| Jan 1, 1890 | Went & thrashed 20 bu. cane seed. Nice day. Put cattle on wheat. |
| Jan 2 | Hauled cane & 2 shocks fodder. Went to Victoria. Cold. |
| Jan 3 | Hauled sorgum & straw. Put cattle on wheat. |
| Jan 4 | Went to Walker to get Hattie tooth pulled. Went to alliance. Warmer. |
| Jan 5 | Sunday at home all day. Cold & chilly. |
| Jan 6 | Snowing most all day from N. E. |
| Jan 7 | Washed forenoon. Done chores. Fair. |
| Jan 8 | Hauled out 20 shocks feed. Nice day. |
| Jan 9 | Took cattle on wheat. Husked 7 shocks corn. |
| Jan 10 | Husked 4 shocks corn. Went to Victoria. Took 13 doz eggs. Got 10 cts. doz. Butter 18 cts. lb. |
| Jan 11 | Done chores morn. Rained last nite. Went to alliance. Cold. |
| Jan 12 | Sunday snowed all day. Windy. Fed stock. |
| Jan 13 | Hauled rye & straw. Went Walker. Cold & chilly. |
| Jan 14 | Went to Russell. Got beef & overshoes & Essie shoes. Blizzard in eve. |
| Jan 15 | Done chores at home. Coldest day this year. |
| Jan 16 | 5 deg. Below zero. Rubys calf came. Hauled feed. |
| Jan 17 | Very cold. Hauled feed. Went to Walker for Mail. |
| Jan 18 | Clear & bright. Hattie joined alliance. |
| Jan 19 | Sunday cold. Done chores. Home all day. |
| Jan 20 | Clear & cold. Hauled straw & fodder. Got children picture. |
| Jan 21 | Done chores. Cold winter weather. |
| Jan 22 | Cold day at Walker. Hauled hay. Got Lagrippe. |
| Jan 23 | Done chores. Quite sick. Nice winter weather. |
| Jan 24 | Hauled. Went to Walker. Got bran. Thawed fast. |
| Jan 25 | Went to Walker Co. alliance. Thawed. Quite muddy. |
| Jan 26 | Sunday at home all day. Nice. |
| Jan 27 | Hattie washed. Done chores. Nice day. |
| Jan 28 | Hauled. Nice day. Very muddy. |
| Jan 29 | Went to Walker. Done chores. |
| Jan 30 | Went got Mr. Taylor & commenced on well at noon. Warm. |
| Jan 31 | Worked on well. Put in curb. |
| Feb 1, 1890 | Worked in well. |
| Feb 2 | Sunday. Nice day. Cloudy. |
| Feb 3 | Hauled feed. Took butter to Victoria. |
| Feb 4 | Worked on well. Commenced to wall. |
| Feb 5 | Finished the wall. Went to Walker. Got buckets. |
| Feb 6 | Hauled feed. Snowing all day. Fine for wheat. |
| Feb 7 | Washed forenoon. Took butter to Victoria. Thawed. |
| Feb 8 | Hauled feed & straw. Husked 5 shocks corn. Roy sick. |
| Feb 9 | Sunday clear & fine. At home all day. |
| Feb 10 to 15th | Hauled feed. Done chores. Took butter Victoria. Etc. |
| Feb 16 | Sunday went to Dunkard meeting. Cold & chilly. |
| Feb 17 | Hauled feed. Done chores. Went to meeting at night. |
| Feb 18 | Cold & chilly east wind. Fed and chelled corn. |
| Feb 19 | Done chores. Dull & cloudy. Went meeting. |
| Feb 20 | Done chores. Dull & cold. Wintry. |
| Feb 21 | Snowed last night. Hauled feed. |
| Feb 22 | Took butter to Victoria. Cold & foggy all day. |
| Feb 23 | Sunday clear & fine. Went to Mr. Dortlands. |
| Feb 24 | Cloudy dull. Hauled feed. |
| Feb 25 | Dull & it looks stormy. Took heifer to Grunts. |
| Feb 26 | Stormy. Fed stock. |
| Feb 27 | Hattie washed. Cold north wind. |
| Feb 28 | Hauled feed & done chores. Cold. |
| Feb 29 | Nothing written. |
| Mar 1, 1890 | Went Victoria to alliance. Very cold day. |
| Mar 2 | Sun. went to F. Hopkins to funeral. Nice day. |
| Mar 3 | Hauled feed. Went to Walker. Herded cattle. Warm. |
| Mar 4 | Hauled feed forenoon. Herded cattle. Cold. |
| Mar 5 | Done chores. Cold & chilly. Went to Walker. |
| Mar 6 | Hauled 4 loads feed. Damp snow. |
| Mar 7 | Hauled feed forenoon. Got mail in eve. |
| Mar 8 | Hauled 4 loads corn feed. Went to Victoria & Walker. |
| Mar 9 | Sunday at home. South wind. Misty & damp. |
| Mar 10 | Washed forenoon. Husked corn. Nice day. |
| Mar 12 | Done chores etc. |
| Mar 13 | Done chores. Very cool at nights. |
| Mar 14 | Broke stalks on wheat. Done chores. Nice day. |
| Mar 15 | W. Hopkins & wife here. Went to alliance. |
| Mar 16 | Sunday Fagons here visiting. Nice day. |
| Mar 17 | Hattie & children most sick. Planted potatoes. |
| Mar 18 | Went to Crows sale. Got oats in Gorham. Warm. |
| Mar 19 | Went to Walker as Juror in trial of McGrachers. |
| Mar 20 | Plowed some. Burned stubble. (Bred Kit and Maude to Kings horse.) |
| Mar 21 | Warm. Bred Queen & Topsy to Kings horse. |
| Mar 22 | Plowed on oats. Nice day to work. |
| Mar 23 | Sunday terrible wind & dust. At home. |
| Mar 24 | Terribly windy. Went to Walker morn. Plowed afternoon. |
| Mar 25 | Plowed all day. Nice weather. Wheat fields green. |
| Mar 26 | Went to Walker forenoon. Got coal. Cultivated for oats. |
| Mar 27 | Terrible wind & blizzard. Snowing from north. |
| Mar 28 | Hauled feed forenoon. Finished cultivating oats. |
| Mar 29 | Hauled feed. Went to Mr. Fagons. Got 14 bu. oats. |
| Mar 30 | Sunday cloudy & cold E. wind. At home. Gloomy cold. |
| Mar 31 | Hauled feed forenoon finished. Drilled oats eve. |
| Apr 1, 1890 | Finished drilling oats. Took drill home. Got chips. |
| Apr 2 | Misty & damp. Grunts brought men to look at land. |
| Apr 3 | Washed forenoon. Took butter to Victoria. Warm. |
| Apr 4 | Fine growing weather. Husked corn. Went to Walker. |
| Apr 5 | Done chores. Went to alliance. Warm. |
| Apr 6 | Sunday. Went to Walter Hopkins. Nice & warm. Hot. |
| Apr 7 | Washed forenoon. Husked corn. Nice day, but windy. |
| Apr 8 | Terrible high wind & dusty. At home. |
| Apr 9 | Went to Victoria. Got new wagon for $18.00. Took Kit to Gorham. Took horse. |
| Apr 10 | Russians here to buy land. I took Maud to Kings horse. |
| Apr 11 | Went to Walker. Harrowed stalks in orchard. Windy. |
| Apr 12 | Raked stalks. Went to primary forenoon. Windy. |
| Apr 13 | Sunday at home. Warm & dry. Beginning to need rain. |
| Apr 14 | Washed forenoon. Burned stubble afternoon. |
| Apr 15 | Went to Gorham. Listed in Corn. Warm. |
| Apr 16 | Went to Gorham. Listed in corn. Cold raw E. wind. |
| Apr 17 | Went to Gorham. Listed corn afternoon. |
| Apr 18 | Finished putting in 12 acres corn. Wheat looks fine. |
| Apr 19 | Planted potatoes in E. field. Nice day. |
| Apr 20 | Sunday went to Dunkard meeting. Mr. Dortlands here. |
| Apr 21 | Finished planting potatoes. Nice day. |
| Apr 22 | Took butter to Victoria. Burned stubble. Rained. |
| Apr 23 | Cold N. wind. Damp. Went to Gorham. |
| Apr 24 | Went to Gorham. Got Queen & Nelly. Rain. Listed corn. |
| Apr 25 | Went got mail. Rained all day. Cold. Done chores. Fine for wheat. |
| Apr 26 | Moved hen house. Sold Lula to Crissman. $150.00. |
| Apr 27 | Sunday nice day. Went to Mr. Fagons. Crops look well. |
| Apr 28 | Put straw on potatoes all day. Hot. Hattie helped. |
| Apr 29 | Mulched potatoes forenoon. Planted 12 acres corn P. M. |
| Apr 30 | Listed corn in E. field. Mulched potatoes P. M. |
| May 1, 1890 | Went to Russell. Got money at bank. |
| May 2 | Listed corn forenoon. Finished mulching 1 acre potatoes. |
| May 3 | Finished planting #. Field corn. Hot. Rained. |
| May 4 | Sunday fine rain last night. Floss’s colt came. |
| May 5 | Went to Victoria with butter. Worked on bottom. Rained. Harrowed stalks. |
| May 6 | Raked stalks & stubble. Commenced listing. Windy. Corn nice. |
| May 7 | Listed in nice corn on bottom, and sorgum in orchard. |
| May 8 | Went to Walker forenoon. Planted corn afternoon. |
| May 9 | Plowed for sorgum. Wheat needs rain. |
| Mau 10 | Plowed all day. Went to Walker to alliance eve. |
| May 11 | Sunday clear & windy. At home all day. |
| May 12 | Hattie washed. I finished plowing for sorgum. Dry. |
| May 13 | Harrowed forenoon. Got drill. |
| May 14 | Drilled in sorgum. Dusty & dry. Wheat suffering. |
| May 15 | Drizzled rain forenoon. Went to Gorham in eve. |
| May 16 | Went to Russell to alliance (picknic). |
| May 17 | Dragged soil. Nice corn & sorgum. Took butter to Victoria. |
| May 18 | Sunday at home all day. Dry. |
| May 19 | Hauled 140 bu. wheat to Walker. Got 75 cts bu. |
| May 20 | Went to Victoria Deposited $100.00 in bank. Pd. Peter Grunt in full. |
| May 21 | Washed forenoon. Went fixed bor in spring. |
| May 22 | Went to Fagons & took drill home. Got oats. Dry. |
| May 23 | Done chores. Roy & Stella went to school. I got wagon tongue. |
| May 24 | Went to Victoria. Took butter. Nice rain last night. |
| May 25 | Sunday went to Walker. Got mail. At home. |
| May 26 | Went to Mr. Boyles sale. Nice day, but dry. |
| May 27 | Washed forenoon. Cleaned house. Terribly windy. |
| May 28 | High dry wind. Wheat dying. Went to Gorham. |
| May 29 | Still dry. Took Nelly to Gorham. Some cloudy. |
| May 30 | Dry & windy weather. Done chores. |
| May 31 | Dry. Horse broke buggy tongue threw us out. |
| Jun 1, 1890 | Went to Fullers. Came home. Hot. |
| Jun 2 | High dry wind. Mowed rye. Suffering for rain. |
| Jun 3 | Finished mowing 10 acre rye. Raked afternoon. Sold 33 lbs butter for $3.30 Got 10 cts lbs. Sold 23 lbs butter for $2.30 Got 10 cts lbs. Sold 33 lbs butter for $3.30 Got 10 cts lbs. |
| Jun 4 | Tried to stack rye but too windy. Plowed corn. |
| Jun 5 | Windy. Worked road. Terrible dry. |
| Jun 6 | Clarence Hall helped stack rye. Terrible hot. |
| Jun 7 | Finished stacking rye 1st piece. Hot. |
| Jun 8 | Sunday went to S. S. Billy Naylors here. |
| Jun 9 | Plowed corn all day. Terrible dry. |
| Jun 10 | Finished 12 acres corn 1st time. |
| Jun 11 | Finished cutting 6 acres rye. Raked afternoon. Hot. |
| Jun 12 | Went to Gorham. Took butter. Got 9 cts lb. Windy. |
| Jun 13 | Plowed corn forenoon. Stacked rye. Hot & dry. |
| Jun 14 | Plowed corn all day. Terrible dry & hot. Crops suffering. |
| Jun 15 | Sunday worst dry spell since in Ks. Fagons here. |
| Jun 16 | Rained last night. Hattie washed. Finished E. piece corn. |
| Jun 17 | Rained last night. Went to Victoria. Got 10 ct. lb. for butter. |
| Jun 18 | Stacked rye finished. Things growing fast. |
| Jun 19 | Went to Gorham forenoon. Big hail in eve. Plowed corn. Very hot. |
| Jun 20 | Plowed & cultivated in sorgum. Very hot. |
| Jun 21 | Harrowed sorgum. Plowed corn 2nd time. Hot. |
| Jun 22 | Sunday south wind. Hot. |
| Jun 23 | Plowed corn 2nd time. Corn growing fast. |
| Jun 24 | Plowed corn. Very warm days. |
| Jun 25 | Plowed corn in E. field. Hot |
| Jun 26 | Finished plowing corn & sorgum. Hot. |
| Jun 27 | Helped Ellie Grunt cut rye. Windy. |
| Jun 28 | Cut rye for Ellie. Wheat for me. Warm. |
| Jun 29 | Sunday at home all day. Hot. Windy. |
| Jun 30 | Finished my wheat in middle field. Helped Jake cut. |
| Jul 1, 1890 | Cut for Jake all day. Warm. |
| Jul 2 | Cut at Jakes all day. Nice to work. |
| Jul 3 | Cut forenoon. Rainy and damp. |
| Jul 4 | Cool & fine. Went to Ft. Fletcher to celebration. |
| Jul 5 | Very windy. Finished Jakes wheat. Killed 7 skunks. |
| Jul 6 | Hot. Sunday at home all day. Terrible dry. |
| Jul 7 | Cut E. field wheat. Very windy. |
| Jul 8 | Cut rye for Grunt. Hot & dry. |
| Jul 9 | Cut for Grunt. Very warm. |
| Jul 10 | Cut wheat for Grunt. Hot & dry. |
| Jul 11 | Finished cutting for Grunt. Cut 2 acres for me. |
| Jul 12 | Finished cutting oats & rye for Jake. Done harvesting. |
| Jul 13 | Sunday warm & dry at home. |
| Jul 14 | Washed. Went to Victoria afternoon. Hot winds. |
| Jul 15 | Took rye to Walker forenoon. Lard to Gorham. Hot. |
| Jul 16 | Took 22 chickens to Victoria. Got 22 cts each. Hot. |
| Jul 17 | Sold 320 acres land to J. Grunts for $4000.00. 6 hundred & 40 dollars to be paid by July 25 1890 and $3360.00 to be paid out in $10 payments at 8%. |
| Jul 18 | Very dry & hot. At home all day. |
| Jul 19 | Looked for thrashers all day. Hot. |
| Jul 20 | Went to Mr. Fagons. Hot winds terrible. |
| Jul 21 | Threshed my wheat. Had 292½ bu. Got 59 cts bu. |
| Jul 22 | Went to Russell. Got sales bill. Hot & dry. |
| Jul 23 | At home. Sold 4 chairs for $2.80. Washed. |
| Jul 24 | Went to Victoria. Got oilcloth. Grunts paid. Put up sales bills. Me $90.00 cash. Check $550.00 |
| Jul 25 | Put bows on wagon (covered wagon). Went to Walker. Hot & dry. |
| Jul 26 | I & Joe Grunt went to Hays City had contract recorded. |
| Jul 27 | Very hot & dry at home all day. Grunts here. |
| Jul 28 | Packed up things. Got ready for sale. Hot & dry. |