On the 25th Amos’ prospective father-in-law visits. Probably just checking out this young man.
Tuesday, August 1, 1911
Came out to Bush- this p.m. with John Arnot in his machine. Drove pony home from there.
Wednesday, August 2, 1911
Rained a little last night. Norman drove wagon up town this a.m. after a barrel of lime.
Thursday, August 3, 1911
Sprinkled a little last night. Went over to the spring two miles north of the house today with the Harker family after wild grapes and got quite a few. Cut some green maize stalks today for the hogs.
Friday, August 4, 1911
Little fat sow brought six pigs last night but lost one. Drove pony up town after dinner and had some plow points sharpened.
Saturday, August 5, 1911
Drove pony over to Bush- tonight to an ice cream social.
Sunday, August 6, 1911
Staid home all day except for driving up after the mail and right back tonight. Very warm today with a hot south wind.
Monday, August 7, 1911
Arthur plowed all day. Looked over my row crop this a.m. The maize is nearly all headed, the kaffir has started to shoot and the broadcast sorghum is almost ready to cut as I want it only for roughness.
Tuesday, August 8, 1911
Arthur plowed all day. I sharpened some plow points this p.m. and then rode the pony up town.
Wednesday, August 9, 1911
Hauled some feed up to the corral this p.m. and then drove the wagon up town after a load of coal for Norman.
Amos’ photo from 1910.
Thursday, August 10, 1911
Sharpened some plow-points this a.m. Buck Putman brought the header back this p.m. and I helped him put it under the shed. Ballew and Burks cut 448 acres with it at 25 cents per acre to me. Rode pony up town after the mail this p.m.
Friday, August 11, 1911
Had to quit plowing this a.m. as it was too dry to do good work. Drove pony up town after the mail this p.m. Very warm today with variable wind from south and south-east.
Saturday, August 12, 1911
Nothing doing. Very warm.
Sunday, August 13, 1911
Very warm with a hot southerly wind blowing and all row stuff is firing badly. Went to church tonight at Wil-.
Monday, August 14, 1911
103° above this p.m. Rode pony over to Bush- this p.m. to see Harker about renting his broadcast binder.
Tuesday, August 15, 1911
Nothing doing.
Wednesday, August 16, 1911
Rode pony up town this p.m. and rented a broadcast binder of Mitchell. Drove team up after supper and brought it home.
Another of Amos’ 1910 photos. This is Nicholson’s binder.
Thursday, August 17, 1911
Started to cut sorghum all day but had trouble with the machine and didn’t do much. Drove pony up to Wil- after supper for some repairs.
Friday, August 18, 1911
Cut sorghum all day. Changed off with Norman and shocked part of the time.
Saturday, August 19, 1911
Cut feed. Stopped machine about 4 p.m. and helped Norman finish the shocking.
Sunday, August 20, 1911
Rode pony up thru the maize and kaffir this a.m. The maize is badly burned but the kaffir is not suffering much yet. Eleanor is 27 today. Took the Victor up to Northcott’s this p.m. and then played up at the hotel at Wil- after eating supper there.
Monday, August 21, 1911
Cut sorghum all day while Norman shocked. It started to rain about 5:30 p.m. and stopped us but the rain did not amount to anything. One of the young sows brought five pigs this p.m. but lost one.
Tuesday, August 22, 1911
Cold north wind blowing all day so we did not try to cut feed. Drove pony up town after the mail this p.m.
Wednesday, August 23, 1911
Rained from eleven last night until noon today and showered a little this p.m. Staid in the house most of the day.
Thursday, August 24, 1911
Rode pony up town after the mail this a.m. and got some green maize for hog feed when I got back.
Friday, August 25, 1911
Arthur and I set up some shocks of sorghum that had fallen over, after dinner. The Harkers with Mr. Bressler came along and I went up to the house with them.
Saturday, August 26, 1911
Still too wet to cut feed this a.m. and the wind was blowing too hard after dinner. Rode pony up after the mail this p.m. Norman killed a rattler this p.m. just as it was going under the front porch – 7 rattles.
Sunday, August 27, 1911
Drove pony over to Harker’s for dinner. A hard rain with a little hail started soon after dinner and lasted a couple of hours. A hard north wind with a little rain is blowing tonight.
Monday, August 28, 1911
Rained most of last night and has been cloudy all day. Rode pony to Wil- this p.m. and bought a 2nd hand 7 ft McCormick broadcast binder of Nicolson.
Tuesday, August 29, 1911
Took the rented binder back to Mitchell this p.m. and brought mine home.
Wednesday, August 30, 1911
Took train to Amarillo this a.m., got some things and came home tonight.
Thursday, August 31, 1911
Worked on binder a little today but had to order a new canvas before cutting any more.
This I Leave 
I’ve been curious as to Mrs. Harker, Ruth’s sister. Whatever happened to her? Did they stay in Texas during the Dust Bowl days?
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Harkers moved to Tennessee at some point, probably before the 1930s. I never figured out how Maude met Mr. Harker and why they moved to Texas. That is the key to Amos meeting Ruth.
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