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Bob and Elaine Moreland Daily Journal Entries starting in January of 1948
Compiled by their son, Steve Moreland, November 17, 2015
January l, 1948 – Started feeding 196 cows cake – 200 # per day. 46 are Half Diamond M [my dad, Bob's brand], 12 are Two Bar Lazy J [his brother, Stan's brand], and 138 are J O [their dad, J.J. (Jack) Moreland's brand]
January 6, 1948 – Stan went home to help Dad move stacks home from Gardiner place
January 17, 1948 [the calendar honors Benj. Franklin 1706-1790]
January 19, 1948 [the calendar honors Robert E. Lee 1807-1870]
January 21, 1948 [the calendar honors Stonewall Jackson 1834-1863]
January 24, 1948 – Sprayed 207 cows, 260 calves, and 9 bulls for lice
January 29, 1948 [the calendar honors Wm. McKinley Born 1843 (but it doesn't say anything about his being assassinated on September 14, 1901)] – Sprayed Dowd steers for lice
January 30 – Sprayed cattle at Dad's place for lice
February 3, 1948 – Dad and Stan moved cattle from JO to the Gardiner place, having fed 19 stacks thus far.
February 11, 1948 – Cows and calves should be sprayed. Supposed to see Ed Saterlee at Valentine [their accountant]
February 12, 1948 [Lincoln 1809-1865] – Sprayed cows and calves 2nd time
February 18, 1948 – Sprayed Hines steers second time for lice and grubs.
February 19, 1948 – Sprayed cattle at Gardiner place second time for lice.
February 20, 1948 – Sorted heifers and bulls.
February 21, 1948 [my dad, Bob Moreland's 25th birthday] – Started giving old bulls 5 gal. ground oats per day
February 22, 1948 [Washington 1732-1799]
February 25, 1948 – bull calf from 631, bull calf from light colored 3-yr-old
February 26, 1948 – bull calf from 5-yr-old
February 29, 1948 – bull calf from 526
March 1, 1948 – We have 47 February calves
March 4, 1948 – Brought 19 heavy heifers from Gardiner place [about 7 or 8 miles across the hills]
March 5, 1948 – Bull calf from 317
March 6, 1948 [the calendar commemorates U.S. Troops at Front 1918]
March 9, 1948 – Pasture 133 cows and heifers, Meadow 8, Barn Lot 49, Tree Lot 44, Total 234 cows and heifers, Total 74 calves
March 15, 1948 [the calendar honors Andrew Jackson 1767-1845]
The rest of March and all of April was mostly notes on which cows had calved.
March 30, 1948 [the calendar commemorates Purchase of Alaska 1867]
April 3, 1948 – Bitner came after old bull
April 5, 1948 – Belsky coming out
April 6, 1948 [the calendar commemorates Peary Reaches North Pole 1909] – Cut out 40 Dowd and Hines steers
April 7, 1948 – take Dowd and Hines steers to Coles [Coles lived on the highway where it was easier to load trucks.]
April 8, 1948 – Meet Internal Rev. Man at Bank 1:30
April 9, 1948 – Help Fairheads muley-make
April 14, 1948 [calendar commemorates Assassination of Lincoln 1865]
May 1, 1948 [calendar commemorates Dewey's Victory of Manila 1898] – Total cattle wintered 851 – 93 cows up to Mar 1, 215 cows and 2-yr-old heifers, 277 yearling steers, 260 calves, 14 bulls
May 2, 1948 – 181 total calves
May 5, 1948 – Branded 23 for Stan, 40 for Bob, 111 for Jack, 7 for DW [Dave Weinmaster], turned bulls in with Stan's and mine
May 6, 1948 – Put 43 JO cows in Middle Pasture, 90 yearling heifers in West Pasture
May 7, 1948 [calendar commemorates Luisitania Torpedoed by Germany 1915] – Took Hines steers home
May 8, 1948 [calendar commemorates 1945 V-E Day]
May 12, 1948 – Stan and I settled up with each other. I owed him $48.20.
May 13, 1948 – I owe Dad for 48 bushels of oats. Dad owes me for 4,924 pounds of cake.
May 25, 1948 – Sprayed everything for flies
May 26, 1948 – Dixie had colt. 180 calves first branding, 10 calves second branding, 4 calves unbranded (8 Weinmaster calves included).
Sunday, May 30, 1948 [Memorial Day]
June 7, 1948 [calendar commemorates Battle of Messines Ridge 1917] – Branded 9 calves, totaling 198 including 9 of Weinmasters.
June 14, 1948 [Flag Day]
June 26, 1948 [calendar commemorates First U.S. Troops Reach France 1917]
July 1, 1948 [calendar commemorates Start of Battle of Gettysburg 1863]
July 17, 1948 – Sprayed cattle at Green Valley Hereford Ranch [where Bob and Stan lived and batched]. Delivered steers for Dowd and Hines.
July 18, 1948 [calendar commemorates Chateau Thierry American Victory 1918]
July 20, 1948 – Sprayed cattle at home
July 21, 1948 [calendar commemorates Battle of Bull Run 1861]
July 22, 1948 – Purebred heifer calved
July 31, 1948 [calendar commemorates Lafayette Arrives from France 1777]
August 1, 1948 [calendar commemorates Beginning of the World War 1914]
August 5, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Atlantic Cable U.S. to England 1858]
August 14, 1948 [calendar commemorates 1945 V-J Day]
August 15, 1948 [calendar commemorates Panama Canal Opened 1914]
August 17, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Cable Message 1858]
August 23, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Trans-Atlantic Steamer Launched 1818]
September 10, 1948 [calendar commemorates Perry's Victory on Lake Erie 1813]
September 17, 1948 [calendar commemorates U.S. Constitution Adopted 1787]
October 7, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Colonial Congress Met in New York 1765]
October 12, 1948 [calendar commemorates Discovery of America 1492]
October 21, 1948 [calendar commemorates Incandescent Lamp – Edison 1879]
One page missing
November 10, 1948 [calendar commemorates Martin Luther 1483-1546]
November 11, 1948 [Armistice Day]
November 29, 1948 [calendar commemorates Byrd's So. Pole Flight 1929]
December 2, 1948 [calendar commemorates Monroe Doctrine Enunciated 1823]
December 7, 1948 [calendar commemorates 1941 U.S. Decl. War on Japan]
December 10, 1948 [calendar commemorates Peace with Spain 1898
December 11, 1948 [calendar commemorates 1941 U.S. Decl. War on Germany]
December 12, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Wireless Across Atlantic 1901]
December 14, 1948 [calendar commemorates South Pole Discovered 1911]
December 16, 1948 [calendar commemorates Boston Tea Party 1773]
December 22, 1948 [calendar commemorates Pilgrims Landed 1620]
Compiled by their son, Steve Moreland, November 17, 2015
January l, 1948 – Started feeding 196 cows cake – 200 # per day. 46 are Half Diamond M [my dad, Bob's brand], 12 are Two Bar Lazy J [his brother, Stan's brand], and 138 are J O [their dad, J.J. (Jack) Moreland's brand]
January 6, 1948 – Stan went home to help Dad move stacks home from Gardiner place
January 17, 1948 [the calendar honors Benj. Franklin 1706-1790]
January 19, 1948 [the calendar honors Robert E. Lee 1807-1870]
January 21, 1948 [the calendar honors Stonewall Jackson 1834-1863]
January 24, 1948 – Sprayed 207 cows, 260 calves, and 9 bulls for lice
January 29, 1948 [the calendar honors Wm. McKinley Born 1843 (but it doesn't say anything about his being assassinated on September 14, 1901)] – Sprayed Dowd steers for lice
January 30 – Sprayed cattle at Dad's place for lice
February 3, 1948 – Dad and Stan moved cattle from JO to the Gardiner place, having fed 19 stacks thus far.
February 11, 1948 – Cows and calves should be sprayed. Supposed to see Ed Saterlee at Valentine [their accountant]
February 12, 1948 [Lincoln 1809-1865] – Sprayed cows and calves 2nd time
February 18, 1948 – Sprayed Hines steers second time for lice and grubs.
February 19, 1948 – Sprayed cattle at Gardiner place second time for lice.
February 20, 1948 – Sorted heifers and bulls.
February 21, 1948 [my dad, Bob Moreland's 25th birthday] – Started giving old bulls 5 gal. ground oats per day
February 22, 1948 [Washington 1732-1799]
February 25, 1948 – bull calf from 631, bull calf from light colored 3-yr-old
February 26, 1948 – bull calf from 5-yr-old
February 29, 1948 – bull calf from 526
March 1, 1948 – We have 47 February calves
March 4, 1948 – Brought 19 heavy heifers from Gardiner place [about 7 or 8 miles across the hills]
March 5, 1948 – Bull calf from 317
March 6, 1948 [the calendar commemorates U.S. Troops at Front 1918]
March 9, 1948 – Pasture 133 cows and heifers, Meadow 8, Barn Lot 49, Tree Lot 44, Total 234 cows and heifers, Total 74 calves
March 15, 1948 [the calendar honors Andrew Jackson 1767-1845]
The rest of March and all of April was mostly notes on which cows had calved.
March 30, 1948 [the calendar commemorates Purchase of Alaska 1867]
April 3, 1948 – Bitner came after old bull
April 5, 1948 – Belsky coming out
April 6, 1948 [the calendar commemorates Peary Reaches North Pole 1909] – Cut out 40 Dowd and Hines steers
April 7, 1948 – take Dowd and Hines steers to Coles [Coles lived on the highway where it was easier to load trucks.]
April 8, 1948 – Meet Internal Rev. Man at Bank 1:30
April 9, 1948 – Help Fairheads muley-make
April 14, 1948 [calendar commemorates Assassination of Lincoln 1865]
May 1, 1948 [calendar commemorates Dewey's Victory of Manila 1898] – Total cattle wintered 851 – 93 cows up to Mar 1, 215 cows and 2-yr-old heifers, 277 yearling steers, 260 calves, 14 bulls
May 2, 1948 – 181 total calves
May 5, 1948 – Branded 23 for Stan, 40 for Bob, 111 for Jack, 7 for DW [Dave Weinmaster], turned bulls in with Stan's and mine
May 6, 1948 – Put 43 JO cows in Middle Pasture, 90 yearling heifers in West Pasture
May 7, 1948 [calendar commemorates Luisitania Torpedoed by Germany 1915] – Took Hines steers home
May 8, 1948 [calendar commemorates 1945 V-E Day]
May 12, 1948 – Stan and I settled up with each other. I owed him $48.20.
May 13, 1948 – I owe Dad for 48 bushels of oats. Dad owes me for 4,924 pounds of cake.
May 25, 1948 – Sprayed everything for flies
May 26, 1948 – Dixie had colt. 180 calves first branding, 10 calves second branding, 4 calves unbranded (8 Weinmaster calves included).
Sunday, May 30, 1948 [Memorial Day]
June 7, 1948 [calendar commemorates Battle of Messines Ridge 1917] – Branded 9 calves, totaling 198 including 9 of Weinmasters.
June 14, 1948 [Flag Day]
June 26, 1948 [calendar commemorates First U.S. Troops Reach France 1917]
July 1, 1948 [calendar commemorates Start of Battle of Gettysburg 1863]
July 17, 1948 – Sprayed cattle at Green Valley Hereford Ranch [where Bob and Stan lived and batched]. Delivered steers for Dowd and Hines.
July 18, 1948 [calendar commemorates Chateau Thierry American Victory 1918]
July 20, 1948 – Sprayed cattle at home
July 21, 1948 [calendar commemorates Battle of Bull Run 1861]
July 22, 1948 – Purebred heifer calved
July 31, 1948 [calendar commemorates Lafayette Arrives from France 1777]
August 1, 1948 [calendar commemorates Beginning of the World War 1914]
August 5, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Atlantic Cable U.S. to England 1858]
August 14, 1948 [calendar commemorates 1945 V-J Day]
August 15, 1948 [calendar commemorates Panama Canal Opened 1914]
August 17, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Cable Message 1858]
August 23, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Trans-Atlantic Steamer Launched 1818]
September 10, 1948 [calendar commemorates Perry's Victory on Lake Erie 1813]
September 17, 1948 [calendar commemorates U.S. Constitution Adopted 1787]
October 7, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Colonial Congress Met in New York 1765]
October 12, 1948 [calendar commemorates Discovery of America 1492]
October 21, 1948 [calendar commemorates Incandescent Lamp – Edison 1879]
One page missing
November 10, 1948 [calendar commemorates Martin Luther 1483-1546]
November 11, 1948 [Armistice Day]
November 29, 1948 [calendar commemorates Byrd's So. Pole Flight 1929]
December 2, 1948 [calendar commemorates Monroe Doctrine Enunciated 1823]
December 7, 1948 [calendar commemorates 1941 U.S. Decl. War on Japan]
December 10, 1948 [calendar commemorates Peace with Spain 1898
December 11, 1948 [calendar commemorates 1941 U.S. Decl. War on Germany]
December 12, 1948 [calendar commemorates First Wireless Across Atlantic 1901]
December 14, 1948 [calendar commemorates South Pole Discovered 1911]
December 16, 1948 [calendar commemorates Boston Tea Party 1773]
December 22, 1948 [calendar commemorates Pilgrims Landed 1620]