1926 March 16th Tuesday
Bright but cold South wind. Will & I went to Menz’s, got buggy and on to O’Kreek and made 21 applications for pasture lease and saw Dorians and home in eve, went via Haukaas’s also. William got hay this morning and was at Tom’s when we got home, just returned. The Men fixed incubator this morning so I arranged the regulator this eve. Louise to school and was starting to chore when we got home. Some men went through the yard.
1936 March 16th Monday
Quite a few small clouds passed all day, S.W. wind changed to N.W. Sun shone all day and a beautiful sun-set but colder. A sprinkle or only a few drops of rain on wind-shield down north of Hugh Smith’s north of Dallas, for Will and I left at 10 a.m., to Clearfield, then to the Bernie Daugherty Farm to see about getting 80 head of cattle to pasture but only a man there as Mr. was with Mrs. in Sioux City where she is having an operation, then to Winner, ate dinner, then to sale pavilion where Will saw Cliff Smith and Earl Adrians, then to Hugh Smith’s road where Mr. and a truck man were trying to get a truck of wheat out of the mud. Then to Oscar Lundstrom’s 1 1/2 miles north of Dixon, Gregory Co., S. Dak., back to Winner, then to Chas. Ellis where he not home, that was about 10 miles N.W. of Winner, ate Supper, then home at 9 p.m. Frank came in last night so he had to go to White River so after helping LeMoyne put hay in hay-mow, he left for Lattimore’s for all time, will no more work here as he will farm at Lattimores this year, so Will went to Chaunceys but Roy was husking corn for Dan Southwick so he got Thomas Whiting and Thomas and LeMoyne put 4 loads of hay in stack and brought 1 to the barn, then chored and got supper. Knute Strid and Bill Smith came to have Will and I witness a farm-lease between Knute and Oscar Strid and Bill Smith, they went home at 9:30 a.m. so then Will and I hurried to get ready to leave for Tripp County. Saw some large dirt drifts from the dust-storms of last couple years, north of H. Smith’s and east of Winner, where were the worst.
Dallas, South Dakota, 1936
1946 March 16th Saturday
Rained and changed to snow in eve. Men fed cattle and Van Epps ate dinner then went to Kleins with his cream and eggs but no mail as train late. He broke axle to his car so a long time coming back. Van Epps were at a program at Kleins School last night. Will and I usual choring, eats and rest.
1956 March 16th Friday
Bright day. Chester and Vere gave cattle hay and broke clamps and cable, so Chester, Ellen, Elaine went to Valentine, got them from John Harvey, charged until Will gets home. A letter says he will be released to-day from Clarkson Hospital and home next week. Men gave cattle hay and took Darryl, David, Jimmie Whiting to school. Vere got Darryl and boys late p.m., also the mail. Louise and Mary baked 10 pies and 2 crusts to be filled as Banana Pies. There are 20 pies in deep freeze now, apple, cherry, strawberry, raisin, blueberry and pumpkin