[Haley Diary, page 9]

Colfax June 1 , 1900                                                              morning temperature
1 clear     we have had the nicest spring                                            68
have had no storms every thing looks
nice everything is booming prices is high
farm hands get 20 to 25 dol per month cattle 
fat 5 1/2 stock 4 1/2 hogs 4 1/2 to 5. all [word scratched out] the
winter and spring are worth 4 1/2 now.
2 clear.   chickens is 7 cts per lb. butter 17 cts eggs 10 cts             60
3 clear    cooler                                                                                     50
4 clear    cool went to George Marshes                                           54
et din in Clyd stayed all night to Marshes
came back next day. stopped to Crocker for dinner had a good [word "dinner" is scratched out] time
5 clear   Lyle Berry visit. warm afternoon.                                       68
6 clear                                                                                                    65
7 clear   got Wanda Logsday to make a waist                                65
8 clear                                                                                                    65
9 clear. high wind. in night severe lightning                                   68
10 clear                                                                                                  60
11 clear   Beryl came to visit us                                                          64
12 clear  rained good shower in night                                             66
13 clear                                                                                                  60
 
[Haley Diary, page 10]

Colfax          June 14 1900                                                  morning temperature
14 clear                                                                                                 70
15 clear                                                                                                 60
16   clear Implement parade in after noon
Father John and Jane came to take Beryl home
brought 4 boxes of strawberries it rained [temperature 65 scratched out]
four hours without stopping washed out culberts
bridges filled cellars and basements
our cellar is two feet deep in watter the
hardest rain I ever saw. hard thunder.                                           68
17 cloudy rained a little in the morning
cleared away by noon. the folk went back
to Newton after dinner                                                                    70
18 clear nice day                                                                                65
19 clear                                                                                                68
20 clear in day rained in the night very light
rain no lightning commenced to tile the cellar                            68
21 clear finished tiling cellar. hard shower in evening [circled] 68
22 clear                                                                                                62
23 clear                                                                                                62
24 clear went to Kintz to Baptizing                                                 62
25 clear [small word scratched out] hot in afternoon                 6[? page torn off]
26 clear went to Kunters to casket tick                                          7[? page torn off]

[Haley Diary, page 11]

                          Colfax June 1900                                   morning temperature
27. hard wind and rain storm early morning                                62
28 clear got 4 gal. of gasoline  15cts gal                                       70
29 clear went to Uncle Tom's Cabbin in Colfax                           70
30 clear wind in east Ray worked for Mrs. Jennings                   60
31 [word "clear is crossed out with 3 lines] cloudy cool lovely day  60

1. 1900 United State Census, database, Ancestry.com ( http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004119863_00033?pid=19551424&backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgss%3dangs-c%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dDaniel%26gsfn_x%3d0%26gsln%3dCrocker%26gsln_x%3d0%26mswpn__ftp%3dClear%2bCreek%252c%2bJasper%252c%2bIowa%252c%2bUSA%26mswpn%3d42115%26mswpn_PInfo%3d8-%257c0%257c1652393%257c0%257c2%257c3247%257c18%257c0%257c1490%257c42115%257c0%257c%26MSAV%3d1%26cp%3d0%26catbucket%3drs%26uidh%3dqb4%26pcat%3d35%26h%3d19551424%26db%3d1900usfedcen%26indiv%3d1%26ml_rpos%3d3&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true : accessed 8 Jan 2016), entries for Daniel and Sarah Crocker (ages 62 and 57 respectively), District 6, page 5A, Clear Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa; citing "FHL microfilm publication 1240439," citing "NARA microfilm publication T623."
​2. Lavina (Richmond) Haley, "Diary" (MS, Jasper County, Iowa, 1900-1905), pp. 9-11; privately held by R.L. Pointer, [Address for private use,] Spring, Texas, 2016. Mr. Pointer is the great-grandson of the diary's author. 

I'm not easily excited by astronomical stuff. My son is. He can talk your ears off about black holes, the sun and lesser stars, planets, and, well, the whole universe and beyond. I try to understand him. Really, I do, but I'm missing the astronomy gene. Despite my astronomical handicap, I try to ask him questions about it -- not to patronize him -- but because I truly love seeing him so animated and passionate about something. He's quiet, otherwise. Always observing. And how he remembers all those tidbits of information about things we cannot touch and some things we cannot see with the naked eye is fascinating. And that IS something we have in common. I can't see and touch my [and other's] ancestors, but I have their tidbits and facts [mostly] memorized. And I'm quite passionate about them.

I'm guessing, though, [Read: This is pure speculation.] my son did not inherit the astronomy gene from his 3rd great grandmother, Lavina (Richmond) Haley. On the 28th of May in 1900, there was a solar eclipse. And it was a pretty darn big deal. Astronomers had been trying to capture photographic evidence of a solar eclipse for a while with no luck. Clouds and plague seemed to have thwarted their efforts in the recent past, and they just weren't going to let the predicted solar eclipse for May 28th in 1900 to get past them without capturing it for posterity and science. The amount of time, effort, money, and equipment involved was impressive as we find out from the following snippet from an article found in the Iowa City Press-Citizen newspaper in Iowa City, Iowa printed the day after the eclipse. [1]

And the Smithsonian Institution Archives tells us Thomas Smillie, a Scottish immmigrant and photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, was in the thick of this impressive "Eclipse Expedition" and was able to capture the May 28, 1900, Solar Eclipse on eight glass plate negatives including the one shown above which was taken in Wadesboro, North Carolina. [2] It was a technological feat of astronomical proportion for 1900. Literally.

And Lavina in Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa, captures the moment and bookends it in her description of the local weather between the word, "clear" and the phrase, "rain in the evening." [3] Was she fascinated by it? Or what? We may never know for sure. Of course, she doesn't reveal her feelings on any of the things she decides are remarkable enough to record in her diary so perhaps she was fascinated by it. *shrugs*

Additionally, May in 1900 was remarkable for the Haley family and for Lavina in particular as she notes on the first day of the month she "...baked first time in gasoline oven." [3] This phrase tells us a whole lot about the Haley family. According to an article written by Gordon Bock on oldhouseonline.com, gas ovens generally started replacing wood ovens in the early 1900s. Though the technology had been around for a while, the fuel was expensive and gas service wasn't readily available everywhere. [4] And in April of 1900 the Haley family purchases their first gas-powered oven [5], and Lavina uses it for the first time on May 1st. This lends credence to my suspicions  -- fueled by so many clues [Yes, I went there.] -- the Haley family was pretty well-off financially. Of course, her entry makes me wonder, "What did she bake in her new oven? How did she like how it worked?" *big sigh* Lavina taunts me with her diary entries.

Lavina also mentions that Mrs. Tripp's funeral was May 8, 1900. [3] Who was Mrs. Tripp? I'll need to dig in local Colfax and Jasper County newspapers in this time period to try to figure that out. Maybe. And maybe court records. And maybe probate records. And such. If I'm so inclined in the future. If not, then the Tripp descendants need to handle this. ;) But? Lavina knew the Tripp family enough to include a notation about Mrs. Tripp's funeral. That we do know.

Finally, Lavina mentions picking up clothing and textiles in Newton on the 10th of May and she, herself, sewing for the Bartons on the 17th of May. [3] I find this interesting because the previous month she mentions taking her dress to her cousin, Jessie Logsdon. [4] For what, we don't know. Was Jessie borrowing it from her or mending it for her or what? But I get the impression from reading her diary Lavina doesn't sew for others to make additional income. So why was she sewing for the Bartons? I dunno. Maybe she was just helping out a friend. And it's hard to tell which Barton household she is referring to because there are quite a few of them near the Haley household in Jasper County in 1900. But we do know Lavina knew a Barton. 

So. Astronomical stuff happened in May of 1900 including the fact Lavina was cooking with gas now and giving us a few more details about the goings-on in the Haley household and their community, like the circus came to town on May 11th. [3] I find that tidbit fascinating. What did the circus look like in 1900? And which one came to town? Off to Google and to find some newspapers...

~Caroline

[Page 7 - bottom half.]                

Colfax Iowa  May 1900                                    morning temperature

1        clear  baked first time in gasoline oven                       48
          painted buggy
2        clear                                                                         55
3        clear cool north west wind                                          30
4        clear                                                                         40
5        clear rain in night east wind                                        42
6        rain in evening hard. East wind                                   50
7        rainy day east wind                                                    60
8        clear Mrs. Tripp’s funeral.                                          50
9        clear                                                                         48
10      clear went to Newton got Dan’s pants vest and                     50
          shirt, my table cloths and tomatoes plant and [? Page is torn
and last word is faded.]

[Page 8]

          Colfax May 11- 1900                                       morning temperature

11      clear   circus at Colfax  .25 cts ad/planted corn            58
12      clear south west wind                                                62
13      clear in fore noon - showers in evening                      69
14      rain all afternoon and all night                                    60
15      rain in afternoon                                                        60
16      cloudy sprinkled                                                        50
17      rainy all day sewed for Bartons                                  50
18      cloudy rain part of time                                              48
19      clear                                                                         50
20      clear                                                                         56
21      clear   planted late potatoes                                       60
22      clear                                                                         60
23      clear                                                                         60
24      clear                                                                         65
25      clear school went picnicking on the river                     70
26      clear Ray went after Ed’s saddle                                70
27      clear                                                                         70
28      clear total eclipse of sun, rain in evening                     70
29      cloudy sprinkle rain got gasoline 4 gal.                        70
30      clear rain in night                                                       70
31      clear                                                                         70

My name is Caroline, but oftentimes [Read: All the time.], people call me Carolyn. And spell it that way too. But that's my mother's name. I once asked her why she named me Caroline -- so similar to her name, but not quite the same, and she explained since I was her last, she just wanted a piece of her to be a part of my name. I did the same with my daughter. Similar, but not quite. [Turns out my daughter looks just like me so I call her my Mini Me. She got a whole lot of me. Heh.]

In records, Lovina is sometimes spelled Lavina. To complicate matters, her mother's name is spelled Louisa. Sometimes. Other times, it's Lavisa. If I were a betting woman, I'd guess that their names were actually Lavina and Lavisa. Why? Because why the variation in spelling? I mean, I get mixing up Lavina/Lovina. They sound the same, but Louisa/Lavisa? Not so much. Maybe. I dunno. But maybe Lavisa's mother wanted to pass on a little of her in her daughter's name, too. Who knows? [But it gave me something to blog about, eh? I'll definitely be delving into more records to try to come to some type of conclusion on their names.]

Now, Lavina's mother Lavisa [or Lovina and Louisa, whichever] was a Logsdon before she married Lavisa's father, James Richmond, in Hart County, Kentucky in 1839. And there are a TON of Logsdons everywhere in Hart, Kentucky as well as in this part of Iowa with obvious naming patterns in 1900. And I thought trying to figure out just how Bert Logsdon, who Lavina had for dinner on April 1st, was related to her was going to give me a headache. But, as per usual with these Haleys and Richmonds and Logsdons, these folks make my research life pretty simple. They stayed in one place or thereabouts once they moved from Kentucky to Iowa. God bless 'em. [And that's how we know they aren't blood related to me. They're easy peasy to research. But I digress.]

Bert Logsdon was Lavina's first cousin. Her mother's [Lavisa's] younger brother's [John's] son. Or one of them anyways. [These Logsdons had lots and lots of kiddos.] She also mentions taking her dress to a Jessie Logsdon -- another first cousin. And then she mentions the Kintz family -- neighbors -- again. And then she mentions a Mrs. Evans. There are several Evans households there in Jasper County including in nearby Newton and in Washington [Colfax is a part of Washington]. So it's hard to tell which one this Mrs. Evans is, but obviously she is at least an acquaintance of Lavina's and she lived nearby. [And if she shows up a lot later, perhaps we'll delve into the Evans of Jasper County, Iowa. Maybe. Maybe not. But perhaps. We'll definitely see.] Then the Haleys ate dinner with the Brewers. Quite a few Brewers in and around the county of Jasper with the closest being a Nora Brewer in Newton so perhaps this is her.

And she wrote a letter to Ed. I'm going to take a guess that  this Ed is her adopted son who is living and working in Nebraska at this time. But perhaps it's another "Ed."

And Lavina got an oven. Just wait until May's entries where she mentions her new oven some more. [That's a cliffhanger in case you were wondering. ;) ]

But I'll let Lavina's entries do the rest of the talking. Here's Lavina and the Haley family in April of 1900 in Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa. Still cold, just not as cold. And I'd never, ever plow a garden when it was 38F. N-E-V-E-R. 

But? She only cleaned the house once this month. 

I'm lovin' Lavina. [Loca.]

~Caroline

[page 7]
   
           Colfax Ia. April 1, 1900                                     morning
1     clear    Bert Logsdon for dinner                                    34
2    clear                                                                                     29
3    clear                                                                                     36
4    clear, frosty                                                                        26
5    clear                                                                                     30
6    clear                                                                                     35
7    clear wind in east                                                             36
8    clear wind east                                                                 40
9    clear east wind   plowed garden                                  38
10   clear strong east wind                                                    28
11    cloudy snowy went to Newton                                      28
12   cloudy set out the strawberries                                    26
13   clear west wind planted potatoes                                28
14   clear set out evergreens                                                 40
15   Easter rained hard all night                                           44
16   clear in after noon set out apple trees                         46
17   rainy hailed last night hard thunder                            54
18   clear north west wind wrote letter to Ed                     44
19   clear got gasoline stove                                                   40
20  clear took my dress to Jessie Logsdon                          54
21   hazy got 4 gal gasoline .05 cts gal                                  54

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       Colfax      Apr 22, 1900                                    morning temperatures
22   clear                                                                                    54
23   rain in afternoon wind in east                                      52
24   clear wind in east                                                            54
25   cloudy wind in east cleaned house                             54
26   clear, Mrs. Evans called                                                 54
27   clear wind in east                                                            55
28   clear went up to the farm                                               48
29   showery went to Kintz to church to Brewers to eat dinner   52
30   clear                                                                                    48

March is a bit warmer in 1900. And when I say "warmer," I mean it's certainly warmer, as Lovina notates in her diary, than January or February in 1900. But it's still cold. [At least, to this Texas girl.] And it's windy. And Lovina's definition of "nice" and mine are completely different. [Re: Temp for the 18th.]

And, thankfully, this is the point in the diary where Lovina begins to reveal a little more than just those blustery weather conditions there in Colfax, Iowa in 1900. [Thank goodness.] 

In March, the Haleys did the following:

• They bought a load of hay from Ubrie [Probably the Michael Ubrie from the 1900 census found on Ancestry.com who is living in Fox, Jasper County, Iowa?]; 
• They went to Newton; 

• They played musical chairs with the beds [Again. Why? Was it warmer downstairs?]; 
• Ray traded his bike for a gun with Mr. McQuiston [Perhaps the Martin McQuiston living in Washington, Jasper County, Iowa, according the 1900 Census found on Ancestry.com? Maybe.]; 
• "Dan & Ray went to the farm," [which means that though the Haleys were living on the 6 acres in a house in the town of Colfax, they had already purchased the farm -- 200 acres -- in Clyde? Maybe? Need those land/deed records to confirm though]; 
• They sold some colts and a calf to Kern. [Perhaps the John W. Kern from the 1900 census for Clear Creek, Jasper County, Iowa found on Ancestry.com?]; 
• They had John Berry over for dinner. [Quite a few Berry households in Jasper County, Iowa in the 1900 Census found on Ancestry.com, including a John S. Berry. Glad that's not my problem. At least, for now it's not. And if this were my family there'd be 150 John Berrys in the vicinity 'cause that's the way my family rolls. =) ]

Oh, and Charity Notaboom got married. Boom. <grin> Now, the fact that Lovina didn't notate <grin> who Charity married kind of maybe indicates she/they [Lovina or the Haley family] didn't know the man she married. Possibly.

However, we do. I think. [Pretty sure.] On FamilySearch.org a marriage for a C.B. Notaboom to a Martin I. Meckly in Newton, Jasper County, Iowa 7 Mar 1900 is indexed. And in the 1905 Iowa State Census on Ancestry.com, a Martin I. and Charity B. Meckley and their 2 daughters are living in Colfax, Jasper County, Iowa right next to or maybe with an Etta Notaboom. And since Lovina did not make a notation that the Haleys went to Newton or anywhere, for that matter, on 7 Nov 1900, I'm guessing they didn't attend the wedding. Or maybe there wasn't a church wedding to attend. Maybe they just had a civil marriage.

But I'll leave that to the Meckley and Notaboom descendants. Because, frankly, my work here is done. For now. I think. [But ya' nevah know.] =)

~Caroline

[page 5, bottom half]
                                 March 1900
                                                                          below         above
1         cloudy                                                                           14
2        clear                                                                              20
3        clear                                                                              14
4        cloudy sleety                                                              32
5       stormy sleety. wind in East                                     14
6       clear wind in north                                                    14
7       clear Charity Notaboom married                            15 [? Or could be 10 or 16. It's cold.]
8       clear got load of hay of Ubrie 8. dol T.                  22
9       clear went to Newton                                                32
10      clear                                                                              32
11       clear                                                                              38
12      clear moved beds upstairs again                           28
13      clear                                                                              28
14      squally. north wind                                                   16
15     north chilly wind                                                         8

[page 6]

                                                                                    morning temperature
              Colfax March 1900
16      snowy squals [sic] cold north west wind              8 below
17      cold wind is west                                                        6 above
18     clear nice                                                                       21 .....
19     squally snow showers high north west winds    26 .....
20    clear wind in north west                                              6 .....
21     clear wind in the north west Ray got his gun         8 .....
         traded his bicycle to Mr McQuiston for the gun
22    clear Dan and Raymond to the farm                         34
23    clear                                                                                 30
24    sprinkled rain Kern took colts and calf away
        35 dol apiece for the colts 10 do for the calf.
        John Berry to dinner chilly east wind                      30
25   cloudy wind west                                                          30
26   clear                                                                                 30
27    rainy wind in East rained all day                              30
28   sleety rainy day wind in East                                     28
29   stormy part snow part rain                                         32
30   changeable. mostly sunshine                                    28
31    clear cold frosty morning                                           22

As one might expect, February in Iowa was just as cold as January in 1900. Again, Lavina faithfully records the weather there in Colfax.

With a little shallow online digging and reading ahead in the this diary, it turns out that in 1900, Daniel, Lavina, and Ray Haley are actually living in a house on 6 acres in Colfax proper, at least according to an online atlas from 1901 that contains a biography of Daniel Haley, they own 6 acres in Colfax. According to the diary, Lavina indicates they move from the house in Colfax [and apparently someone else moves in], and they move into their farmhouse right before Thanksgiving in 1901 which, according to the biography and the plat map, is 200 acres in neighboring Clyde, Jasper Co., Iowa.

Thus, these beginning entries are from when they are in town on their 6 acres. I'll have to rent microfilm of the land records to verify everything and see what I can see. There are no mysteries with this family line that I've come across yet. But these entries are good for -- at least -- 2 purposes. They serve to honor the Haley family and they serve to help others place their ancestors in a time and place. For Lavina will eventually casually notate marriages and deaths in their community as well as neighboring farms Ray goes to visit. [And given his age at the time, I'm thinking when Lovina uses the words "visit" or "went", she means Ray went and worked and helped others out on their farms. I'm guessing though.] But later on, others in the community do the same for the Haley family.

Now, back to February in 1900 at their house on 6 acres in the Woods' Addition [I think.] in the very cold city of Colfax located in the Washington Township. She mentions the family [or maybe just herself] attending the Stock's surprise party on the 10th. There are several Stock households living in Jasper County in 1900. If it was a surprise birthday party, then it could have been for Joseph Stock's wife Rachel whose birth month is listed as February in the 1900 census and they are living near the Haley family in Colfax. Just a guess though. And I need to locate some newspapers for this time and place to enhance what is going on at the time.

Lavina also mentions the Haley family all having "Lagrippe." This is the flu.

~Caroline

[page 4]

Colfax Feb 1 1900
1      cloudy                               in morning 4 below
2     clear                                                       zero
3     clear                                                       14 above
4     clear                                                       8 above
5    cloudy snowed a little                        16 above
6     clear                                                        2 above
7     cloudy foggy                                       30 above
8     clear snow a little in morning            zero
9     clear                                                     10 below
10    clear went to Stocks surprise party  6 above
11     clear                                                       18 above
12    snowing                                                26 above
13    clear                                                         7 below
14    snowing                                                   zero
15    clear                                                        15 below
16   clear                                                         14 below
17    clear                                                        10 below
18    clear                                                             0
19    clear                                                         7 above
20   clear                                                        14 above
21    snowing                                                 28 above
22   clear                                                          8 above


[page 5 -- top half of page]
 
                                                                            temperatures
                                                                               mornings                    
   
              Colfax          Feb                             below             above
23   snowing we all have Lagrippe                                      28
24   squally windy                                            8
25   cloudy                                                          6
26   clear                                                             2
27   cloudy                                                                                  10
28   clear                                                                                     16

Lavina Emeline (Richmond) Haley, wife of Daniel Haley, dutifully chronicles the temperatures and the highlights of each day on the Haley farm in Jasper County, Iowa, in 2 composition books spanning 1900-1907. [Correction: They are not on their farm yet, but living in Colfax proper at their house on 6 acres.]

These books are well-worn, and while we don't get Lavina's innermost thoughts, much can be gleaned of what farm life was like for the Haley family there in Colfax. 

She begins with just temperatures for the first few pages, but then begins giving us snippets of the Haley family's days including when various family members go to nearby towns for things and attend events as well as when the family has certain people over for dinner.

Daniel and Lavina (Richmond) Haley adopted a baby boy, and his name was Frank Edward Haley who was 3 years old in 1880 according to the 1880 Federal Population Census. They later had a biological son named Wilbert Raymond Haley in 1886, who Lavina refers to as "Ray". At the beginning of the first book in 1 Jan 1900, Daniel is 51 years old, Lavina is 49 years old, Frank is 23 years old and living and working in Nebraska, and Ray is 13 years old and living with his parents in Colfax.

The first several pages are not so interesting unless you're a meterologist, but it gets better. I promise. In the following entries for January of 1900, Lavina mentions Ray having gone to Newton, Iowa, which, according to Google Maps, is 11.2 miles west northwest of Colfax, IA. Lavina also mentions "Travers" having called on them. In 1900, there is a Travers family in the neighboring county of Marshall Co, IA just north of Jasper Co. She also mentions "Dainton" calling on the family as well. In the late 1800s and early 1900s Dainton households can be found in the Fremont and Fayette counties of Iowa, and in 1870 a Dainton household can be found in the neighboring Story County just northwest of the Haley family in Jasper Co. She also mentions a sale at "Rambo". In 1900, there are 3 Rambo households in Jasper County.

And then on page 3 there is the random Apr 1900 entry indicating Ray had gone to Kintz for a few days. In 1900, there are 3 Kintz households in Jasper County, 1 in neighboring Story County, and 1 in neighboring Marshall County.

~Caroline

[Page 1, the pages are lined and unnumbered.]

temperatures in morning

Colfax        January 1, 1900
clear  3de below 0. Ray came home from 
Newton.
                                   2
clear thermometer zero. got dishes and lamp.
                                   3
clear. zero. wind in south.
                                   4
clear                                                      20 d. above
                                   5
clear                                                      24 d. above
                                   6
cloudy.                                          foggy 30 above
                                   7
warm and clear no snow                      34 above
                                   8
clear                                                          20 above
                                   9
cloudy foggy and rainy Travers called [word scratched out] . 40 above.
                                  10
cloudy                                                        16 above
                                  11
[too faded to read]


[Page 2]
Colfax Jan 12 1900
cloudy and snowing a little morning 18 above
                                  13
clear Mr. Dainton called.                     24 above
                                  14
cloudy                                                      28 above
                                  15
cloudy                                                      30 above
                                  16
sleety misty                                           30 above
                                  17
cloudy  got 5 grigs [?] at Rambo  o sale 3 dol apiece  28 above
                                  18
cloudy foggy                                         20 above
                                  19
cloudy                                                     26 above
                                 20
clear                                                        22 above
                                 21
clear                                                        22 above
                                 22
clear                                                        26 above
 
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            Colfax   Jan 23                         1900
clear                                 in morning, 30 above
                                  24
clear                                                        36 above
                                  25
clear                                                          4 above
                                  26
clear                                                          2 above
                                  27
clear                                                         14 above
                                  28
clear                                                         14 below
                                  29
clear                                                           4 above
                                  30
clear  got load of corn 36 bu 25 cts bu  8 below
                                  31
clear                                                          13 below


Apr. 18, 1900 Ray went up to the Kintz came home 21.