Weds           Sept  19         1883
Charley finished his corn   
Charley:  Delia’s son-in-law
Frid            Oct 19               1883
H got in the Beans, & some corn
22 Mon  finished cutting corn
H:  Delia’s husband Hiram
Monday    July 28          1884
Satia has washed & baked, Amos finished the mowing this afternoon except some nooks & corners he will cut with sythe		 mower:  a mowing machine used for cutting hay was
drawn by a horse
sythe:  an implement with a large curved blade at the
end of a long handle, used for cutting hay or grass by
hand
Friday      August 1       1884
to day Amos drew in his wheat		 Amos:  Delia’s son
Sat’y  to day Amos thrashed his wheate

Monday…this afternoon Amos has been reaping some oats
Tuesday  Amos is harvesting h is oats
Weds’y  Amos has drawed in some oats

Thurs’y  to day Charley Brockett
helpt Amos draw in oats 

Friday Charley helped Amos today
& got his oats all in a little after 3 oclock  
Saturday  to day Amos went to the other place & stacked some hay that had been cut on shair cut on shair:  shares, helping a farmer harvest
his crops, taking part of the crop as payment for labor

Activities to Accompany Diary
1)      Look at the picture “Denison Hill, c. 1890, from Denison family album.  Describe what you see.
What is the season?  Tell why you think this is so.
2)  Read diary entries and notes for August 17-22.  Discuss quilting bees and why they were so important in Delia’s day.
3)  Read all the diary entries and make a list of all the crops that Delia talks about harvesting during those fall months.
4)  Read the description of Delia’s diary.  Using lined paper, brown paper bags, and yarn, make a diary like Delia’s.  Use the diary to keep track of what you did for a week in the fall.  Did your diary have any entries about fall or harvest related activities?