| Jan 10, 1904 | Snowed for 1st time to cover ground. |
| Jan 9 | Butchered 2 hogs. Nice day. |
| Jan 2 | Minnie and I went to Jennings. Was offered $4.50 for 1 load cattle. Bought cooper. |
| Jan 19 | Took 45 hogs to Jennings. Average 230 lbs. at $4.40 |
| Jan 23 | Put 80 head of cattle in Cramer stalks. Snowed last night. |
| Jan 24 | Sunday all went to S. S. Very cold E. wind. This has been a nice open winter till now. |
| Jan 25 | Fine show. 6 deg. Below zero. |
| Jan 26-28 | Mr. Price, Mr. F. Brock and Mr. Morfed here. Finished hauling corn. |
| Jan 31 | Found Essie’s heifer dead and 1 two year old steer dead from Stalks. |
| Feb 1, 1904 | Black steer died. Terrible wind & dust. |
| Feb 2 | Clear & nice. No school. Harrowed stalks all day. |
| Feb 6 | Took 35 head of steers to Jennings. Average weight 1448 lbs. and acted the fool and sold them at $4.40. Three of shrinkage and they sold in K. C. for $4.85 hundred. Lost over $100.00 |
| Feb 11 | Went to Mr. Gardeners to a big birthday dinner. Cold. |
| Feb 12 | Phillips, Bliss & Joe Henry stayed all nite last night. |
| Feb 13 | Very warm. Windy & dusty. Turned cold in eve. |
| Feb 14 | Sunday went to S. S. Mr. Millers here. Cold. |
| Feb 16 | Took Dexter to Phillips. |
| Feb 23 | I, Minnie, Elsie, Kent and Rossy went to Jennings. Got suit of clothes. $5.80 |
| Feb 25 | Tore down old cattle shed and burned trash. 13 sows has 102 pigs. Hauled hay. |
| Feb 26 | I and Stella went to Jennings. Minnie and Essie finished quilt. |
| Feb 27 | Made garden. Roy & Hughie cleaned out hog barn good. |
| Feb 28 | Nice day. Went to S. S. Have 130 pigs now. |
| Mar 9, 1904 | Put in telephone. At home. Went Spall sale. |
| Mar 10 | Went & bought 18 fat hogs out south. |
| Mar 11 | Went to Jennings. Bought hogs of Mr. Fish & Duncan. |
| Mar 12 | Mr. Small & May here. Ore sow had 16 pigs. Took 48 hogs to Jennings. |
| Mar 14 | My birthday. 48 yrs. old. Minnie gave me a whick broom & Stella a hanckerchief, Roy dished. Huey harrowed. Black cows calf came. |
| Mar 15 | Hogs sold this winter & spring. 162 head brought $1888.70. 162 head brought $1670.74. Dehorned & marked calves. |
| Mar 19 | Sold 2 sows and grinder to shoe maker. |
| Mar 21 | Assessor here. Last of sows had pigs today. Washed. Took up carpets. White washed. Fixed garden fence. We have 192 pigs from 24 sows. |
| Mar 22 | Papered 2 north rooms. Nice day. Huey harrowed. |
| Mar 23 | Finished harrowing alfalfa. Terrible wind & fire N. W. Jennings. Papered 2 rooms. |
| Mar 25 | Went to Jennings. Took eggs. |
| Mar 26 | Cut wart off colts leg. |
| Apr 1, 1904 | I, Roy, Hughy & Kent took 36 fat cattle to Jennings. Hot & windy. |
| Apr 3 | Easter Sunday. Mrs. Dochow & Pearl came. I went to K. C. with stock. |
| Apr 12 | Planted potatoes on S. Bottom. |
| Apr 14 | Hauled 2 loads hogs to Jennings. |
| Apr 15 | Took 2 loads hogs to Jennings. Estella, Elsie and Essie rode along with Roy and got their new spring hats. Terribly cold. |
| Apr 16 | Took 4 loads hogs to Jennings. Averaged 184 lbs. |
| Apr 17 | Bought hogs of Teel and Shoerinsky and Nellins. At $4.60 |
| Apr 24 | Sunday at home all day. Blue cows calf came. Snowed in eve. |
| Apr 25 | Washed. Cold. Planted sweet potatoes. |
| Apr 26 | I, Roy, Hughy & Kent went to Jennings. Odd fellow day. |
| Apr 29 | Rained listed corn southwest field. |
| Apr 30 | Went to town. Rained. Lots of water everywhere. |
| May 2, 1904 | I and Mr. Gardner went Norton. Roy listed. |
| May 3 | Rained last night & today. Went set posts in east pasture. |
| May 11 | Boys got wire of Wilsons and went and put on E. pasture. Bought steers of Terrill. Lulas colt came last night dead. First lettus. |
| May 13 | Took 94 steers to E. pasture. Grass good. |
| May 14 | Put in flume. Roy bought calves of McClure. |
| May 15 | Sunday went to S. S. |
| May 16 & 17 | Worked on road all day. Cool & fine. |
| May 19 | I went to Jennings. Pearl Dochow here. Commenced to wean Ross. |
| May 20 | We have 130 little chickens. Went to pasture to see cattle. |
| May 21 | Children went to town. Walter Steel awful sick. |
| May 22 | Went S. S. In afternoon to see Mr. Cramers. |
| May 23-28 | Cut and stacked alfalfa. |
| May 29 | Sunday went to meeting. Essie was Baptized. Lots here. |
| Jun 1, 1904 | Went to Jennings. Bought team of F. Simpson. |
| Jun 2-3-4 | Cut hay. Sprinkled rain. Turned hay dull & cloudy. |
| Jun 5 | Cool & cloudy. Maudes colt came in morn. |
| Jun 6-7 | Stacked hay. Went got Dr. for Maude. She died in night. |
| Jun 8 | Rained morn. Stacked 4 loads alfalfa. |
| Jun 9 | big rain last night. Roys cows calf came. |
| Jun 10-11 | Stacked alfalfa both days. |
| Jun 12 | Sun. nice day. Went to S. S. Children went to Mr. Gardners. |
| Jun 13-14-15 | Stacked hay & plowed corn. |
| Jun 17 | Big rain last night. I and Pete went to Jennings for stacker. |
| Jun 18 | Stacked hay cut north with new stacker. |
| Jun 19 | Sunday another big rain. Mr. Mrs. Jake Langor are here. |
| Jul 1, 1904 | Finished stacking 1st crop alfalfa. |
| Jul 19 | I went to Jennings to oil meeting. |
| Jul 20 | Put hay up north of house. Essies team, Nellie & Coly with rake run away. I got hit very bad. Dr. Funk came. I lay senseless 1½ hrs. |
| Jul 21 | Filled W. barn with hay. |
| Jul 22 | Boys went to other place. I and children went to get sow at Phipps. |
| Jul 24 | Sunday Mr. & Mrs. Gardner were baptized. |
| Jul 25-27 | Put up hay. Finished 2nd crop. |
| Jul 28 | I and children went to Jennings. Hot. |
| Jul 29 | Very hot. 98 deg in shade. Rested. |
| Aug 30, 1904 | Bought 47 head of cattle from Mr. Lunney. At $3.25 Averaged 948 lbs. |
| Aug 31 | I and Minnie, Kent & Elsie went to Norton to fair. Nice day. |
| Sep 1, 1904 | I took Roy Stella, Huey & Essie to Lenora. They started to Worlds Fair in St. Louis. I bought 240 acres of land from L. Larrick for $9500.00. One Mile west of Lenora. |
| Sep 8 | Frosted last night. Finished putting up alfalfa. |
| Sep 13 | Went to Jennings. Took 20 bu. apples at 85 cts. bu. 27 musk melons, 13 watermelons at 20 cts. each. |
| Sep 16 | Dup 40 bu. potatoes. |
| Sep 17 | Took 24 cows & heifers to Jennings to ship to K. C. |
| Sep 18 | Shipped the cattle. Mils Wilson went with them. Paid Shook for Jennings Echo to be sent to Hebe Kline. Blandinsville Ill. |
| Sep 19 | Went to Jennings. Sold land to Brock. |
| Sep 20 | I and Minnie made deeds to land. Dug about 70 bu. potatoes. |
| Sep 22 | I went to Jennings. Took Shook 40 watermelons at 10 cts each, musk melons 5 cts each. |
| Sep 23 | Dug potatoes by melon patch. Made cattle trough. |
| Sep 24 | I, Roy, Stella & Essie went to Jennings. Got new hats. |
| Sep 25 | Sunday all went to S. S. Mr. Wilsons here. |
| Sep 26 | Made cattle trough. Mrs. Dochow here. Went to Mr. Steeles funeral. |
| Sep 27 | Cut 4th crop alfalfa. Bought corn of McClure. |
| Sep 28 | Went to Lenora. Got lumber for scales. |
| Sep 29 | Went to E. place. Got cattle. Divided. Took back 30 calves & 1 cow. Put all fat cattle together over in hay on potatoe patch. |
| Oct 11, 1904 | put 126 head cattle in feed lot. |
| Oct 13 | Stacked alfalfa. Rained. Marked 170 pigs. |
| Oct 17 | Finished stacking alfalfa. Hay seed. I and Roy made feed troughs. Minnie, Essie & Elsie picked Gennet apples. Minnie made 10 gal cider. Mr. Randell finished hauling 396 bu. corn. |
| Oct 20 | Went got 3 boars of Fish for $30.00. Commenced to bred sows. |
| Oct 27 | Went to James sale. Bought 2 sows and 1800 bu. corn at 30 cts bu. |
| Oct 29 | Went to Jennings. Took wheat for Baxter. For st Mizer put 6 head horses on alfalfa. At $1.00 mo. W. E. Wilson put 4 head in. |
| Oct 31 | Went to Jennings. Bought of different ones. 3200 bu corn at 30 cts. bu. |
| Nov 1&2, 1904 | Roy & I husked corn. Nice weather. |
| Nov 3 | Killed hog. Got 3 loads corn. Went school to speaking at night. |
| Nov 4 | Got 3 loads corn. Nice day. |
| Nov 5 | Mrs. May got $2.50 worth apples and did not pay. Got 3 loads corn. |
| Nov 6 | Went to S. S. Mr. Gardners here. Nice day. |
| Nov 7 | Got 3 loads corn. Randall hauled 3 loads. |
| Nov 8 | Went to Election at Jennings. Had Rossies picture taken. |
| Nov 9 | Sprinkled hogs. Worked on feeder. Randall and Black boys got killed. |
| Nov 10 | Snowed all day. Cold. |
| Nov 12 | Brought cattle from Tyrell place. Got 8 loads corn this week. 23 loads to date. |
| Nov 13 | Sunday nice day. Went to S. S. |
| Nov 14 | Done chores. Got 2 loads corn. |
| Nov 15 | I went to Jennings. Got Barrells & coop. Roy got load corn. |
| Nov 16 | Dressed 72 turkeys. Roy got one load corn. Got draft from mother. |
| Nov 17 | Took turkeys to Jennings to ship to Denver. |
| Nov 21 | Went to Gardners & Teals. Did not buy cattle. |
| Nov 30 | Commenced thrashing alfalfa. Had 22 bu. |
| Dec 1, 1904 | Finished thrashing 65 bu. Cold tonight. |
| Dec 3 | Dehorned steers, got of Teal. Hauled hay. Leil Mackey helped move fence. |
| Dec 4 | Snowing all day. Mrs. Dochow here. |
| Dec 5 | Nice clear day. Roy started to school. I done chores. Fixed fence. Bedford Jennings put 49 horses in stalks. $1.00 per head each mo. |
| Dec 7 | I and Stella went to Jennings. Stella had picture taken. |
| Dec 8 | Went to Lewis to see cattle. Nice day. |
| Dec 9 | Hauled hay for hogs from W. Tired. |
| Dec 10 | Butchered 2 hogs. Done chores etc. Nice day. |
| Dec 11 | Sun. at home. Cold N. wind. |
| Dec 12 | Got 10 loads corn. Morford stayed all night. |
| Dec 13 | Snowing. Cold. Done chores. |
| Dec 14 | Made pen in front of big barn. |
| Dec 15 | Hauled hay from over east for sows. |
| Dec 16 | Windy. Done chores. Minnie & Stella canned & sorted 24 qts. apples. |
| Dec 17 | I and children went to Jennings. Nice day. |
| Dec 18 | Sunday I and Rossie staid home. Rest went to meeting. |
| Dec 19 | Mr. Reed hauled corn. Nice day. |
| Dec 20 | Got 11 loads corn. Dressed 17 turkeys. Went to Miss Tuckers burying. |
| Dec 21 | I and Minnie took Turkeys to Jennings. Got 10 loads corn. |
| Dec 31 | Bert Taylor me 32 steers. $409.23. |