Sun. July 31, 1898

Clear and very warm.

At meeting in Skippack. Introductory by me. Text from cor. 6 - 16 - 17 by Christ. Hunsberger aided by D. Mensch.

Sat. July 30, 1898

Clear and warm

Fri. July 29, 1898

Clear and warm.

Hauled manure and took a little oats in that was not got.

Thurs. July 28, 1898

Partly cloudy with slight rain at times.

Hauled and spread manure.

Wed. July 27, 1898

Partly cloudy with slight rain at times especially in evening.

Took wheat away and got flour.
Planted 2+ beans and began to haul manure.

Tues. July 26, 1898

Partly  cloudy with very slight rain.

Plowed for turnips then finished cutting oats and bound up and hauled home what we cut yesterday.

Mon. July 25, 1898

Partly Cloudy

Reaped oats and bound up about 820 sheaves and took it home.

Sun. July 24, 1898

Cloudy in morning then clear and warm.

At meeting in Providence. Wm. Good read 15th John. Introductory by me. Henry Wismer had text from Mark 8 -4.
At Henry Detwiler for supper.

Sat. July 23, 1898

Partly cloudy at times with slight rain in morning.

Bound up 440 sheaves of oats and took the same in.

Fri. July 22, 1898

Partly cloudy

Mowed briars. Turned oats.

Thurs. July 21, 1898

Partly cloudy very warm. Rain in the evening.

A.M. At mill. Turned oats. P.M. turned oats reaped some. Bound up 400 sheaves and took that home.

Wed. July 20, 1898

Partly cloudy with showers in evening with some rain.

Turned some oats
Thrashed some rye
Harrowed truck patch.

Tues. July 19, 1898

Cloudy in morning then partly cloudy with a good shower in afternoon.

A.M. Cut pile of oats off.
P.M. Bound several hundred sheaves up and took home.

Mon. July 18, 1898

Partly cloudy in morning then clear and warm.

Cradled oats. Cleaned up rye and wheat rakens. 7 bus. wheat rakens 2 of rye.

Sun. July 17, 1898

Clear and warm.

At Meeting in Skippack. Jacob Godshall read Matt. 5. Jacob Mensch introductory.I had the text from 1 cor. 3. 9 - 10.
At I. K. Gottshall's for dinner.

Sat. July 16, 1898

Clear and warm
P.M. Cut partly around oats field.

Fri. July 15, 1898

Clear and Warm
Succored corn.


Here is another interesting page from the front of the diary, it's a page of weights and measures.

Measure of Length

4 in. make 1 Hand

7.92 in. make 1 Link

18 in. make 1 Cubit

12 in. make 1 Foot

6 ft. make 1 Fathom

3 ft. make 1 Yard

51/2 yards make 1 Rod or Pole

40 Poles make 1 Furlong

8 Fur. make 1 Mile

Avoirdupois Weight

27 1/2 1/2 grains make 1 Drachm

16 Drachms make 1 Ounce

16 ounces make 1 Pound

28 Pounds make 1 Quarter

4 Quarters make 1 Hundred-Weight (cwt.)

20 Cwts. make 1 Ton

2240 Pounds make 1 Ton

Thurs. July 14, 1898

A.M. Partly cloudy with slight rain. Clear
A.M. Succored corn
P.M. Cleaned the cows watering place.

To help with some questions I've been receiving on the term "succored", I've asked a few colleagues here at Penn State Extension. In 1898, everyone used open pollinated corn. Open pollinated corn would send up "suckers". So, to maintain the quality of the corn, one would have to remove these suckers, especially since you would need to save ears to have seed for next year.

BFM

Wed. July 13, 1898

Cloudy greater part of day with few draws of rain in morning.

Succored corn.

At Samuel Kulp's for dinner.

Tues. July 12, 1898

Partly cloudy.
A.M. Thrashed rakens.
P.M. Succored corn.

Mon. July 11, 1898

Clear or nearly so.
Raked rye and wheat stubbles. Put the same in barn. 2 loads.

Sun. July 10, 1898

Clear and very hot.
At meeting in Worcester. Introduction by Henry Wismer. Text by me from Peter 4.2 to 6.

Sat. July 10, 1898

Clear and very warm.

Cleaned up hay rakins in field grass meadow. P.M. Finished putting away rye. Unloaded load of rakins.

Fri. July 8, 1898

Clear until twords evening when a shower passed to the north of us very slight rain here.

Finished cutting grass taken it all in. 4 loads.

Thurs. July 7, 1898

Clear and pleasent.

A.M. Mowed grass and put 5 loads in.

Wed. July 6, 1898

Clear or nearly so.
Hauled wheat home. 2825

Tues. July 5, 1898

Clear and pleasent
A.M. Finished cutting wheat
P.M. Picked cherries at I.K.G.

Mon. July 4, 1898

Clear and pleasent. Slight rain in the evening.

Cut wheat

Sun. July 3, 1898

Very warm

At meeting at Plain. Abram Kulp read Luke 6. Henry Godshall made intro. I had text from Luke 14-7.

Skippack
Chris Hunsberger intro. Henry Wismer text.

Sat. July 2, 1898

Clear and very warm

Finished hauling rye and unloaded load of hay.

Fri. July 1, 1898

Clear and very warm

Hauled rye and 4 loads of hay.


The diaries then, as now, have all kinds of handy information in the front of the book. What is most interesting is what was considered useful and important information for someone in 1898 and how certain terms or units of measure or weight are no longer used today. I'll post some examples of this when Warren's entries are on the sparse side.

WEIGHT PER BUSHEL OF GRAIN, ETC.
"The following table shows the number of pounds per bushel required , by law or custom, in the sale of articles specified , in several States of the Union."

Pennsylvania: Barley-47, Buckwheat-48, Corn shel'd-56, Oats-30, Potatoes-56, Rye-56, Wheat-60, Salt-85, Clover seed-62.