Leo got threshers about 5 ‘ o clock; had pitchers, & machine guys for supper. Henry & family helped & Uncle Fred & A. [Aunt] Mary had to help at Frank Birkner’s. Henry finished wheat & oats; got 791 bus. & 45 lbs. wheat, our share 263 [and two-thirds] bu. Nic Papenberg hauled 215 bus. ours to Waterloo mill got 60 – 65 & 62. docked some from 3 to 5 [cents] bu. Harry threshed here 684 bu. we got 228 bu. our share; Weigands got tractor & small outfit.
Tuesday, July 5, 1938
Filed Under: 1938, July, Tillie's News Diaries from the 1930s Tagged With: Aunt Mary, Birkner, Brand, Floyd, Henry, Leo, oats, Orlet, Papenberg, Robert, threshers, threshing, threshing_outfit, threshing_season, Uncle Fred, Waterloo, Waterloo_mill, Weigand, wheat
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