Soapweed
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My journal entry for Wednesday, May 29, 1968
I woke up at 6:30 and put away a bigger breakfast than usual—four pancakes, an egg, bacon, an orange, and a bowl of cereal.
Dad got in the Johnson bull (retailing at $2500). We had a hard time trying to put him in the chute, so finally put on a halter and led him in. Dad put a Rafter M on his left hip.
We loaded the bull, got our lunch, and took off for the Leach Place. We stopped in town to have Weber Equipment make a device for putting in sickle section dead men for fencing.
At the Leach Place, we unloaded the bull and put on a big supply of cedar posts. We went over to our fence building project, and I finished stapling one stretch and then tamped in some posts.
For dinner, we found a shady spot to unpack the lunch that Mom sent with us. Lloyd, Doug, and I took short naps while Dad checked a windmill.
I fenced about half the afternoon and then took the green pickup to get in the horses. I used Sassy and took the bunch in the Myers meadow to water at the southeast end. Four calves were out, so I put them where they belonged and then took some Princeton cows to a swamp to water. [46 years later, I assume the wind wasn't blowing enough to keep the windmills turning.]
We fenced until 7:00 and then came home. Tomorrow is Memorial Day so we won't work. Doug stayed in town.
We did chores and had supper. Lloyd took off for Valentine.
Ken called up and we chatted awhile.
The "Johnson bull" was a Hereford purchased from E.O. Johnson Herefords of Milford, Iowa. Here is a link to an interesting article about the Johnsons.
http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/2006083.html
I woke up at 6:30 and put away a bigger breakfast than usual—four pancakes, an egg, bacon, an orange, and a bowl of cereal.
Dad got in the Johnson bull (retailing at $2500). We had a hard time trying to put him in the chute, so finally put on a halter and led him in. Dad put a Rafter M on his left hip.
We loaded the bull, got our lunch, and took off for the Leach Place. We stopped in town to have Weber Equipment make a device for putting in sickle section dead men for fencing.
At the Leach Place, we unloaded the bull and put on a big supply of cedar posts. We went over to our fence building project, and I finished stapling one stretch and then tamped in some posts.
For dinner, we found a shady spot to unpack the lunch that Mom sent with us. Lloyd, Doug, and I took short naps while Dad checked a windmill.
I fenced about half the afternoon and then took the green pickup to get in the horses. I used Sassy and took the bunch in the Myers meadow to water at the southeast end. Four calves were out, so I put them where they belonged and then took some Princeton cows to a swamp to water. [46 years later, I assume the wind wasn't blowing enough to keep the windmills turning.]
We fenced until 7:00 and then came home. Tomorrow is Memorial Day so we won't work. Doug stayed in town.
We did chores and had supper. Lloyd took off for Valentine.
Ken called up and we chatted awhile.
The "Johnson bull" was a Hereford purchased from E.O. Johnson Herefords of Milford, Iowa. Here is a link to an interesting article about the Johnsons.
http://www.spencerdailyreporter.com/story/2006083.html