stock all day A. Petersen plowed A.M. & Gathered garden produce P.M. P. Christisen plowed A.M. & cut wood P.M. 3 teams worked on new Road P.M. I shipped the remainder of the old wheat (65 11/60 bus.) to Talbot (Nevada) for which we are to receive 1860 lbs. of Flour “14 All hands threshed except Christisen who tended Stock A.M & laid Tile in cellar drain at College p.m. We threshed 675 bushels of Oats “15 All hands threshed except C. Petersen who took care of Stock A.M. & worked in ditch at College P.M. I paid Mr. J. Streit--$13.00 for work on Barn & $1.50 for work on Coal Shed—I took some Cattle to the Ames Fairgrounds—They were returned all right. “16 All hands threshed except-C. Petersen who laid tile A.M. & tended Stock P.M. “17 Sunday “18 Gilmore & P. Christisen thrashed all day. A. Petersen Threshed A.M. & cut wood P.M. C. Petersen took care of Stock A.M. & worked in ditch at College PlM.---we finished Threshing wheat-We had 723 bushels of wheat Received 40 sacks of Flour from J.H. Talbot.—(Nevada Mills) amount due us on wheat shipped Him 13th Inst. Sold Beef Hides & 34 Sheep pelts to Mr. Reed (Ames) a.271/2= proceeds to credit of College a/c with Mr. Reed for Flour & Beef

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Oct Continud Oct. 19 Gilmore hauled Coal & wood for College A.M. & hauled Potatoes to Farm House P.M. A. Petersen hauled corn A.M. & Potatoes P.M. C. Petersen tended Stock all day.—P. Christisen hauled corn A.M. & Potatoes P.M. Oct.20 Gilmore butchered & cut wood A.M. and plowed out potatoes P.M. A. Petersen hauled corn A.M. & Potatoes P.M. P. Christisen hauled coal A.M. & Potatoes P.M.—C. Petersen tended the stock A.M. & laid tile P.M. “ 21st Gilmore plowed Potatoes A.M. & hauled Potatoes P.M. A. Petersen hauled corn A.M. & worked in garden gathering Beets P.M. P. Christisen worked for Mr. Stark, on new Houses with Team A.M. & hauled Potatoes P.M.---C. Petersen took care of Stock all day “22 Gilmore cut a sweep for cane mill & hauled corn A.M. & hauled Potatoes P.M. P. Christisen plowed A.M. & hauled Potatoes P.M.—A Petersen hauled corn A.M. & Potatoes P.M.---C. Petersen took care of stock “ 23rd Gilmore hauled wood A.M. & Potatoes P.M. A. Petersen hauled coal & Brick to College A.M. & Potatoes to Farm House P.M. P. Christisen hauled coal to College A.M. & cut wood for Farm House P.M. C. Petersen took care of Stock “24 Sunday “ 25 Gilmore hauled wood and lumber A.M. & worked about cellar and went to Ames P.M.

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Oct. Continued Oct. 25 A. Petersen cut wood A.M. & worked in Farm House cellar P.M. P. Christisen hauled coal to the College A.M. & cut wood P.M. I shipped, by the Chicago & Northwestern R.R. the Bull calf--Romeo Sold to Mr. P. Cadwell of Logan. Harrison Co.—by Mr. Thompson before he left “ 26 Gilmore & A. Petersen hauled furnace for Prof.s Houses A.M. and worked with two teams gathering Potatoes P.M. P. Christisen hauled coal & Brick to the College A.M. & helped to haul potatoes P.M. C. Petersen took care of stock.-- Two teams worked on new road P.M. “ 27 Gilmore went to town after remainder of Furnaces for Profs. Houses A.M. & hauled students trunks to Depot P.M. –A. Petersen cut wood and worked about house all day P. Christisen hauled coal to College & Brick for ditch A.M. & hauled sand & water for new Houses P.M. C. Petersen took care of Stock “ 28 Gilmore & A. Petersen hauled trunks to Depot for Students— P. Christisen hauled Slop from College and worked on Professors House the remainder (3/4) of day. C. Petersen took care of Stock “ 29 Gilmore worked about House & Barn A.M. & hauled Potatoes P.M. A. Petersen hauled corn & beets A.M. and assisted in hauling Potatoes P.M. P. Christisen hauled 1 load of water to new buildings—1 load of brick for drain --& Slop from College A.M. & worked on new Houses P.M.—D. Devin worked in Stables A.M. & cut timber for Public Road P.M.

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Oct. 1869 Continued Oct. 30 J. Gilmore & A. Petersen hauled Brick for Professors Houses ¾ of the day and Gilmore butchered and hauled Potatoes ¼--Andrew Petersen hauled coal for Presidents House ¼ of day---P. Christisen cut wood & hauled slop a.m. & hauled Potatoes P.M.—C. Petersen took care of stock all day D.F. Devin cut Timbers for Public road a.m. and cut wood at Farm House P.M. Oct. 31 Sunday Nov. 1st Gilmore butchered, assisted Prof. Jones in moving and did other jobs about Farm House.—A. Petersen P. Christisen & Dave Devine hauled coal a.m. & beets & potatoes P.M.---C. Petersen took care of stock.—having not heard from Cadwell about the calf sent him I wrote

the 2nd time to him today. Nov. 2nd`Gilmore & P. Christisen assisted Mr. Manhannett in working up sorghum A. Petersen hauled a load of brick for Prof. houses, a.m. & hauled in beets P.M. D. Devin hauled beets ¾ day & hauled a furnace from town for Prof. House.—Mr. C. Pacer worked ¾ day at various jobs “ 3 Gilmore & Dave Devin pulled turnips ¼ d and fixed the Stables ¾ A. Peterson plowed P. Christisen & Mr. Pacer/Percer? assisted Mr. Manhannet work up sorgum, C. Peterson took care of stock “ 4 J. Gilmore assisted in taking care of stock a.m. & cut wood P.M. D. Devin hauled wood to Farm House

A.M. & gathered turnips P.M. P. Christisen & Mr. Pacer ground cane A. Petersen plowed in field north of R.R.

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Page 224 Nov. Continued Nov. 4 C. Petersen took care of stock I received this day of P. Cadwell (of Logan Harrrison Co.) $150.00 in payment for a calf sent him Oct. 25th (bargain made by H. M. Thompson) Nov. 5th J. Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock & repaired shed for horses P. Christisen & C. Pacer assisted Mr. Manhannett work up sorghum D.T. Devin gathered turnips a.m. & filled ditch at College P.M. A. Petersen plowed north of R.R. A.M. & filled ditch at College P.M. Nov. 6th Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock & cut wood for Farm House P. Christisen & C. Pacer assisted in working sorghum. D.T. Devin & A. Petersen filled ditch at College. “ 7 Sunday “ 8 J. Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock & butchered 2 small hogs & one sheep. –C. Petersen & C. Pacer? worked with 1 team grinding cane and finished the job A Petersen worked with mule team filling ditch at college—D. Devin worked on ditch A.M. & hauled one load of coal to College & hauled 2 loads of brick for College sewer P.M. “ 9 J. Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock & cut wood for Farm House A. Petersen worked with mule team filling ditch at College. a.m. & plowed P.M.—P. Christisen topped turnips a.m. & pulled turnips P.M. C. Paser?Pacer topped turnips ¾ of day & went to Ames after Mr. Pierce & his tools ¼ of day

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Nov. Continued Nov. 9 D. J. Devin hauled Brick ¼ of day & hauled boards to cover gasometer, pump & mell.? ¼, & hauled turnips 1/2 day Nov. 10th`Jas. Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock & cut wood for F.H.---D. Devin, P. Christisen & A. Petersen worked on College Ditch C. Paser/Pacer? worked on ditch ¾ of day & covered gasometer ¼. Nov. 11 D. Devin, C. Petersen, P. Christisen & C. Paser worked on College ditch A.M. & at turnips ¼ day & at sheep yard ¼ of day J. Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock & cut wood for Farm House Nov. 12 J. Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock D. Devin & C. Paser repaired horse stable & sheep sheds. A. Petersen & P. Christisen hauled straw to fill cellar windows at College ¼ of day—the day was very stormy & disagreeable so that hands could not work to any advantage Nov.13 J. Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D. Devin & A. Petersen hauled wood a.m. P. Christisen & C. Paser hauled corn stalks a.m. D. Devin P. Christisen & C. Paser were engaged gathering corn P.M. A. Petersen cut wood ¾ of day and went after Freight ¼ “ “ I Bought of Mr. Reid 250 lbs of beef for Farm House @ .08Cts.--$20.00 Bo(bought) of B.H. & Tilcten 41 doz. Eggs @ .20 per doz.---$8.20 “ 14 Sunday

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Nov. Continued Nov. 15 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. C. Paser drew two loads from town for new Houses ½ day. Cut wood ¼ day and hauled corn ¼ day D.T. Devine gathered up tools about College ¼ day. Took Mrs. Baughman home ¼ day and husked corn ½ day.—P. Christisen hauled coal to College ¼ day, corn stalks ¼ day and husked corn ½ day A. Petersen went to Nevada and lost the day.—I hired two Sweeds to work on ditch at College but gave them work in cornfield ½ day it rained toward night making work very tedious Nov.16 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took Care of Stock.—D. Devin hauled lumber ½ of day for barn repairs & Prof. houses. & cut timbers for Sheep Shed ¼ day. A. Petersen cut wood ½ day & cut timbers for sheep shed ¼ “ P. Christisen cut wood A.M. & topped turnips P.M. C. Paser cut wood ½ day Topped Turnips ¼ day and cleaned Buggies ¼ day. ---I paid two Sweeds for Farm work 3.50 “ work on college ditch 1.75 (total)$5.25 Mr. Streit began work on coal shed. Nov. 17th James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of Stock. P. Christisen & A. Petersen hauled cornstalks ¼ of day & dug a ditch to drain stable 3/4of day C. Paser cut wood worked about barn ½ day & husked corn ½ day D. T. Devin hauled lumber, and gathered up Farm implements ½ of day and husked corn ½ of day I bought for Farm House 40 lbs. of Rice of B.H, & T.---Ames

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Nov. Continued Nov. 18 J. Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D.T. Devin hauled one load lumber for sheep shed and one load of Freight for Prof. Houses. Remainder of Farm Hands did not much except haul one load of corn on account of the storm though their time was mostly occupied in doing miscellaneous work about Farm Buildings & cutting wood for F. /&H Nov. 19 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. (Ed. Note:another different hand

now writing in journal) Andrew Peterson & P. Christison hauled Fodder ¼ day & dug Ditch at the College ¾ day. C. Pazer cut Wood for Farm H.H. ½ day & tended mason on Ditch ½ day. Devin hauled one load of lumber from town for sheep sheds & worked in tool room at the College the rest of the forenoon, & hauled fodder in the Afternoon ½ day

Nov. 20 James Gilmore & C. Peterson took care of stock. C. Pazer cut wood for Farm H.H. A. Peterson & P. Christison hauled fodder & husked corn ½ day. A. Peterson cut wood ½ day. & P. Christison hauled straw for covering well & pump at the College

½ day Devin husked corn ½ day & helped P. Christison haul straw ½ day

“ 21 Sunday (hand writing changes again-now similar to Nov. 18)

“ 22 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of Stock. D. Devin worked ¾ day at college putting in Furnace & ¼ day for prof. Jones a/c—C. Pazer worked at College all day. P. Christisen worked ½ of day gathering corn. ¼ of day at College & ¼ of day hauling fodder for Stock. A Petersen helped get sand for College ½ day & husked corn ½ day

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Nov. 23 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D. Devin worked at new Shed ½ day. husking corn ¼ day and hauled wood to Presidents House ¼ A. Petersen worked at College all day P. Christisen cut wood ½ day and hauled corn & Fodder ½ day. Conrad Pazer worked at new shed ¾ of day, and

husked corn ¼ day. Nov. 24 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock & butchered one hog. D.L. Devin went to town on errands ½ of day & assisted in coal hauling ¼ day cut wood ¼ of day. ---A. Petersen, P. Christisen & C. Pazer hauled coal ¾ of day and worked at miscellaneous jobs ¼ of day I went to Boones Boro on College Business Nov. 25 James Gilmore & C Petersen took care of stock. A. Petersen drew Lime to College ¾ of day & lumber ¼ of day P. Christisen hauled & cut wood ¾ of day & teamed about college ¼ of day D.T. Devin & C. Pazer husked corn I purchased supplies for F.H.H. amount shown by Bill Boak Nov. 26 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D. Devin & C. Pazer husked corn P. Christisen cut wood a.m. & husked corn P.M. A. Petersen drew materials for Prof. houses A.M. and drew corn P.M. I bought 241 lbs. of Beef for F.H.H. Nov. 27 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of Stock. D. Devin husked corn C. Pazer husked corn a.m. & went to Sweeds Point P.M.

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Nov. Continued (1869) Nov. 27 P. Christisen cut wood ½ day & hauled straw to College ½ day Nov. 28 Sunday Nov. 29 James Gilmore & C. Peterson took care of the stock. C. Pazer worked about barn yard ½ day. P. Christisen cut wood ¼ of day Hauled Fodder ¼ & hauled manure ½ day A. Peterson hauled brick at Professors House ¼ day Hauled corn & fodder ¼ day & worked about barn yard ½ day Devin husked corn ½ day & worked ½ day at the Presidents house with the team (this day is in smaller writing style) Nov. 30 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of Stock.—P. Christisen, D.T. Devin & hauled straw ½ day & husked corn ½ day. C. Pazer husked corn ½ day & worked at College ½--A. Petersen husked corn all day. December Dec. 1st James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D.T. Devin cut & hauled wood P. Christisen hauled corn & fodder A. Petersen & C. Pazer husked corn “ 2nd James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of Stock. D. Devin cut wood ½ day & husked corn ½ day. P. Christisen husked corn ½ day & hauled corn & fodder ½ day. C. Pazer & A. Petersen husked corn the entire day. “ 3rd James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of Stock. D.T. Devin cut wood 1/4 of day. C Pazer A. Petersen & Peter Christisen husked corn I received of Mr. Stebbings, for Board at F. House $12.00

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Dec. 5th Work Record Dec. 4 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D. Devin hauled coal ¾ day & hauled wood ¼ of day. A. Petersen hauled coal C. Pazer cut wood ½ day & hauled straw to cover strawberries ½ of day P. Christisen hauled fodder ½ day & hauled straw for strawberries ½ of day “ 5 Sunday “ 6 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock and assisted in butchering D. Devon & A. Petersen hauled coal P. Christisen hauled fodder ¼ of day corn ¼ of day & butchered ½ of day C. Pazer cut wood ½ of day & helped about butchering ½ of the day I contracted with a man to cut some wood for payment on a note on Dan McCarthy. --- I employed a Sweed to husk corn. The hands butchered 7 hogs for F.H.H. “ 7 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. P. Christisen hauled water for Prof. houses ½ day & cut up Pork ½ of day D. Devin & C. Petersen hauled coal C. Pazer husked corn.—The Sweed hired yesterday began work— “ 8 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D. Devin hauled coal ½ day, hauled corn ¼ & wood ¼ of day A. Petersen hauled coal ½ of day & corn ½ day P. Christisen hauled coal ¼ of day got team shod ¼ of day & hauled straw & fodder ½ day—C. Pacer husked corn “ 9 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock.—P.Christisen hauled straw & fodder ½ day & cut wood ½ day. A. Petersen hauled wood ½ day & hauled tile for College ½ of day

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Work Continued Dec.9 D. Devin cut wood in woods ½ of day & helped me copy reports ½ of day C. Pacer cut wood. it rained so as to prevent much work being done “ 10 Jas. Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. A. Petersen & C. Pacer husked corn D. Devin husked corn ¾ of day & uncovered sand for College ¼ of day “ 11 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of Stock. D. Devin hauled sand ½ of day, pulled turnips ¼ of day & went to town for Freight ¼ of day. A. Petersen & P. Christisen cut road ½ day, pulled turnips ¼ day & hauled straw ¼ day P. Christisen hauled sand to college ½ day, hauled turnips ¼ day & hauled hay ¼ day The new Stove contracted for by the President with J.B. Hodges of Boones Boro came in good order no furniture came with it. “ 12 Sunday “ 13 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of Stock. D.T. Devin, A. Petersen & P. Christisen hauled sand to the College—using but one team C. Pacer hauled straw fodder ½ of day & husked corn ½ of day. I paid Rosey McIntyre $15.00 on work at F.H. “ 14 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D.T. Devin & A. Petersen

hauled brick to College. P. Christisen hauled water for Prof. houses ½ of day, hauled straw ¼ of day & went o town ¼ of day for College Repairs

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Dec.14 C. Pacer cut wood ½ of day & hauled corn ½ of day Dec.15 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D. Devin & A. Petersen hauled straw to fill ditch at College ½ of day & hauled brick to College ½ of day. P. Christisen & C. Pacer cut wood ½ day & hauled brick to the College ½ of day Mr. Floyd came Back to board at the Farm House “ 16 James Gilmore C. Petersen took care of stock. D.T. Devin & C. Petersen hauled brick to college ½ of day & cut & hauled wood ½ of day.— A. Petersen & C. Pacer hauled brick to college ½ of day hauled straw to fill ditch at College ½ of day “ 17 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. A. Petersen & P. Christisen worked with two teams on Public Road D. Devin hauled freight from town for Prof. houses & College Buildings ¾ of day & hauled wood ¼ of day C. Pacer cut & Hauled wood ¾ of day & hauled straw to College ¼ of day I paid Christiney Housby $15.00 on work at Farm House F. “ 18 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D. T. Devin hauled furnaces to college ½ of day & hauled coal to Prof’s houses ½ of “. A. Petersen & P. Christisen worked on public Road with 2 teams C. Pacer hauled water to new Houses ½ of day & hauled straw to College ¼ of day & cut wood at F.H. ¼ of day

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Work Record Continued Dec.19 Sunday “ 20 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D.T. Devin, P. Christisen & Andrew Petersen hauled Furniture from the Depot for Prof. Welch using 2 teams. C. Pacer went after a washerwoman ½ of day & hauled & cut wood ½ of day “ 21 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. remainder of hands hauled coal with 3 teams (it snowed all day making work very disagreeable.) “ 22 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care

of stock. D. T. Devin hauled lumber for sheep shed ¼ of day & coal ¾ of day A. Petersen hauled tile to college ¼ of day & hauled coal ¾ of day C. Pacer worked at wood all day P. Christisen hauled wood ¾ of day & hauled supplies to Farm House ¼ of day

“ 23 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of Stock. A. Petersen & D. Devin hauled coal C. Pacer & P. Christisen cut & hauled wood we credited the Implement Shed and charged the College with 775 feet of 2 m plank. price $24.00 per M. “ 24 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. D.T. Devin & A. Petersen hauled coal. C. Pacer & P. Christisen cut & hauled wood. “ 25 Christmas---Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. P. Christisen hauled water for Prof. Houses ½ of day

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Work Account Continued 1869 Dec.26 Sunday “ 27 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. A. Petersen & C. Pacer hauled lumber for College & Prof. Houses P. Christisen hauled ¼ of day and hauled lumber to College ¾ of day Charles Kyle cut wood ½ of day & worked with Team for Profs. Houses ½ of day Dec. 28 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock C. Pacer, P. Christisen & A Petersen hauled brick to College ½ of day & hauled coal to College ½ of day C. Kyle worked with team at President’s House ‘ 29 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock. C. Paser, P. Christisen & A. Petersen hauled coal ½ of day & and hauled brick to college ½ of day C. Kyle hauled water & furniture for Prof. Welch 1/2 of day, hauled rubbish from new houses ¼ of day & hauled straw & fodder for Farm ¼ of day I received of T.A. Graham $50 for small Red calf “ 30 James Gilmore & C Petersen took care of stock. P. Christisen teamed for Prof. Welch 2/3 of day & hauled coal 1/3 of day C, Pazer & A. Petersen hauled Brick ½ of day & hauled coal ½ of day. C. Kyle hauled for Prof. Welch ½ of day & for Prof. Houses ¼ and for Farm sock ¼ I employed Mr. Crosier to work he worked cutting wood & measuring ditch

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Work Contined 1869 Dec. 31 James Gilmore & C. Petersen took care of stock

(editor’s note—the following paragraph is lined through with large “x” marks) (A. Petersen & P. Christisen hauled coal to College. C. Kyle assisted Prof. Welch move, C. Bazer went to Hats Grove Mr. Crosier did not work. He reserved worked ½ day at Presidents House& ½ of day at F. House.)

C. Bazer & A. Petersen hauled lime & brick to College. P. Christesen worked with one team. C. Kyle worked for Prof. Welch ¾ of day & for F.H. ¼ of day. Mr. Crosier worked at F.H. ½ of day & for Prof. Welch ½ of day.

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Journal for 1870 Ed. Note: Another change in the spelling of Gilmore/Gilmour as well as other name spelling changes—new writer Jan.1 James Gilmour & C. Petersen took care of stock. C. Pazer went to Hats?

grove. A. Petersen & P. Christisen hauled coal to College. C. Kyle cut wood & hauled Furniture for Prof. Welch ½ of day. Jan.2 Sunday “ 3 James Gilmour & C. Petersen took care of stock A Petersen & P Christisen hauled brick to College. Mr. Crossier cut wood ¼ of day & helped Prof. Jones in moving ¾ of day. C. Kyle cut wood, Hauled straw, and did miscellaneous work. C. Pazer returned from Hats grove and hauled water to Presidents House ¼ of day . “ 4 James Gilmour & C. Petersen took care of Stock. A. Petersen, P. Christisen C. Kyle hauled water for Prof. Welch ¾ of day & hauled fodder for stock ¼ of day.—Mr. Crosier cut wood for Farm House. “ 5 James Gilmour & C. Petersen took care of stock C. Kyle hauled wood ½ of day & hauled sand to college Building P. Christisen hauled sand ¾ of day to College Building and hauled coal to college ¼ of day. Mr. Crosier cut wood for F.H.H. two men worked in corn field.

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Jan.6 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended Stock A. Petersen took trustees to Des Moines P. Christisen & C. Bazer drew Coal C. Kyle drew wood ½ of day & drew corn ½ of day Mr. Crosier cut wood “ 7 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended Stock A. Petersen returned from Des Moines P Christisen & C. Bazer drew coal to College C. Kyle drew load of wood to college, drew load of corn, and did various jobs about farm. Mr. Crosier cut wood “ 8 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended Stock A. Petersen & C. Bazer drew coal P. Christisen drew wood for Prof Welch ¾ of day and drew wood to college ¼ of day C. Kyle drew wood ½ of day for Farm House and worked about Farm House & Barn ½ of day Mr. Crosier cut wood “ 10 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended sock A. Petersen, P. Christisen & C. Bazer drew coal. C. Kyle drew wood ½ of day and drew fodder & straw ½ of day---Mr. Crosier cut wood “ 11 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock A. Petersen drew coal ¾ of day and drew water for Prof. Welch ¼ of day P Christisen & C. Bazer drew coal C. Kyle drew corn—Crosier cut wood “ 12 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock A. Petersen drew 3 loads of coal & 1 load of corn---P. Christisen & C. Bazer drew coal C. Kyle drew corn & fodder Mr. Crosier cut wood (Editor’s note: January 9 is not reported in the Journal—It was a Sunday. Also, page 241 is a different handwriting than 240 and uses terminology not previously used (drew foder). Whoever wrote Page 240 begins writing Gilmore as Gilmour again. )

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Jan. 1870 Jan. 13 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock P. Christisen & A. Petersen hauled coal ¾ of day & drew corn ¼ of day C. Bazer drew coal to college C. Kyle hauled wood ¼ of day, hauled for college Building ¼ of day and hauled corn & Fodder ½ of day

“ 14 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock A. Petersen & P. Christisen hauled coal ½ of day & corn ½ of day C. Bazer hauled coal ¾ of day & hauled corn ¼ of day C. Kyle cut wood and did various jobs about Farm House “ 15 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock P. Christisen & A. Petersen hauled coal ½ of day & hauled wood to Season for Summer, ½ of day C. Bazer hauled wood to -1/2 ½ of day & hauled wood to FHH ½ of day C. Kyle hauled wood ½ & cut wood ½ of day “ 16 Sunday “ 17 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Bazer & C. Kyle chopped in woods ½ of day & shelled corn ½ of day P Christisen cut wood at Farm House A. Petersen cut wood ½ of day and got team shod ½ of day weather extremely cold so but little could be done “ 18 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Kyle cut wood ¾ of day & got team shod ¼ of day A. Petersen hauled wood ½ of day & furnaces ½ day P. Christisen got team shod ¼ of day & hauled for college ¾ of day

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Jan. 1870 Jan. 19 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Bazer went after hired girl ½ of day and ground feed ½ of day P. Christisen ground feed ½ of day, hauled water to Prof. Welch ¼ of day & repaired water tank ¼ of day C. Kyle worked at College A. Petersen worked in Ice House “ 20 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Bazer worked in college ½ of day & took Prof. Welch to town to go east ½ of day C. Kyle drew water for Prof. ( Welch /12 of day)* A. Petersen drew lime ½ of day & worked in Farm House Cellar ½ of day P. Christisen worked entire day “ 21 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Kyle worked in college Building moving furniture--.C. Bazer worked at grinding feed ½ of day & various jobs about Farm ½ of day A. Petersen worked in Ice House ½ of day cut wood ¼ of day & helped to Butcher ¼ of day I contracted with Mr. Fike to draw 100 Perk? of rock from Mr. Craig’s quarry at $1.30 per “ P. Christisen hauled fodder ¼ of day hauled for college ½ of day & hauled corn ¼

“ 22 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended Stock (Editor’s note: there is a long line

drawn through C. Petersen tended stock) tended stock. C. Petersen tended stock ½ day C. Kyle cut wood ¾ of day & hauled fodder ¼ of day—A. Petersen worked in Ice House ½ day P. Christisen cut wood ½ day, hauled corn ¼ of day & worked in Ice House ¼ of day C. Bazer cut wood ½ day & hauled corn ½ day “ “ 23 Sunday

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January 1870 Jan. 24 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Bazer & P. Christisen hauled Hay A. Petersen worked in Ice House C. Kyle cut wood ½ of day, hauled fodder ¼ of day & went after mail ¼ of day Jan. 25 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended Stock C. Bazer hauled Hay ½ of day & hauled Ice ½ of day. A. Petersen hauled corn & Fodder ½ of day & hauled Ice ½ of day P. Christisen hauled Hay ½ of day & hauled corn ½ of day C.Kyle worked at Ice ¾ of day & cut wood ¼ of day “ 26 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended Stock C. Bazer hauled coal-C. Kyle cut wood A. Petersen hauled lime & lath for College ¾ of day & hauled ice ¼ of day A. Christisen hauled Ice I paid Mr. Chamberlain $6.00 for hauling hay & contracted with him to draw the remainder of the Hay put up by Mr. Porch “ 27 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Bazer hauled coal A. Petersen & C. Kyle hauled Ice I sent young Berkshire Boar to DesMoines as ordered by H. M. Thomson “ 28 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock P Christisen cut wood. C. Kyle hauled Ice ½ of day & cut wood ½ of day A. Petersen hauled Ice.—C. Bazer hauled wood ¾ of day & hauled fodder ¼ of day

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Jan. and Feb. 1870 Jan. 29 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Kyle worked in Ice House P. Christisen hauled Ice ¾ of day & cut wood ¼ A. Petersen hauled Ice.—C. Bazer hauled lumber ¼ of day & hauled Ice ¾ of day James Thomson cut wood ½ of day “ 30 Sunday “ 31 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock A. Petersen, C. Bazer & C. Kyle worked at Ice with 2 teams. P. Christisen hauled iron? for college ¼ of day & hauled Ice ¾ of day Feb. 1st James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Bazer hauled sawdust for Ice House C. Kyle worked at Ice ½ day & cut wood ½ day A. Petersen hauled Ice. P. Christisen hauled ice ½ of day, hauled fodder ¼ of day & hauled water to College ¼ of day “ 2 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock A. Petersen & C. Bazer worked at Ice with two teams –C. Kyle cut wood ½ of day & worked at Ice ½ of day---P. Christisen hauled for College Building ½ of day & ground feed ½ of day “ 3 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended Stock C. Bazer & C. Kyle hauled sawdust with one team. A. Petersen hauled Ice ¾ of day & hauled Lime & water to college ¼ of day P. Christisen hauled material for new Ice House ‘ 4 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock A. Petersen hauled Ice ¾ of day & hauled Berkshire Pig to Depot—P.Christisen drew lumber for Ice House ¾ of day & drew fodder ¼ C. Bazer ground feed ¾ of day & drew water to College ¼ of day—C. Kyle worked at Ice ½ of day & cut wood ½ of day

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Feb. 5 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock A. Petersen & P Christisen hauled sawdust. C. Kyle cut wood ¾ of day & hauled straw ¼ of day I hired L. Anderson who cut wood “ 6 Sunday “ 7 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Bazer & L. Anderson hauled sawdust A. Petersen hauled lumber to College P. Christisen hauled water for Prof. Welch ½ of day & ground feed ½ of day “ 8 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock C. Bazer, A. Petersen & L. Anderson worked at Ice & sawdust with 2 teams P. Christisen hauled lime to college “ 9 James Gilmour & C. Petersen tended stock A. Petersen & C. Bazer hauled ice with 2 teams---P Christisen hauled for college ½ of day & hauled rubbish from Prof. Houses ½ of day L. Anderson cut wood at Farm House

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11TH Feby 1870 J. Gilmour & C. Petersen attending stock A. Petersen hauled college ¼ wood to farm ¼ corn P.M. C. Bazer haul’d ice ¼ to College, wood ¼ to farm cut wood P.M. for farm Peter Christian haul’d corn a.m. water for prof. Houses plastering 3 hours, wood two hours L. Andersen helped with corn 12 J. Gilmour & C. Petersen attending stock A. Petersen hauling wood for farm P. Christian hauling ¼ day, getting horses shod ¼, hauling water for college & Prof. houses day C. Bazer choping in creek timber L. Andersen “ a.m. in creek timber cutting stove wood p.m. 13 Sunday work 14 Gilmour & C. Petersen attending stock L. Anderson cutting wood for house C. Bazer hauling “ A. Petersen “ “ “ ½ “ post for farm ½

P. Christian “ 2 ½ for ice house “ 5 “ Prof. houses & college “ “ 2 farm house

15 Gilmour & P. Christian chopping for F.H. & Farm improvements—less 3 hours of P.C. hauling water to college A. Petersen hauling for farm Bazer hauling for farm ½ day for college ½ day (hauling sand) C. Petersen & L. Andersen attending stock (Editor’s note: this page again in different penmanship, ink, and with a different tighter style of writing. Names again change spelling as written)

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16th Feby 1870 J Gilmour ½ day fixing up meats & other chores ½ day chopping for fuel & farm improvt. C. Petersen attending stock L. Anderson “ P. Christian ½ day chopping for fuel & Farm Imp. ½ day hauling for farm impr. C. Bazer chopping for feed & farm impr(ovement) A. Petersen ½ day assisting with meats & c ½ “ hauling food for f..h 17 J. Gimour cutting wood for fuel & farm impts.

C. Bazer dv dv dv. (ditto) A. Petersen hauling dv dv P. Christian cut ½ day dv dv haul’d ¼ day dv dv haul’d water ¼ for college C. Petersen attending stock L. Andersen dv dv

18 J. Gilmour cutting ice ½ day hauling ice ½ day A. Petersen cutting “ ½ “ hauling “ ¼ “ hauling lumber ¼ (to college) C. Bazer hauling ice ¾ day “ lumber & water ¼ “ (to college) P. Christian sick C. Petersen attending stock L. Anderson dv dv 19 J. Gilmour ½ cutting up meat (some hogs that had been allowed to freeze) ½ cutting wood for house A. Petersen & Bazer thrashing Excelsior oats P. Christian hauled water ¼ cutting wood ¾ C. Petersen & L. Anderson were attending stock

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20th Feby 1870 Sunday work 21 Gilmour working at ice in ice house A. Petersen & team hauled ice ¼ day “ working in ice house ¾ “ Bazer & team hauling ice P. Christian hauled water ½ to Pres. house “ ice ¼ “ “ “ “ water ¼ “ college C. Petersen attending stock L. Andersen Dv Dv Mr. Harlow, his son and A

Johnson cutting out ice

22 Gilmour ½ at various jobs ½ day killing hogs A. Petersen ½ day getting mules shod and hauling goods to College ¼ hauling wood to F.H. ¼ water to College P. Christian ½ day hauling wood to F.H. ½ “ cutting wood “ “ C. Bazer grinding feed for stock C. Petersen & Lars Andersen attending stock & assisted to kill hogs 23 Gilmour ¼ chores for F.H ¾ fixing wagon to haul logs to sawmill A. Petersen hauling firewood to F.H. C. Bazer grinding feed for stock P. Christian ¼ hauling goods from R.R. to F.H. ¼ water to college ½ cutting firewood F.H. Milk Have so many boarders cannot supply the Pres’s family with any more milk Cabbage Six cabbages furnished Pres. family to day

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24 of Feb 1870 weather pleasant

James Gilmour 10 hours hauling Sawlogs P. Christisen & team 8” “ “ “ A. Petersen & team 5 “ wood to Farm house “ “ “ 5” lumber & lime to College C. Petersen 10 hours farm stock Lars Anderson 10 “ “ “ C. Bazer & team 10 “ hauling lumber to College

warm during day, cloudy at night Feb.25 James Gilmour worked 10 hours hauling Saw logs P. Christisin “ “ Saw “ A. Petersen hauled water & lumber to College 2 ½ hours “ “ for Prof. Welch 2 1/2” “ “ wood to Farm House 5 “ C. Bazer worked 10 hours cutting wood F. H.H C. Petersen “ “ Farm Stock “ 26 Extremely warm during day. Suddenly cold at night James Gilmour worked 10 hours hauling Saw logs A. Petersen & team “ “ “ “ “ P. Christisen & team “ 5 “ “ “ “ “ cut wood 5” at Farm House C. Bazer & team 10 “ hauling wood Lars Anderson worked “ “ Farm Stock C. Petersen “ “ “ 27 Sunday “ 28 James Gilmour 10 hours miscellaneous jobs A. Petersen & team 5 hauling for College Board C. Bazer 10 F. house cellar P. Christisen 10 Farm House cellar C. Petersen 10 Farm Stock Lars Anderson 10 “ “ Mar. 1st A. Petersen 10 F.H. Cellar (sorting Potatoes) P. Christisen “ “ “ “ C. Petersen “ Farm Stock (tending stock) Lars Anderson 10 “ “ (“ “ ) C. Bazer cut wood at Farm House

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March 2nd 1870 Mar.2 James Gilmour 5 hours hauling Sawlogs to mill. “ “ 5 hours repairing Flood Gates & cutting wood A. Petersen & team 5 hours hauling Sawlogs “ “ “ “ wood P. Christisen 10 cutting wood in woods C. Bazer 5 hours cutting wood at Farm House “ “ & team 5 hours removing carpenters tools & lumber from College Building L. Anderson 10 hours tending Farm Stock C. Petersen “ “ “ “ 3 James Gilmour 10 h repairing about House & Barn A. Petersen 10 F.H.H. (sorting Potatoes & cutting wood) C. Bazer “ “ “ “ C. Petersen 10 tending Farm Stock L. Anderson “ “ Weather very Blustery—Severe Snow Storm entire day. “ 4 James Gilmour 10 hours cutting Oven wood for College P. Christisen “ “ “ “ “ “ C. Bazer 5 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ & team 5 hours after help for college A. Petersen & team 7 ½ hours hauling Oven Wood to College

“ “ “ 2 ½ “ “ Freight to College & F. House C. Petersen & L. Anderson tended Stock entire day

5 Gilmour getting team shod & hauling lumber for College ½ day hauling logs to saw mill ½ day A. Petersen hauling lumber 1/3 for college 1/3 F.H C . Bazer ½ cutting wood ½ sorting potatoes P. Christian hauling fuel (wood for oven) to college ½ day sorting potatoes ½ day C. Petersen attending stock L. Andersen Dv Dv

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March 7th 1870 J. Gilmour & team hauling corn stalks P. Christian helpin with Dv A. Petersen & team ½ hauling cornstalks “ “ ½ hauling goods to college from Railroad station a team ¾ hauling rubbish from the College (used by students) C. Petersen attending stock ¾ day “ & team hauling water ¼ to Mr. Welch L. Anderson attending stock 8 J. Gilmour hauling corn fodder P. Christian helping Dv A. Petersen & team ½ day hauling corn fodder ½ hauling trunks to college Bay team hauled rubbish from College & trunks from R.R. station ¾ day (driven by students) C. Petersen attending stock L. Anderson Dv Dv 9 J. Gilmour & team hauled trunks ½ day ½ day at various jobs on farm A. Peterson & team 3/8 hauling flour to F.H. ½ hauling trunks 1/8 hauling stalks P. Christian ¾ cleaning pens in cattle yard ¼ grinding feed for stock (used plug team) Plug team (driven by students) hauled water to Presidents cistern ¾ day & ¼ at grinding cattle feed (see P. Christian) C. Petersen & L. Andersen attending stock 10 Gilmour 1/3 hauling trunks 2/3 jobbing A. Petersen 1/3 hauling ice 2/3 stalk fodder P. Christian ½ “ “ ½ “ “ C. Petersen attending stock L. Anderson Dv Dv

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11th March 1870 Gilmour ½ day repairing doors & c ½ sorting potatoes A. Petersen sawing wood P. Christian Dv Dv C. Petersen & L. Andersen attending stock 12 Gilmour & team ½ hauling freight for college “ ½ day sorting potatoes A. Petersen & P. Christian sorting potatoes C. Petersen & L. Andersen attending stock 13 Sunday 14 J. Gilmour ½ sorting potatoes “ “ & team 1/3 hauling bran? from R.R. balance making bin in barn P. Christian ½ sorting potatoes ¼ cutting wood ¼ hauling ice to Presidents house A. Petersen 1/2 sorting potatoes ½ cutting wood C. Petersen & L. Andersen attending stock 15 J. Gilmour & A. Petersen oiling harness P.Christian cutting wood for fuel C. Peterson & L. Andersen attending stock Men were (owing to the severity of the storm) unable to do any outdoor work except what was necessary for comfort of animals 16 J. Gilmour getting water for & stock to water “ “ 1 ½ h. fixing harness 3 ½ hr. with team hauling coal A. Petersen ¼ shoveling snow ¼ cutting wood F.H “ & team ½ hauling coal to college P. Christian ¼ shoveling snow ¼ cutting wood F.H. “ & team ½ hauling coal to college C. Petersen & L. Andersen attending stock Two students cut wood 1 1/4hours = 2/ 1/2hours = ¼ day

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17th March 1870 J. Gilmour & team ½ hauling lumber to P. houses “ “ ½ “ manure to College Garden A. Petersen & team ½ hauling trunks, flour & c to College “ ½ “ manure to College Garden P. Christian & team ½ grinding cattle feed “ “ ½ hauling manure to C. Garden C. Petersen & L. Andersen attending stock C. Sukesdorf ( a student) drove the College team hauling manure in afternoon A Complete record of all work done & by whom done being reported daily to book keeper & by him put on record the keeping of this record is abandoned as unncessary except as relates to experiments with grains, modes of cultivation, Stock, & c. 7TH April 1870 Two bushells White Michigan spring wheat sowed on sod land south from Presidents house, it was sowed on one acre of land less. This wheat was sent here by Messers. P. McIsaacs & Co. of Waterloo, Blackhawk C, Iowa for the purpose of testing its value for this locality. Harvested July 11th

Oct. 13 7 ½ bush. Very nice The above wheat had a very ? ? My opinion is that it is preferable to the Italian SPR? (Editor’s note: This entry was added later. The penmanship of Oct. 13 is very different

from earlier writing. It is very ornate and difficult to read. Isaac P. Roberts became Superintendent in August of 1870.)

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8th day of April 1870 Sowed Italian Spring wheat on land, north of Railroad, broke in 1868 Part of the land plowed fall of 1869 (last fall) as commonly plowed by good farmers

(Editor’s Note: along edge of column written vertically: 140 bush all experimental wheat included) Part plowed in the Spring as follows 7bush. Lot No. 1 plowed 4 inches deep 2R 4p 9 bu “ No.2 “ 5 ½ “ “ 1.38 9b,26qts “ No.3 “ 7 ½” 1.29 9 bush “ No.4 “ “ 8 ½” 1.29 Lots unnumbered from the north side Harvested July 7 and 8th

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14th April 1870 Sowing oats partly experimental as follows to wit on plot west of switch road Lot 1 Sommerset oats on the north lot The sommerset oats were received Good for from the Dept. of Ag. Washington D.C. in the chanel the Spring of 1869 but owing to so much heavy rain—consequently waste—a fair test of their value could not be got at Lot 2 Potatoe oats—1/2 bu received from Poor Dept. of Ag. this spring Lot 3 Surprise Oats 3 bushells purchased Medium from Mr. Hughes Boone this spring Lot 4 Norway Oats—1 bushell Sowed late purchased from Mr. Hoggatt April 70

and very poor

Lot 5 Common oats— Good forth? Lot 5 is the remainder for the of the field after the other lots cultivation are taken off commencing on

sowed on the north side needy cornstalk Harvested July 13th & 14th land without plowing Oct 13 Supposed to be about 25th of the

above lots of oats No.# Bush. threshed 825 bushells No.# bushels fed in shelf? and spoiled by taking water in the stack estimated at 25 bushells

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12th April 1870 Sowed Chevalier Barley received

from Dept. of Ag. this spring Also Saxonian & Probestier Barley Harvested July 8th Sept. 20 1870 Experimental Wheat & c Lot 1 Sowed 30 quarts Tappahannock Wheat 7 Bush on the south side R.R. and North Harvested West corner of the cultivated part of the June 28 farm. Lot No. from west side Lot 2nd 32 quarts Sanzelle imported from France Harvested July 5th (9 bush.) Lot 3rd 30 quarts Red Bearded Sissette “ “ Harvested July 5th 8 bush “ 4 3 quarts Polish White (Odesse, Russia) Harvested July 5th 1 bush Oct 1st “ 5 64 quarts Lancaster bought in Chicago Harvested July 5 19 bush “ 6 8 qts. Imported Rye name unknown Failure “ 7 4 quarts Scotch Dun Winter Oats Failure

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Experiments of 1871 Mar 22 Sowed Italian Wheat as follows In field between R.R. & Slaughter house Lots numbered from the East side 18 3/60 bush Lot No 1 2 acre Sowed 4 bush. 28 qts

21 8/60” “ 2 “ “ “ 4 “ 24 5/60” “ “ 3 “ “ “ 3 “ 4 “

23 20/60 “ “ “ 4 “ “ “ 2 “ 27 ½” “ “ 5 “ “ “ 6” (Mar 22) Sowed west side of the road leading to “ R.R. Switch White Michigan (oats) 25 bush Lot(s) No. from the road west Harvested Lot 1 1 acre plowed last fall 14 in deep by subsoiling July 12 Corn raised on it-during the summer of 1870- cut up and removed Plowed quite late Sowed 1 ½ bus. to acre 24 Lot No. 2 1 Acre plowed in the fall (same Bush kind of ground) some 7 or 8 in deep—the Harvested same as good farmers usually plow July 12 Sowed 1 ½ bush White Michigan March 26 Lot No. 4 1 acre Italian plowed by subsoiling in the 18 bush, spring 14 in deep sowed 1 ½ bush. July 6 March 26 Lot N5 1 acre Italian plowed 8 in. in the spring 16 bush sowed 1 ½ bush all the ground in good order July 6 all of it—harrowed over before sown and twice after. Rolled all of it—a few days after sowing Apr. 4—5 Sowed oats west of road leading north from College as follows Lot #1 27 bushels Common commencing at the south side next to the Rye

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Lot No.2 5 ½ bushels supposed to be Surprise Lot 3 3 bush supposed to be Sommerset Lot 4 2 bushels Norway April 12 Sowed 3 oats bushels on prairie sod used for

slaughter west of switch-road. Plowed April 8th for experiment having heard that it would do well on such land. At fair yield better than could have been expected as it was impossible to plow the ground good.

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Experimental wheat Sept 7 Sowed (blank space)-- acres Fultz wheat on corn ground east of barn and next to north fence. (Two bushels) sent from Department of Agricultural D.C. Same day balance of field except a little strip next to the high board fence with Lancaster Red. The strip next to board fence and west of road leading to switch containing --- acres sowed with Polish white raised on the farm from seed sent from D.C. Believed to be not true to norm

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Experimental Wheat on part of the Coll. Garden ¼ acre in each of the following plots

Date of Description of Land and Seed Results Sowing West

2 bu. To the acre. Land clean 2 bu. To the acre. Land clean 2 bu. To the acre, 10 cords manure to the acre 1 bu. To the acre---land clean 1 bu. To the acre-Wheat washed in brine and dried in lime

1 ½ bu. To acre:--Land clean 1 ½ bu to acre. Wheat washed in brine and dried in lime 2 bu. To acre. Land fall plowed 2 ½ bu. To acre. Land fall plowed 2 bu. To acre. Land spring plowed

(Editor’s comment: No results or dates were recorded on this page)

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Experiments in feeding Cattle Weight of nine half blood steers

this 4th day of June 1873 Weight as follows No. 10 Half blood Short horn 588 15 “ “ “ 580 4 “ “ “ 510 7 “ “ Ayshire 506 17 “ “ Short horn 494* Commenced this day feeding the above 7 lbs. of corn meal per day Those below were turned out to grass without corn meal No. 16 Half blood Short horn 450 6 “ “ “ “ 584 1 “ “ “ “ 546 37 “ “ Devon 450 Fed on Meal Wt. wt. June 4 No. 10 588

18 580 4 510

7 506 17 595* Turned Out to Grass Wt. wt. June 4 No. 16 450 6 584 1 546 37 450 (Editor’s note: The above two tables “Fed on Meal” and “Turned out

to Grass” each had vertical column lines drawn in ink to create 6 columns. However, no entries were made other than to record the original weight on June 4, 1873. The weight of #17 differs in the bottom column but that is how it is recorded.)

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Experiments with Wheat 1874 Apr. 9 Sowed eight plats of ground containing 1/8 acre each with Michigan White. putting eight quarts of seed on each plat. The ground had been plowed in the fall previous and was in good condition. After being thoroughly harrowed, plat No. 1 was sowed with ½ bushel of lime No. 2 ½ “ “ salt “ 3 ¼ “ “ “ “ 4 ½ “ “ lime & ¼ “ “ salt “ 5 - - - “ 6, 3 “ “ ashes “ 7, - - - - - “ 8, - - - - - On No. 9 Early Mendota 3 qts. Unknown—New 1 p,t. “Premium”-- 3 qts No. 10 Polish Giant 8 qts. “ 11 Oran 6” qts.

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Barley 1874 No. 12 Chevalier 2 qts.

Desiduous 1 “ Probestier 4 “ “ 13? Probestier 8” After the applications were made the ground was rolled The spring was

favorable for the growth of the young plants, but the summer was ex- cessively dry, so that the crop was naturally shortened. the wheat upon which the applications were put, was harvested July 13” It was threshed from the shock with the following results. No. 1- ½ bush lime 169 ½ “ 2 ½ “ salt 170 ½ “ 3- ¼ “ “ “ 162 ¾ “ 4 ½” lime and ¼” salt 161 ¼ “ 5, 7 and 8 no applications 446 or 148 per lot “ 6-3 bush ashes 134 ¾ The early Mendota ripened about 10 days earlier than the other varieties and produced a nice plump, berry. Those are indications

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itable wheat to grow in this state. The Unknown proved to be almost, if not altogether identical with Michigan White. The Premium made a rank growth of straw, and produced heavy heads and plump kernels. It was slightly touched with rust while there was no sign of rust on the other varieties mentioned. It is worth further experiment. The Polish Giant had beautiful growth and the immense heads filled with beautiful long grains were an object of curiosity. It was very much too thin on the ground. This was occasioned by the large size of the grains. I think it should be sowed as thick as 3 ½ or 4 bushels to the acre. It yielded two bushels of grain. It is worthy of a thorough trial.

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The Oran was struck by the rust but produced a beautiful sample of wheat. Once acclimated, I believe it would yield a valuable crop.

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Experiments with Oats 1874 Apr. 16 Sowed four plats of oats, each containing ½ of an acre. Each plat receiving one bushel of seed. No. 1 Surprise No. 2 & 3 Probestier, No 4 Excelsior The soil was uniform Bottom land. Sandy loam—had been in cultivation two years. The experiment was designed to test the relative yield of the respective varieties 7? Sowed 1/16 of an acre with 6 qts of Hanghton

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Corn Crop 1874 Commenced planting May 8th. Planted about 7 Acres. The ground in good Condition and weather quite Warm.

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Index to Ledger Accounts Name Page Farm Buildings 288 “ Corn Field 289 “ Exports 290

“ Hay Field 291 “ Improvements 292 “ Oats Field 293 “ Products 294 “ Root Field 295 “ Stock 296 “ Teams 297 “ Tools 298

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1. Hordeum Distichum Amma (Barley two Rowed) 311-390* 2. Hordeum Distichum Amma “ “ 311-390* Hordeum Vulgare Amma Common Barley 311-390* Hordeum Nudum Naked Barley 311-390* *Editor’s note- referenced are pages 311 and 390

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Corn Fields Flax Russian 331 392 Flax Common 331 392 E

F G 1. Mammoth Clover 329 406 2. Common Clover 329 406 3. Trifolium Pratense 329 406 4. Trifolium Hybridum 329 406 5. Alsiki Clover 329 406 6. White Clover 329 406 7. Meadow Fescue 329 406 8. Fall Fescue 329 406 9. Sweet Vernal 329 406 10.Fiorin or Creeping Bent 329 406 11. Ky Blue Grass 329 406 12. Red Top 329 406 13. Pod Trivialis 329 406 14. Perennial Rye Grass 329 406 15. Meadow Fox Tail 329 406 16. Orchard Grass 329 406 17. Yellow Oat Grass 329 406 18. Timothy 329 406

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K L M White Chinese Millet 328 392 90 Yellow Millet 328 392 91 Fine Millet 328 392 92 Russian Millet 328 392 93 Pearl Millet 328 392 Mangle Wurzel

Nosbiton Giant 392 Mammoth Red 392

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Roots Field (note: line drawn through Roots Field) 1. Avena Sativa Common Oats 312 390 2. Avena Sativa “ “ 312 390 Surprise 313 390 Australian 313 390

Potatoes 27. Sebeck 317 402 1. Fox Eye 317 402 28. Missouri Round 317 402 2.British Queen 317 402 29. Massachusetts White 317 402 3. Bradford Seedling 317 402 30. Lincoln 317 402 4.Willard Seedling 317 402 31. Strawberry Bloom 317 402 5. Victor 317 402 32. Prairie Flower 317 402 6. Alaska 317 402 32 ¼. Strawberry 317 402 7. White Chief 317 402 32 ½. Brooks Seedling 317 402 8. Philbrick White 317 402 32 ¾. Victor 317 402 9.Duke of Cumberland 317 402 33. Bermuda 318 10. Indiana Russett 317 402 34. Sanfrancisco 318 11. Long Pond 317 402 36. Brezus No. 5 318 12. Prince Regent 317 402 35. Gray Russett 318 13. Winchell 317 402 37. Mercer Seedling 318 14. Ohio Stripe 317 402 38. Copper Color 318 15. Fancet 317 402 39. Iowa Seedling 318 16. White Peachblow 317 402 40. Hamburg 318 17. Robinson Seedling 317 402 41. Purple Eye 318 18. Morrison Seedling 317 402 42. Brownells Bread 318 19. Weeks Seedling 317 402 43. Advance 318 20. Pink Eye 317 402 44. Burligh 318 N 21. David Seedling 317 402 45. Late Rose 318 O 22. Wilson 317 402 46. Bread 318 P 23. Galva 317 402 47. Climax 318 24. Gleason 317 402 48. Oatka 318 25. Brownell Beauty 317 402 49. Brownells Eureka 318 26. Bruzus Prolific 317 402 50. Youngs Pinkeye 318

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Stock (Editor’s note: Potatoes) 51.Trophy 318 52.Manhattan 318 53.Bliss Triumph 318 54. Beauty of Hebran 318 55. Startler 318 56. Matchless 318 57. Silver Skin 318 58. Saranac 318 59. Mammoth 318 60. Suttons Magnum Bonum 318 61. Late Snow Flake 318 62. Pride of America 318 63. Impr. Peachblow 318 64. Superior 318 65. Mansfield 318 66. Hero 318 67. Charlotte 318 68. White Elephant 318 69. Dunmores Seedling 318 70. Burbanks Seedling 318

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1. Wheat White Russian 307 308 380 2. “ Sherman 307 380 3. “ Golden Globe or Redfern 307 380 4. “ Lost-Nation 307 308 380 5. “ Scotch Fife 307 380 6. “ Judkin 307 380 7. “ White Fife 307 380 8. “ China Tea 307 380 9. “ Touzelle 307 380 10. “ Brooks 307 380 11. “ Dominion 307 380 12. “ Egyptian 307 380 13. “ Golden Drop 307 308 380 14. “ Canada Club 307 380 15. “ China Spring 307 380 16. “ Saxon Fife 307 380 17. “ Australian Club 307 380 18. “ English Gem Imp. 309 380 19. “ White Michigan 310 20.” Doty 310 21. “ Odessa 310 22. “ Triticum Durum-Samara 310 382 23.” Triticum Durum-Samara 310 382 24. “ Triicum Durum-Samara 310 382 25. “ Triticum Durum-Samara 310 382 26. “ Triticum Durum-Saratov 310 382 27. “ Triticum Durum-Saratov 310 382 28. “ Triticum Vulgare Armua? Samara 310 382 29. “ Triticum Vulgare Ammura? Moscow 310 382 30. “ Triticum Vulgare Hibernum “ 310 382 “ Trititum Spelta 312-390 Mammoth 311 382

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Historical July 1880 The following were forwarded by Prof. Chas. Y. Lacy of the Minn State Exerimental Farm Minneapolis Amt. Bu Price

Wheat Sherman ¼ 60 Judkin ¼ 60 Golden Globe or Redfern ¼ 60 Lost Nation ¼ 60 Scotch Fife ¼ 60 White Fife ¼ 60 China Tea ¼ 60 Touzelle? ¼ 60 Brooks ¼ 60 Dominion Crop of 78 ¼ 60 Egyptian “ “ ¼ 60 Golden Drop “ “ ¼ 60 Canada Club “ “ ¼ 60 China Spring “ “ ¼ 60 Saxon Fife ¼ 60 White Russian ¼ 60 Australian Club 6 lbs. 25 _______ $9.85

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Historical Feby 1880 The following wheat was forwarded by Hon. A.S. Faille Mitchell Iowa BU White Russian 4 qts 40 Lost Nation ½- 50 Fife ½- 60 Sack 25 Feby 1880 wheat Bought of Thomas Wright Vinton Ia Bu Golden Drop 1- 1.50 (Editor’s note- a line was drawn completely through

Golden Drop but not the bu amount or price)

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Feb 1880 The English Gem wheat Improved was forwarded by H.N. Ostrander, Albert Lea, Minn Amt 1/2 Bu Express to Vinton 60 In 1868 Mr. Baker of Richland Minn. procured two bushels of the above wheat in Northern Wis In 1870 H.N. Ostrander bought 10 bu of him In 1873 he commenced to improve it by separating only the large and full kernels for seed In 1875 the yield for acre was 35 bu “ 1876 “ “ 18- Damaged by the Hessian Fly “ 1877 “ “ “ 40- “ 1878 “ “ “ Crop a faliure The above has always taken 1st prize at the Fairs

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Historical Feby 19 Wheat received of A. Scott, Kassuth, Iowa Amt. Price White Michigan 4.25 -- Doty 4.25 -- Odessa 4.25 -- Lost Nation Mixed by Sac Broken Express on above No. 1. Triticum Durum Hard Wheat grown at Samara Russia 2. Triticum Durum “ “ “ “ 3. Triticum Durum “ “ “ 4. Triticum Durum “ “ “ 5. Triticum Durum “ “ Saratov “ 6. Triticum Durum “ “ “ “ 7. Triticum Vulgare Amma Couwin?” “ Samara Russia 8. Triticum Vulgare Anna “ “ ? “ Moscow “ 9. Triticum Vulgare Hibernum winter” “ “ ‘ The above wheats were imported by the College direct from the Agricultural College Moscow, Russia March. 1880 About 4 qts. of seed were sent in each package

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Historical 1. Hordeum Distichum Anna? Two Bowed Barley 2. Hordeum distichum Anna ?Two Bowed Barley 3. Hordeum Vulgare Common Barley 4. Hordeum Nudum Naked Barley The above were imported by the College direct from the Agricultural College at Moscow Russia Mch. 1880 and were grown at Moscow. About 4 quarts of seed were sent in each package Wheats obtained spring of 1880 The Mammoth Spring wheat obtained of Clute German Fife “ “ “ Arnemtka “ “ “ California White “ “ “ Defiance Obtained by H.C. Wheeler Odebolt

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Historical 1. Avena Sativa Common Oats Grown at Moscow Russia 2. Avena Sativa “ “ “ The above were imported by the College direct— from Russia, Mch. 1880 They were forwarded by the Agricultural College Moscow 4 qts each Triticum Spelta-Spelt-Wheat Imported by the Ag College from Russia March, 1880. Spelt wheat is a dwarf variety that will thrive on very poor soil

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Surprise Oats Australian Oats Above sent by Mr. Clute, Manchester

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Historical Buckwheat Silver Hull sent by Dorr Buckwheat Chinese Imported from Peking 1880 Buckwheat Russian “ Russia 1880

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Historical Potatoes The following potatoes were obtained of Prof. Budd He had Experimented upon these two years 1. Fox Eye 2. British Queen 3. Bradford Seedling 4. Willard Seedling 5. Victor 6. Alaska 7. White Chief 8. Philbrick White 9. Duke of Cumberland 10. Indiana Russett 11. Long Pond 12. Prince Regent 13. Winchell Good stock potato 14. Ohio stripe 15. Fancet Good stock potato 16. White Peachblow 17. Robinson Seedling 18. Morison Seedling 19. Weeks Seedling 20. Pink Eye 21. Davis Seedling 22. Wilson 23. Galva 24. Gleason 25. Brownells Beauty 26. Brizus Prolific 27. Seber 28. Missouri Round 29. Massachusetts 30. Lincoln 31. Strawberry Bloom 32. Prairie Flower 32 ¼. Strawberry 20 bu on hand 32 ½ Brooks Seedling 18 bu bought of E. Snow Grinnell 32 ¾. Victor 10 bu “ “ C.W. Door Des Moines

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Historical Potatoes 33. Bermuda Budd 34. San Francisco “ 35. Gray Russett “ 36. Brizers Prolific No. 5 “ 37. Mercers Seedling “ 38. Copper Color “ 39. Iowa Seedling “ 40. Hamburg “ 41. Purple Eye “ 42. Brownells Bread “ 43. Advance “ 44. Burleigh “ 45. Late Rose 46. Bread 47. Climax 48. Oatka 49. Brownells Eureka 50. Youngs Pinkeye 51. Trophy Obtained of Bliss & Son 52. Manhattan “ 53. Bliss Triumph “ 54. Beauty of Hebron “ 55. Startler “ 56. Matchless “ 57. Silver Skin “ 58. Sarunac “ 59. Mammoth “ 60. Suttons Magnum Bonum “ 61. Late Snow Flake “ 62. Pride of America “ 63. Improved Peachblow “ 64. Superior “ 65. Mansfield “ 66. Hero “ 67. Charlotte “ 68. White Elephant 69. Dunmores Seedling Patent Office 70. Burbanks Seedling “ “

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Historical Corn 1880 Yellow corn-May 6th-one field planted East of

potatoes. The seed was 3 varieties mixed 1 Craigs flint grown on College farm 2 Craigs Impr Yellow Flint-from Dorr 3 Floods Yellow Dent White Corn planted May 11 1880 4 Varieties Mixed 1 White corn from James Rice Benton Co. 2 Pride of Iowa 3 Missouri White 4 Long John Blounts Prolific planted May 13th 1880 purchased of Dorr (Des Moines-Editor’s note) planted South of grass plats Cusco Corn planted May 15 1880 Immense Yellow Kernels only 4 Kernels planted between 1 & 2 Exp. Wheat

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Sorghum Historical Hallack From Mo Planted May 12 1880 Orange “ “ “ Honduras “ “ “ Early Amber Des Moines “ Early Amber Mo

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Historical Millet 89 White Chinese Millet 90 Yellow Millet 91 Fine Millet The above were received direct from China by Express May 13 1880 forwarded by Minister Seward U.S. 92 Russian Yellow Millet Sent from Moscow Ag-College 1880 93 Pearl or Cathail Millet A small paper?portion sent by C.W. Dorr Des Moines and sown in garden broadcast-- drill ran over it

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Historical Grasses 1 Mammoth Clover Dorr 2 Common Clover “

3 Trifolium Pratense Common clover Imported from Moscow 1880 4 Trifolium Hybridum Adsika (Dorr) 5 Alaska Clover From Dorr 6 White Clover “ 7 Meadow Fescue “ 8 Fall Fescue “ 9 Sweet Vernal “ 10 Fiorin or Creeping Bent “ 11 Ky Blue Grass “ 12 Red Top “ 13 Pod Triviulis “ 14 Perennial Rye Grass “ 15 Meadow Fox tail “ 16 Orchard Grass “ 17 Yellow Oat Grass “ 18 Timothy “ 19 Phlium Pratense Timothy from Russia 1880 93 Alfalfa (Editor’s note-93 is directly below 19-why it was numbered this way may be just an

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Pages 380 and 381 Experimental 1880 Test of VarietiesPlat for No. 1 Wheat

No.in Sub Rods Amt Date of Depth of How put time till When Yield per Weight Weight per Smooth plat Nos Variety of land Of Seed sowing sowing in till up cut lbs. acre of straw bushel or round

0.9 1 White Russian Minn 23 1/3 7qts-1 1/2pts Mrch 24 2" Drill 51 Smooth 0.11 2 Sherman 18 1/3 7qts- 1 1/2 " 24 2" Drill 58 round early0.16 3 Judkin 26 1/6 7 " 25 92 1/2 Smooth 0.12 4 Golden Globe or Redfern 27 1/3 7-1 1/2 " 24 2" Drill 40 1/2 Round0.13 5 Lost Nation 26 1/6 7-1 1/4 " 24 2 " Drill 103 10-29 1/2 Smooth 0.14 6 Scotch Fife 26 1/6 7-1 1/4 " 24 2" Drill 91 "0.15 7 White Fife 26 1/6 7-1 1/4 " 24 2" Drill 86 "0.17 8 China Tea 26 1/6 7(qts) 25 109 Round0.18 9 Touzelle 26 1/6 7 (qts) 25 110 1/2 round early0.19 10 Brooks 26 1/6 7 (qts) 25 Smooth 0.2 11 Dominion 19 9/10 7 (qt.) 25 51 1/4 Smooth

0.21 12 Egyptian 19 9/10 7 (qts) 25 61 1/2 round0.22 13 Golden Drop Minn 19 8/9 7 (qts) 25 40 1/4 Smooth 0.27 14 Golden Drop Vinton 99 2/3 32 (qts) 25 38 1/2 Bearded0.23 15 Canada Club 19 9/10 7 (qts) 25 Smooth 0.24 16 China Spring 19 9/10 25 "0.25 17 Saxon Fife 19 9/10 25 "0.26 18 Australian Club 6 1/6 25 Round0.28 19 English gem Imp 85 5/11 7qts-1 1/4pts Mrch 26 2" 1/2- 6";1/2-12" Smooth

0.1 20 White Russian Faville 1qt--1 1/2 24 6" "0.2 21 White Michigan 6 2/3 4---1 1/4 26 6" Round0.3 22 Doty 12 1/3 2--1 1/4 26 46 "

0.31 23 Odessa 12 1/3 4---1 1/4 26 30 Smooth

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Experimental Plat No. 1 Varieties of Wheat 1880

Amt of amt SmoothNo in Sub Amt Date of Debth of How Time Lbs. When Yield wheat per straw orPlat Nos Land of Seed Sowing Sowing put in till up Cut per acre acre per acre Round?

18800.1 1 Triticum Durum Samara 1 1/4 Hand Mch 23 1" 10"hand drill 6 1/2 12bu-16lbs Round0.2 2 Triticum Durum Samara 1 9/11 " " " 1" 10"apart" 9 1/2 13bu-12lbs Round0.3 3 Triticum Durum Samara 32/33 " " 24 2" 10"apart 4 3/4 13bu-23 1/2lbs Round0.4 4 Triticum Durum Samara 1 1/2 " " 24 2" 10"apart 6 1/2 10bu-23lbs "0.5 5 Triticum Durum Saratov 7 1/2 " " 24 2" 10"apart 46 16bu-21lbs "0.6 6 Triticum Durum Saratov 10 1/2 1 bu per acre " 24 2" 12"apart 12 1/3 3-10 1/2 "

machine0.7 7 Triticum Vulgare Anna Samara 2 10/11 Hand " 24 2" 10"apart 7 3/4 7bu-6 1/4lbs "0.8 8 Triticum Vulgare Anna Moscow 19 9/10 1 bu per acre " 24 2" 6"apart 41 1/2 5bu-33lbs "

9 Triticum Vulgare Hibernum Moscow machine

North of Potatoes0.45 1 Mammoth 2 2/3 Apl 130.46 2 German Fife 2 2/3 "0.47 3 Arnantka 8 1/2 " 74 23bu-18 1/2 lbs round0.48 4 Cal White 7 3/4 "0.49 5 Defiance N. End Wheeler "

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Pages 390-391 1880Experimental plat No 5 Oats, Barley Wheat Test of Varieties

No of plat Amt of Seed Amt of Date of Depth of How putLand Sown Seed per Sowing Sowing in

acre

25 Mrch37 1 Avena Sativa 4 1 1/4 26 2"38 2 Avena Sativa 4 1 1/4 26 2"52 Surprise 13-Apr53 Australian " "

32 1 Hordeum Distichum Annua 4 1 1/4 26 2"33 2 Hordeum Distichum Annua 4 1 1/4 26 2"34 3 Hordeum Vulgare Annua 4 1 1/4 26 2"35 4 Hordeum Nudum 4 1 1/4 26 2"50 Brewers Delight 2 1/2 Apr.13 "51 Mansury 2 1/2 " "

36 Triticum Spelta (spelt-wheat) 4 1 1/4 26 2"

39 Pisum Sativum Mrch.3140 Pisum Sativum "3141 Southern Cow Pea "42 Black Marrow "43 Field Pea "44 Beggan Tice? "

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planting inMay

73 Vetch Russian 10 Broadcast74 Lentil" 10 "75 Hemp 10 "76 Flax Russian 10 "77 Flax Common 10 "

May89 White Chinese Millet 13 Broadcast90 Yellow Chinese Millet 14 "91 Fine 14 "92 Yellow Russian Millet 15 Drill93 PearlPear 1515 BroadcastBroadcast

Common Millet About 3 tons Thin yielded In drills 1 foot apart product ground Aug 13 & 14May Choice Hay per as high as 8 tons Hay 16 tons 1250 lbs. Per acre Dry 8 tons 640 lbs

Noobiton Giant Mangl 12 CoveredMammoth Red " 12 with hoe

May Hand planting1 Hamack 12 Covered2 Orange " 12 "3 Honduras "12 "4 Early Amber Des M 12 "5 Early Amber Mo 12 "

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Yellow corn 6-May Planter About 1/2 of this was thinned to 3 stalks-yield 73 bu per acreWhite corn 11-May PlanterDrilled Sweet Corn 18 1/4 tons ground foader Aug 7th 1880

Blounts Prolific 13-May PlanterCusco Corn 15 Hand Hoed up by a student through mistake

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Weight-including grass-of wheat stubble after harvest Buckwheat stuble in bloom Ready to Plow under

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Lbs.per acre July 19th 1880 11230 5 1/6 (Note: the 0 has a line through it) July 19th 1880 23041 ¼ (Note: the 0 has a line drawn through it) Pages 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401 are blank

Pages 402 and 403 Potatoes Test of Varieties PotatoesGeneral

Amt. Of No.Seed Pieces Pieces Distance When Vigor Bugs Ratio When DescriptionPlanted Date cut Dropped in row up of top of yield Ripe of potato Color

1 Fox Eye 15-Apr 4 2 2ft good2 British Queen 15th 4 2 2 splendid3 Bradford Seedling 15th 4 2 24 Willard Seedling 15th 4 2 25 Victor 15th 4 2 2 good6 Alaska 15th 4 2 2 good7 White Chief 16 4 2 2 good8 Philbrick 16 4 2 29 Duke of Cumberland 16 4 2 2 good

10 Indiana Russet 16 4 2 2 good11 Long Pond 17 4 2 2 good12 Prince Regent 17 4 2 213 Winchell 2 Stock potato long red14 Ohio Stripe 17 4 2 215 Fancet 17 4 2 216 White Peachblow 17 4 2 217 Robinson Seedling 17 4 2 218 Morrison Seedling 17 4 2 219 Weeks Seedling 17 4 2 220 Pink Eye 17 4 2 221 Davis Seedling 17 4 2 222 Wilson 17 4 2 223 Galva 17 4 2 224 Gleason 17 4 2 225 Brownell Beauty 17 4 2 226 Brizus prolific 1727 Lebec 1728 Missouri Round 17 good white round29 Massachusets White 1730 Lincoln 1731 Strawberry Bloom 1732 Prairie Flower 17

32 1/4 Strawberry 20bu 10th 2 & 3 2 18in32 1/2 Brooks Seedling 18bu 12th 2 & 4 2 18in32 3/4 Victor 10bu 13th 4 2 18in

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33 Bermuda Apl 2234 San Francisco "35 Gray Russett "36 Brizus No 5 "37 Mercers Seedling "38 Copper Color "39 Iowa Seedling "40 Hamburg "41 Purple Eye "42 Brownells Bread "43 Advance "44 Burleigh "45 Late Rose "46 Bread "47 Climax "48 Oatka "49 Brownells eureka "50 Young Pinkeye "51 Trophy 27"52 Manhattan "53 Bliss Triumph "54 Beauty of Hebron "55 Startler "56 Matchless "57 Silver Skin "58 Saranac "59 Mammoth "60 Suttons Magnum Boum? "61 Late Snow Flake 2862 Pride of America "63 Impr. Peach Blow "64 Superior "65 Mansfield "66 Hero "67 Charlotte "68 White Elephant "69 Dummores Seedling "70 Burbanks Seedling "

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Page 406Grasses

-18801 Mammoth Clover Apl 282 Common Red " "3 Trifolium Pratense "4 Trifolium Hybridum "5 Alsiki Clover "6 White Clover "7 Meadow Fescue "8 Fall (Tall?)Fescue "9 Sweet Vernal "

10 Fiorin or Creeping Bent "11 Ky Blue Grass "12 Red Top "13 Pod Trivialis "14 Perennial Rye Grass "15 Meadow Foxtail "16 Orchard Grass "17 Yellow Oat Grass "18 Timothy "19 Philum Pratense "20 Alfalfa 15-May

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APage 408 Experiments with Potatoes 1881 Page 409List of Varieties Date Cut lengh- Drilled Depth When When mt. Of land Whole No. bu's No.bu's Field Average No.Planted Spring 81 of plant- wise into 1 piece Inches in mat- in decimals No. potatoes small Notes size of stalks

ing 4 pieces every ft. bloom ure of an acre Bu's per acre potatoes Page leaf in hillNo. May 16 inches 4 June .0404/.202+ inches70 Fox Eye 7 " " " 8-Jul .0404/.202+ 0.353 9 No.3 414 1 1/2x3/4 few71 British Queen 7 " " " 16 .0404/.202+ 4.918 120 No.1extra 414 1 1/2x3/4 "72 Bradford Seedling 7 " " " 4-Jul .0404/.202+ 4.395 107 No.3 414 2x 1 1/4 Medium73 Willard Seedling 7 " " " 30-Jun .0404/.202+ 3.125 76 No.4 414 1 1/2 x1 "74 Victor 7 " " " " " .0404/.202+ 2.757 67 1/4 No.1 414 1 1/2 x3/4 Few75 Alaska 7 " " " 16-Jul .0404/.202+ 3.831 93 1/2 No.1extra 414 2 x 1 1/4 thick76 White Chief 7 " " " 21 .0404/.202+ 0.445 10 3/4 No.2 414 2 x 1 1/4 Medium77 Philbric White 7 " " " 16 .0404/.202+ 1.116 27 1/4 No.2 414 2 x 1 1/4 "78 Duke of Cumberland 7 " " " 30-Jun .0404/.202+ 5.99 146 No.1 414 1 4/4 x 3/4 "79 Indiana Russet 7 " " " 16-Jul .0404/.202+ 3.389 82 1/2 No.1extra 414 2 1/4 x1 1/4 thick80 Long pond? 7 " " " 17 .0404/.202 5.523 134 3/4 No.3 414 1 1/4 x 3/4 "81 Prince Regent 7 " " " 4-Jul .0404/.202 2.051 50 No.3 415 1 1/2 x 1 "82 Winchell 7 " " " 30 .0404/.202 2.193 53 1/2 No.4 415 1 1/2 x 1 "83 Ohio Stripe 7 " " " 30-Jun .0404/.202 7.325 178 1/2 No.3 415 2 x 1 1/4 Medium84 Faucet 7 " " " 20-Jul .0404/.202 1.465 35 3/4 No.2 415 1 1/4 x 3/4 Few85 White Peach Blow Seedling 7 " " " 30-Jun .0404/.202 4.853 119 No.2 415 2 x 1 1/4 Medium86 Robinson's Seedling 7 " " " 16-Jun .0404/.202 3.646 89 No.1 415 1 3/4 x 1 "87 Morrison's Seedling 7 " " " 30-Jun .0404/.202 3.344 81 1/2 No.1 415 2 x 1 1/4 thick88 Weeks 7 " " " 16-Jul .0404/.202 2.704 66 No.3 415 2 x 1 1/4 "89 Pink Eye 7 " " " 27 .0404/.202 2.734 66 1/2 No.2 415 2 x 1 1/4 Medium90 Davis' Seedling 7 " " " 27 .0404/.202 2.197 53 1/2 No.1 415 1 1/2 x 1 thick91 Wilson 7 " " " 20 .0404/.202 3.662 89 1/4 No.3 415 1 1/2 x 3/4 "92 Galva? 7 " " " 17 .0404/.202 3.19 77 3/4 No.1 extra 415 1 1/4 x 3/4 Medium93 Gleason 10 " " " 30-Jun .0404/.202 1.709 41 3/4 No.3 415 1 1/2 x 3/4 few94 Brownell's Beauty 10 " " " " .0404/.202 1.709 41 3/4 No.3 415 1 1/4 x 3/4 "95 Breeze's Prolific 10 " " " 27-Jun .0404/.202 3.906 95 1/4 No.3 416 1 1/2 x 1 Medium96 Seebeck 10 " " " 30-Jun .0404/.202 5.616 137 No.4 416 1 1/2 x 1 "97 Mo. Round 10 " " " " .0404/.202 7.293 178 No.4 416 1 1/2 x 3/4 few98 Massachusetts 10 " " " 21-Jun .0404/.202 6.153 140 No.2 416 2 x 1 1/4 Medium99 Lincoln 10 " " " 30 .0404/.202 lost? 0 0 416 1 3/4 x 3/4 "100 Strawberry Bloom 10 " " " 5-Jul 0.0202 1.234 61 1/4 No.3 416 2 x 1 1/4 thick101 Prairie Flower 10 " " " 17 0.0202 3.418 121 No.2 416 2 2 1 "102 Bermuda 10 " " " 19 0.0404 4.883 119 No.1 Extra 416 2 x 1 1/4 few

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Varieties f plant- length- piece Depth in When land in Whole No. bu's small Field Average No.Planted ing wise into every foot Inches bloom mature decimals No. potatoes potatoes Notes size of stalks

Spring ' 81 4 pieces of an acre Bu's per acre quality* Page leaf in hill10 May 16inches 4" June 416

103 Sanfrancisco 10 x x x 4-Jul 0.0066 0.286 45 No.1 416 1 1/2 x 3/4 few104 Gray Russet 10 " " " " 416105 Breezes No.5 10 " " " " 416106 Mercer's Seedling 10 " " " 30 0.0066 0.644 107 No.1 416 1 1/2 x 1 few107 Copper Color 10 " " " 30 0.0066 0.502 83 3/4 No.4 416 1 1/2 x 1 medium108 Iowa Seedling 10 " " " 30 0.005 0.07 14 No.4 416 1 1/4 x 3/4 few109 Hamburg 10 " " " 20 0.015 1.234 82 No.1 416 1 1/2 x 1 medium110 Purple Eye 10 " " " 30 0.0202 0.616 31 No.1extra 416 1 1/2 x 1 "111 Brownell's Bread 10 " " " 4-Jul 0.0202 0.937 46 3/4 No.3 417 1 1/2 x 3/4 few112 Advance 10 " " " 20 0.0202 2.245 112 3/4 No.1extra 417 1 1/4 x 3/4 Medium113 Burleigh 10 " " " 30 0.0101 0.182 18 No.2 417 1 1/4 x 1 "115 Bread 10 " " " 30 0.0101 0.571 57 No.2 417 1 1/4 x 1 Few116 Climax 10 " " " 27 0.0202 2.224 111 1/4 No.1 417 1 1/2 x 1 thick118 Brownell's Eureka 10 " " " 17 0.0404 3.945 96 No.1extra 417 1 1/2 x 3/4 Medium119 Young's Pink Eye 10 " " " 17 0.0404 6.104 148 No.1 417 1 3/4 x 1 "120 Trophy 10 " " " 9-Jul 0.0404 5.023 122 3/4 No.3 417 1 1/4 x 3/4 "121 Manhattan 12 " " " 30-Jul 0.0202 3.418 171 No.1 417 1 3/4 x 1 thick122 Bliss' Triumph 12 " " " 30 0.0808 4.639 57 No.4 417 1 3/4 x 1 "123 Beauty of Hebron 12 " " " 17 0.1414 32.347 224 1/2 No.1extra 417 2 x 1 1/4 "124 Startler 12 " " " 17 0.0404 6.333 154 1/2 No.1 417 1 3/4 x 1 Medium125 Matchless 12 " " " 8-Jul 0.0404 6.627 161 3/4 No.2 418 1 1/2 x 3/4 "126 Silver Skin 12 " " " 2-Jul 0.0808 8.215 101 1/2 No.2 418 1 1/4 x 3/4 "127 Saranac 12 " " " 2-Jul 0.0202 2.652 132 1/2 No.1 418 1 1/4 x 1 thick128 Mammoth 12 " " " 9-Jul 0.1818 40 227 No.1extra 418 2 x 1 1/4 "129 Sutton's magnum bonum? 12 " " " 4-Jul 0.1414 15.467 110 1/2 No.2 418 1 1/2 x 1 Medium130 Late Snow flake 12 " " " 30 0.1212 14.255 116 No.2 418 1 1/2 x 3/4 "131 Pride of America 12 " " " 30 0.0606 9.5 156 No.1 418 1 1/2 x 1 "132 Improved Peach Blow 12 " " " 8-Jul 0.0404 1.116 25 1/3 No.3 418 1 1/4 x 3/4 "133 Superior 12 " " " 30 0.101 9.055 102 1/2 No.3 418 1 1/4 x 3/4 few134 Mansfield 12 " " " 9-Jul 0.1212 16 130 No.3 418 2 x 1 Medium135 Hero 12 " " " 2-Jul 0.0808 7.855 97 No.1 418 1 1/2 x 1 "136 Charlotte 12 " " " 8-Jul 0.1212 22.802 170 No.1extra 418 1 1/2 x 3/4 "138 Dummore's Seedling 12 " " " 30 0.0606 14.476 241 No.1extra 418 2 x 1 "

*a line was drawn through No. bu's small potatoes and the wordquality added

Experiments with Potatoes 1881 page413List of Date of Cut Drilled-1 When Amt. Of No.bu's

Varieties of plant- length- piece Depth in land in Whole No. bu's small Field Average No.Planted ing wise into every foot Inches bloom decimals No. potatoes potatoes Notes size of stalks

Spring ' 81 4 pieces of an acre Bu's per acre quality* Page leaf in hillMay 16 inches 4 June

140 Crawford Seedling 12 x x x 20 0.0202 4.825 241 1/2 No.1 extra 418 1 3/4 x 1 Thick141 Peerless 12 x x x 8-Jul 0.0404 10.734 237 No.2 418 1 1/4 x 3/4 "142 Early Snow Flake 12 x x x 4-Jul 0.0808 10.375 128 No.1 extra 418 1 1/2 x 1 Medium143 Grinnell's Seedling 12 x x x 17 0.0808 9.255 114 No.1 418 1 1/2 x 3/4 Few144 Early York 12 x x x 17 0.0606 2.956 49 No.3 418 1 1/2 x 1 Medium

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Page 414 1881 Field Notes on Potatoes 70 All the potatoes planted the 7-10-11-are coming May25th up so that the rows can be distinctly seen in the 1st planted—They were harrowed several (3) times before they came up and the ground is perfectly clean and mellow— June 4 No.70 The top does not look very vigorous and some “ “ hills are scarcely through the ground. Color dark “ “ 71 Looks fair, even-good leaves-light color 7-9In high “ “ 72 “ “ Dark color (6-8) “ “ 73 “ “ “ “ “ “ 74 Is not so strong-rather uneven Dark Color (6-8) “ “ 75 Very rigorous About 8-10 inches high “ “ And has a slight pea green color “ “ 76 Good even—Dark Color 7-9 “ “ “ 77 “ “ “ “ “ “ 78 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 79 Very rigorous 8-10 inches high slight green color “ “ 80 Good Vigorous 8-10 “ Darker color

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1881 Field Notes Potatoes Page 415 June 4 No. 81 Vigorous-even-8-10 inches high Dark color “ “ “ 82 “ ‘ “ “ “ “ “83 “ “ “ “ “ “ “84 Not so strong-uneven-rusty (3-9) “ “ “ “ “85 Is fair-healthy & vigorous 6-8 inches high Dark color “ “ “86 “ “ “ “ “ “87 Very vigorous 8-10” “ Slight color “ “ “88 “ “ “ “ “ “ “89 “ “ “ “ “ “ “90 “ “ “ “ “ “ “91 “ “ “ “ Dark color “ “ “92 Fair 6-8 inches high Lighter “ “ “ “93 Is not very vigorous (3-5) Light color “ “ “94 “ “ “ “

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1881 Field Notes—Potatoes June 4 No.95 Good vigorous-healthy. Light color (7-9) “ “ “ 96 “ “ “ “ “ “ “97 Fair Strong Dark “ “ “ “ “98 Good “ “ Light “ “ “ “ “99 Good “ “ Light “ “ “ “ “100 Top heavy-strong-leaves good “ “ “ “ “ “101 “ “ “ Dark “ “ “ “ “102” Fair “ Light “ “ “ “ “103 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “106 “ “ “ “ “ “ “108 Not very vigorous “ crinkled “ “ (2-5) “ “ “109 Vigorous “ (7-9) “ “ “110 Fair-healthy “ “ Dark “ “

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1881 Field Notes Potatoes June 4 No. 111 Is not as strong as some Dark green color (6-8) “ “ “ 112 Fair 6-8 Inches high Dark “ “ “ “ “ 113 “ “ “ “ “ “ 115 Weak 2-6” “ “ “ “ “ 116 Good 7-10 “ “ “ “ “ “ 118 Medium strength leaves good Light “ (7-9) “ “ “ 119 “ “ “ Darker “ “ “ “ “ 120 “ “ Light “ “ “ “ “ 121 Excellent “ Dark “ (8-10) “ “ “ 122 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 123 Vigorous-large-strong-healthy (8-10) “ “ “ “ “ 124 Good “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ (Note the last 4 entries are blank except for the “ “ in the date column)

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1881 Field Notes Potatoes June 4 125 Top about 5-7 inches high-healthy-Light green “ “ 126 “ “ 6-8 “ Fair “ “ “ 127 Good “ 8-9 “ Strong “ “ “ 128 Very vigorous 8-10 “ Healthy “ “ “ “ 129 Fair 6-8 “ “ Darker “ “ “ 130 “ “ Light “ “ “ 131 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 132 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 133 Not very superior except in name 3-6” “ “ “ “ 134 Fair leaves fresh-healthy 6-8” “ “ “ 135 “ “ “ “ “ “ 136 Good “ “ 8-9” “ “ “ 138 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 140 “ “ “ “ “ “ “ 141 “ “ “ “ “ “ 142 “ “ “ “ “ “ 143 Rather poor-not strong grower 3-6” Darker “ “ “ 144 Fair—healthy 6-8 “ Dark green “ All the potatoes were cultivated June 1st & 2nd with a walking cultivator

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1881 Experiments with milk 1882 Page 420Month Day Morning Temp- Specific Percentage Specific Churning Breed Age of Feed

of or eratur Gravity of Gravity of Data of cows ofMonth Evening Cream Skimmed Concerning Cow cows

milk the same Holstein 21881-Dec 16 Evening 8 1/22 Dec. 23 churned " " Unthreshed oats" 17 Morning 11 1/4 cream from #260 " " chopped--4qts of

19 Evening 9 1/11 Milk obtained 8# " " corn meal and" 20 Morning 9 1/5 Butter Making 1# " " bran mixed. Daily" 22 " 9 1/11 " to every 32 1/2 #milk " " light feed of hay.Salt" " Evening 10 Butter came in " " twice each week and

45 minutes.Temp. of occasionallycream 66 oil meal40 revolutionsper minute

1882-June 22 Evening 16 2/3 115 Holstein 2 Same as above with" 23 Morning 70 104 14 115 " " the addition of 4 qt." " Evening 70 103 18 1/2 118 " " meal and bran" 24 Morning 70 105 13 1/2 120 " " making 8 qt.. Daily" " Evening and a feed of" 25 Morning 70 103 12 1/2 120 " " sweetcorn" " Evening 78 98 13 1/6 120 " "" 26 Morning 70 102 14 1/2 115 " "" " Evening 70 102 15 120 " "" 27 Morning 70 104 15 1/3 122 " "" " Evening" 28 Morning 60 110 11 1/3 119 " "" " Evening 70 104 11 1/3 122 " "" 29 Morning 70 105 12 1/2 122 " "" " Evening 70 100 17 1/2 120 " "" 30 Morning 70 102 14 118 " "" " Evening 70 100 15 5/9 119 " "" 31 Morning 70 104 17 118 " "" " Evening 70 96 15 1/3 118 " "

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1881 Experiments with milk 1882 Page 421Month Day Morning Temp- Specific Percent- Specific Churning Breed Age of Feed

of or erature Gravity age of Gravity Data of cows ofMonth Evening Cream of Skim- Concerning Cows cows

med milk the sameDec. 16 Even 16 1/4 23-Dec Grade from Unthreshed oats" 17 Morn 13 2/3 churned cream Shorthorns 2 to chopped. 4 qt. Of" 19 Even 13 3/4 from 260 #milk and 8 years meal and bran" 20 Morn 13 Butter making Natives " mixed. Daily" 22 " 14 1# to every " " light feed of" " Even 13 18 4/7 # of milk " . hay and sweet

Butter came corn fed fromin 50 minutes. shock. SaltTempr. Of cream twice each66 degrees week. Oil meal40 revolutions occasionally

1882 per minuteJan 22 Evening 25 1/3 120 Grade From

23 Morning 70 102 25 122 Shorthorns 2 to" Evening 70 100 14 1/10 124 and 8

24 Morning 70 104 15 1/12 128 Natives years" Evening 70 97 17 1/3 122 " "

25 Morning 70 95 12 1/2 123 " "" Evening 78 94 16 2/3 122 " "

26 Morning 70 102 11 1/9 122 " "" Evening 70 96 15 5/9 124 " "

27 Morning 70 97 15 1/3 124 " "" Evening 70 96 19 122 " "

28 Morning 60 106 13 1/6 125 " "" Evening 70 100 15 10/11 125 " "

29 Morning 70 102 13 2/3 124 " "" Evening 70 99 21 123 " "

30 Morning 70 104 13 1/6 124 " "" Evening 70 95 17 122 " "

31 Morning 70 97 14 124 " "" Evening 70 95 17 1/3 120 " "

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of or erature Gravity of Gravity of Data of cows ofMonth Evening Cream Skimmed Concern- Cows cows

1882 Milk ing sameFeb 1 Morning 70 104 15 1/3 118 Holstein 2" 1 Evening 70 95 15 1/2 115 " "" 2 Morning 70 105 22 3/4 114 " "" 2 Evening 70 99 19 1/2 116 " "" 3 Morning 70 104 19 1/2 118 " "" 3 Evening 70 95 18 3/4 118 " "" 4 Morning 70 102 29 1/4 118 " "" 4 Evening 69 96 17 1/2 120 " "" 5 Morning 62 106 19 1/2 118 " "" 5 Evening 72 96 11 1/9 116 " "" 6 Morning 62 103 15 116 " "" 6 Evening 78 92 11 1/9 116 " "" 7 Morning 68 104 12 1/6 116 " "" 7 Evening 64 100 13 3/4 116 " "" 8 Morning 55 104 11 1/3 116 " "" 8 Evening 62 95 11 1/9 111 " "" 9 Morning 64 104 10 114 " "" 9 Evening 72 90 11 1/9 110 " "" 10 Morning 62 100 11 1/9 110 " "" 10 Evening 72 92 13 3/4 110 " "" 11 Morning 72 97 10 1/2 112 " "" 11 Evening 72 92 9 1/11 110 " "" 12 Morning 66 100 10 4/5 112 " "" 12 Evening 70 92 11 1/9 112 " "" 13 Morning 64 100 12 1/2 114 " "" 13 Evening 70 94 11 1/9 112 " "" 14 Morning 66 100 11 1/4 110 " "" 14 Evening 78 95 11 1/9 112 " "" 15 Morning 66 100 10 1/2 110 " "" 15 Evening 80 92 13 6/7 114 " "" 16 Morning 70 100 11 112 " "" 16 Evening 68 96 11 1/9 110 " "

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Month Day of " Morning Temp- Specific Percertage Specific Churning Breed Age Feedor erature Gravity of Gravity Data of of ofEvening Cream of ConcerningCow Cow cow

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Appendix I College Farm Journal 1866-1882 1169064; C CA 16 b Transcribed and edited by Mary E. Atherly 2002-2003 The Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm became a reality in 1859 when the college Board of Trustees purchased 640 acres of farmland in Story County. The first buildings were the barn and farm house. In 1861 the Trustees rented the farm to a local farmer William Fitchpatrick who broke some of the prairie sod, planted crops and attended the farm animals. He signed a two-year contract. When Fitchpatrick left the farm in 1863 it went unattended for some months until A.J. Graves took over as Farm Manager in 1864. In addition to Graves, the Board of Trustees appointed a farm Superintendent, then Peter Melendy, to oversaw all the activities on the farm. All this was done in anticipation of opening the college to students that officially took place in March 1869. In the spring of 1866, the Board of Trustees of the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm (now Iowa State University) passed a motion requiring the newly appointed farm Superintendent Moses W. Robinson to keep a daily log of farm activities. On July 11, 1866 Robinson began the college farm journal, which would be continued on a daily basis through March 17, 1870. After March 17, 1870 only records on experiments done on the farm are detailed. The record finally ends in 1882. By that time the college was thirteen years old and presumably a much more sophisticated system of keeping records prevailed. Each year the superintendent of the college farm presented an annual report to the Board of Trustees on the farm’s activities. These reports can be found in the Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees, a copy of which is located in the Iowa State University Library, Special Collections Department. This journal begins in 1866 and is the original record of the farm activities. It also includes mention of work done on the college roads and the college building. It broadens the scope of the annual reports. What makes this journal so unique is the way personal details of life on the farm were incorporated into the daily farm records. Robinson’s reports were short and to the point usually including a general description of the weather, who worked during the day and what work was accomplished. However, Hugh M. Thomson, who was Superintendent from 1867 through 1869, wrote as if he were speaking directly to you about his concerns and triumphs on the farm. He describes his frustrations at the lack of discipline on the farm when he takes over from Robinson in 1867. He berates the constant breaking-down of the farm equipment, the wasteful over-

Appendix I, page 2 feeding of the animals and is determined to shape up the running of the farm. Thomson kept weekly records of the feed given the animals. He also documents the work completed by the farm hands on the college building and on the roads crossing through the college. Thomson delves into the quagmire that surrounded the record keeping of deeds for the lands donated to the college in 1859. Story and Boone County residents donated lands to the college as part of the original enticement that brought the college to the area. It is still not clear just who donated what lands which makes for another interesting research project. Superintendents Robinson and Thomson wrote the majority of the entries in this journal. Also identified in the Annual Report as a writer in the journal is P.E. Brown (a student) who took over temporarily for Thomson. Thomson and Robinson are the only two that identify themselves as writing in the Journal. Other superintendents that served during this time period include Isaac P. Roberts, Milliken Stalker, John C. Hiatt, Loren Pease Smith, and Seaman Knapp. At times the writing style changes for just a page or two without mention of who is writing these entries. Noah Webster published his “An American Dictionary of the English Language” in 1826. It appears Webster’s attempt to standardize English usage was not always taken into consideration in writing this journal. In some cases I have corrected the spelling to make sense. Others I have left as is. Thomson was born and educated in Scotland and his use of the English language is reflected in his writing style and spelling. Names are of particular concern in this journal, as they seem to change in spelling depending on who is writing in the journal. For instance James Gilmore is also spelled Gilmour and it changes depending on the writer. Most confusing is the spelling of the Scandinavian names and great liberties are taken with Christian, Christiansen, Petersen and Peterson. As often as I read this journal there were still some written words that just escaped my understanding. In those cases I have entered what I thought was written and added a “?”. Any errors in interpretation of the hand-written pages are strictly my doing. I extend my apologies to Hugh Thomson’s descendents as I incorrectly referred to him as Hugh Thompson in my book on the Farm House. I have taken the liberty of including several appendixes to assist the reader/researcher. As I was not raised on a farm, some of the farm terms needed explaining and I have included for reference those that I found unfamiliar. Many of the small towns and railroad depots mentioned in this journal have vanished or merged into other towns. A brief list of those mentioned in the book and are not on current maps is included. Throughout the journal the records reflect the names of farm hands, often giving just their last name. Most of these workers boarded at the Farm House. In 1868 students who attended the preliminary school session began helping on the farm. I have included a listing of those names identified as students.

Appendix I, page 3 Researchers interested in further reading on the early days of Iowa State University might read: History of Story County Iowa by William G. Allen, 1887

Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, 1875 by Alfred T. Andreas Farm House: College Farm to University Museum by Mary E. Atherly, 1995 Report of Secretary of Iowa State Agricultural College and Farm. 1859-69, Book C Acc. 340083, Special Collections, Iowa State University Library

This journal has a special meaning to me. During the research I did for my book on the Farm House, the Special Collections staff at Iowa State University Library made this one and only, one hundred forty year old, hand written journal available to me. Each day when I came to the Special Collections Department and opened the journal, I became immersed in the activities of the farm and couldn’t wait to read what would come next. My biggest disappointment was the 1870 entry stating that the Board of Trustees decided that a daily record was no longer needed. I wanted to go argue with them and tell them how important it was to continue the record. I believe that others should have easy access to this journal and that is the reason I have transcribed it page for page. The pages are numbered and presented as written in the journal with the exception of some of the later spreadsheets, which I have put on one sheet for ease in reading. In the process of transcribing this journal, I did some additional research that is included in the appendixes. It took me two summers to complete this project and I must say I am sorry to relinquish the original document once again. Thank you to the staff at the Special Collections Department who made the journal available to me and as always have been most generous with their assistance and time. Mary E. Atherly, transcriber and editor Retired Curator, Farm House Museum Iowa State University July 4, 2003

Appendix II Boards, Committees and Faculty: Various Members are mentioned in the journal (From President Welch’s Report, January 10, 1870 to Board of Trustees) Faculty of Iowa State Agricultural College, January, 1870 Hon. A.S. Welch, M.A. President George W. Jones, M.A. Professor of Mathematics Hon. Norton S. Townshend, M.D. Professor of Practical Agriculture Albert E. Foote, M.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry O.H. St. John, B.S. Assistant Professor of Geology (Not on duty) Mrs. Catherine S. Potter Matron Miss Augusta Mathews Teacher of Piano Music Miss Lillie Beaumont Teacher of the French and German Language Hon. Hugh M. Thomson Superintendent of the Farm Board of Trustees Ex-Officio Hon. A.S. Welch, Ames Ex-Officio Gov. Samuel Merrill, Des Moines 1st District O.H.P. Buchanan, Mt. Pleasant; Term expires May 1, 1872 2nd District Hon. J.D. Wright, Chariton; Term expires May 1, 1872 3rd District James H. Woodbury, Leon; Term expires May 1, 1872 4th District J.C. Cusey, Dakota; Term expires May 1, 1870 5th District Hon. Oliver Mills,* Lewis; Term expires May 1, 1870 6th District Hon. T.A. Morgan, Webster; Term expires May 1, 1870 7th District Hon. C.E. Leffingwell, Wheatland; Term expires May 1, 1872 8th District Hon. John Russell, Wyoming; Term expires May 1, 1870 9th District Hon. Peter Melendy, Cedar Falls; Term expires May 1, 1872 10th District Hon. R.A. Richardson, Illyria; Term expires May 1, 1872 11th District Hon. B.F. Gue, Fort Dodge; Term expires May 1, 1870 12th District Hon. R.W. Humphrey, Charles City; Term expires May 1, 1870 *Elected to fill vacancy occasioned by the death of Dr. T. K. Brooks Officers of the Board of Trustees Hon. A.S. Welch, President, Hon. Hugh M. Thomson, Secretary Hon. S.E. Rankin, Treasurer, Prof. Geo. W. Jones, Cashier Land Agents: Hon Geo. W. Bassett and Thomas J. Stone Executive Committee: Hon. John Russell, Hon. R.W. Humphrey, Hon. B.F. Gue Committee on Organization and Faculty: Hon. B.F. Gue, Hon. Peter Melendy, Hon. John Russell, Hon. A.S. Welch, President Building Committee: Hon. John Russell, Hon. R.W. Humphrey, Hon. B.F. Gue College Building Contractor: Jacob Reichard Architect of College Building: C.A. Dunham of Burlington, Iowa

Appendix III The reader may find these terms and definitions useful in understanding some of the journal entries. &c: In the 19th century it was common to use “&c” to indicate “and so forth” or et cetera. It was usually expressed as “ & c & c & c.” Catarrh: inflammation of mucous membranes, especially of the nose and throat Cock: a cone shaped pile of straw of hay Cocking: to put hay in a cone shape stack Cover: to copulate with a female, a term used of animals especially horses. page 144

Gang plow: Andreas Atlas of Iowa, 1875 Grist: grain or quantity of grain for grinding Grubbing: to clear roots and stumps by digging Hominy: hulled and dried kernels of corn. page 180 Mangel-Wurzel: a common beet with large yellowish root used chiefly as cattle feed. Also called Mangold ( Mangold+beet and wurzel+root in German)

Appendix III, page 2 Oil Cake: An oil cake is a solid residue left after certain oily seeds have been pressed free of their oil and that is used after grinding as cattle feed or fertilizer. Paris Green: insecticide/arsenic trioxide & copper acetate & copper acetoarsenite. CU (C2H3O2) bright green powder Pie plant: Joe Pie Weed Plant used as animal feed Quincy: acute inflammation of tonsils & tissues leading to abscess Shoats: a young pig after weaning Shorts: a by-product of wheat processing consisting of bran mixed with coarse meal or flour Sleeper: a heavy beam used as support as in a railroad track/ crosstie. Swingletree: also called a Whiffletree or Whippletree-the pivoted horizontal crossbar to which the harness traces of a draft animal are attached to a vehicle or an implement

Figure 6, page 46, Old Farm Tools and Machinery by Percy W. Blandford Wether: gelded male sheep

Appendix IV Towns and locations mentioned in the journal that have changed either in name or are no longer in existence: Sweede Point . Sweede (Swede) Point in Boone County was located west of Sheldahl and east of the Des Moines River near Elk Rapids.

It is the oldest Swedish settlement in Boone County. Sweede Point had a sawmill. ( See Page 100, Illustrated Atlas of the State of Iowa, Alfred Andreas, 1875) Renamed Madrid, Iowa.

Palestine (township) Palestine was a railroad stop west of Cambridge, by the Ballard

Branch creek, northeast of Sheldahl. Palestine had a post office and a blacksmith.

Ontario Ontario was located west of the College farm near New Philadelphia. The

small settlement had general merchandise stores and was a stop on the railroad.

New Philadelphia One and one-half miles west of the College farm in Washington

Township and a stop on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, New Philadelphia also had a sawmill. Montana Originally the Boone Station on the Cedar Rapids and Missouri Railroad

one mile east and a mile north of Boonesboro, the station was renamed Montana to secure a post office as Dallas County already had a post office named Boone. In 1871 Montana officially became Boone. In 1887 Boone annexed Boonesboro making one town of Boone, Iowa. (Taken from an article by Marilyn Hauk Essex, The Des Moines Register, August 29, 2002)

Appendix V Farm Hands Employed at the College Farm: Below is a listing of the men mentioned in the journal who worked at the College Farm from 1866 through 1870. Most of these individuals boarded at the Farm House. Many of the names are simply last names and the spelling of the same name varies depending on who was writing in the journal. It is often difficult to determine exactly the correct spelling of the name. The page listed is where the name first appears. If there is a definite date the worker left the farm that is also noted. Name Page Reference Date Anderson, Lars 246,249 Feb. 1870 Bacon, M. 7 1866 Basham 25 1866 Brady, Barry 64 May, 1867 Burnett & Team 98 1867 Burnett 142 May, 1868 Christiensen, Zents 148 June 19, 1868 Christisen, Peter 218 Oct. 2, 1869 Clemens 111 1867 Dunn, George 1 1866 Eastwood 200 June 14, 1869 Ellison, James 35 day laborer, 1867 Findlay, John H. 80 1867 Gear, Charles Oct. 9-Dec. 10, 1866 Gilmore, James (Gilmour) 131 March 21, 1868—1870’s? Goff 137 April, 1868 Graves, A.J. 1, 136 1864-1868 Halkett 193 May, 1869 Hewens 171 Nov. 1868 Hoggatt 95 Sept. 1867 Howe 186 March, 1869 Jensen, G. 55 1867 Johnston 111 Day laborer 1867-1868 Kent 111 1867 Kent, Dane 113 1867 Kyle, Charles 238 Dec. 26, 1869 Leggett 203 June 30, 1879 Manhannett (Menhennett) 1 1866 Marks, R. 11, 27 1866 McElyea 211 Aug. 13, 1869 McFarlane, Hiram 112 1867-Aug 11, 1868 McLoughlin, Ira 66 Day worker, 1867 Miller, A. 8 1866

Appendix V, page 2 Obrien, Samuel 1 1866 Pacer, Conrad (also Paser, Pazer, Bazer?) 223 1869 Petersen, Andrew 192 April 23, 1879 Petersen, C. 190 April 1869 Petersen, Christensen 150 July 1868 Robinson, Son of Supt. Robinson 19 1866 Scott, W. 66 May 15, 1867 Snelling, Flemming 174 Feb-April 1867, Dec. 1868 Stark, Nicholas 221 1869-1870 Stranger (Nelson) 200 June 14, 1869 Sullivan 23 1866 Sykes 142 May, 1868 Tallman, G. 210 Aug. 8, 1869 Thomas 25 Quit Dec. 19, 1866 Thomson, James 54, 137 1867 Thomson, John (Canadian) 45 2 months, 1867 Van Eyl 23 1866 Wilson, Samuel J. 55 2 months, Aug. 1867 Wiltse, Ed 26 1866 (attending local school) Wismer 124 1867(attending local school) Yants 169 Nov. 1868 Young 138 April 22, 1868

Appendix VI Student Workers College Students worked at the College Farm beginning with the preliminary term in the fall of 1868. The college opened officially in March 1869. Theses are the names of students written in the Journal. The page number references only the first mention of the name. Many more students were employed on the farm as it was required that students work a portion of the day at the college as part of their school curriculum, in lieu of tuition. 1868 Page Anderson 173 Cadwell (Caldwell) 173 Cessna, Orange H. 174 Churchill, S.A. 173 Hangsteet 167 Hilton 186 Huntingdon, Sam 166 Mullen 173 Rees, Frank 166 Suksdorf, Charles L. 173 Suttiff, M. 166 Swafford, C 166 Thomson, J.R. 167 Wadley, C. 166 1869 Brown, P.S. 217 Devon (Devin) David 222-223 Marshall, M.F. 206 Robinson, W.O. 222-223 Sears 222-223

Hugh Muir Thomson, Superintendent of the College Farm, January 24, 1867 to September 30, 1869 (Thomson’s name was incorrectly listed as Thompson in Farm House, College Farm to University Museum)

Andrew Jackson (A.J.) Graves College Farm Manager March 1, 1864 to April 10, 1868

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