May
26, 1930 Corney, Johan, and I went to
Reids to buy barley. We bought 60
bushels for 45 cents per bushel. Jacob
sowed barley. In the afternoon Johan
harrowed. Mama sewed herself a black
dress. There was a storm from the
southeast, and it was cloudy.
On Thursday the 22nd,
the Siemens had finished sowing wheat.
On Friday they planted barley, and on Saturday they planted oats. Sunday they rested. Then on Monday the 26th,
Cornelius, Corney, and John went to buy more barley seed while Jake planted
barley. After they ate dinner, John
harrowed and Jake probably continued sowing barley. A harrow was an implement with tines or teeth
that was pulled over plowed ground to break it up and smooth it so that it
would be ready for planting. And then a
storm came through.
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| Barley |
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| Horse-drawn harrow. |
Margaret made
herself a black dress because at various times it was style to wear a black
dress to worship services on Sunday.
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