22nd, rained. Hauled some lumber in the morning & cleaned out stables in evening.
Day: October 22, 2018
Sunday, October 21, 1900
21st, went to S.S. in morning. Came home, ate dinner & went to Chilli in evening. Mary & I went to the North M. E. [Methodist Episcopal] Church. Ate supper at Edd McCormicks. Got home about 11:30.
Saturday, October 20, 1900
20th, dug our potatoes. Had about 40 bu. Pa plowed them out with the flying Dutchman & Frank, Charley, & I picked them up. The Department of Agriculture defines a bushel of potatoes as 60 pounds, so the men harvest 2,400 pounds of potatoes that day. In 1900, retail potatoes sold for 1.4 cents a pound, so the Bench farm…