July 8 - 14, 1948

A good reminder that cool weather will return.

This picture was simply titled "Butchering Day at Schurter Farm"

taken sometime during the 1930s

No names for anyone.

July 8: " Went to farm early this morning. Worked on threshing machine all morning. Sprayed some weeds after dinner. Came home early. Picked 2 quarts of raspberries. Walked downtown with family. Charles and Carol went to recreation."

gro.  2.97

paper  .20

July 9: "Went to farm early this morning. Got binder ready, painted wagon before dinner. Started cutting oats at noon, shocked  awhile, then went to Eichers to spray clover. Dan used his tractor on binder. The family came down this evening." (note from Rich, I'm not sure what a "binder" is but will post a picture below of what I have found. Comments welcome on this one.)

July 10: "Went to farm late this morning. Had to wait to get some welding done. Shocked oats till ten o'clock then went to Eichers to spray some clover. Dan and Dad were cutting oats. Had a heavy rain towards evening."

gro.  1.19

gro.  1.82

July 11: "Got up late this morning. Was raining, mowed lawn towards noon. Went to farm about 4 o'clock and shocked oats for a couple of hours. Came home early. Wasn't feeling very good. Went to fireworks at park in Pekin."

paper  .15

July 12: "Went to farm late this morning. Had to wait on Helen as she was going to dentist. Chocked oats most of morning. Chickens came today. Started cutting over at Dan's about 4 o'clock, finished about 9:30."

shopping  3.90

gro.  2.67

July 13: "Went to farm early this morning. Started cutting oats about ten-thirty. I shocked till about 3 o'clock then Dan went home. Had a shower of rain about 6 o'clock. Charles and Carol went to park, canned 9 quarts of beans and washed and made pickled beets, 3 and one half quarts, froze 9 pints of bing cherries"

cherries  1.78

July 14: "Went to farm late this morning. Worked on Dan's tractor and binder, thresher machine till noon. Then shocked oats all afternoon. Picked blackberries last night. Helen had canned 50 quarts of vegetables plus 16 pints. In freezer there are 28 quarts and 28 pints of fruit and vegetables."