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== 1895 June ==
5 Rain all Forenoon Cooler
6 Plowing very Cold had mitts on
" Planted Corn Beans Sowed Carrots. Frost
7 Drilling and sowing turnips Planted Corn on Track
8 Warmer Took steer to Fergus
9 (Sunday) Jas.Dix here very hot
10 Whitewashing. worked Sheep hot
11 Away with John McLellan looking at Roads
12 Plowing Turnip Land
13 To Salem For Flour visiting at Richardsons {Burts J ?}
14 Finished Plowing Turnip Land. Drilling {Do = same as above}
15 Finished Sowing Turnips. to Gravel Letting
17 clipping sheep hot. Drouth Getting Serious
18 Building Lane Fence. Grasshoppers thick
19 '' '' '' Finished Put Trough in Ditch
20 visiting. J. Moirs & R. Stewarts
21 at {Alex?} Bremmers Raising hot
22 Doing some Road work. Light Rain
24 Roadwork drawing Gravel
25 Council meeting hot
26 Finished Roadwork Thunder & a nice Shower
27 Fixing Culvert on Gravel. Putting in gate at swamp
28 Away with Reeve to Bridges To Shaws Funreal {Funeral} Rain
29 Uncle Came here from Goderich
== July ==
1 Day Dry Posting Bills
2 '' '' Scuffling Potatoes hanging Gate
3 Digging Drain up to Bridge Con 1 Lot 16
4 With R Thompson to R Richardsons
5 Letting jobs of Gravelling and ditching on 2nd & 3rd Lines
6 To See Reeve. Drawing Earth to end Drain in Lane
8 Took Uncle to Station. Some Rain
9 high wind Cold. Levi & E Flewelling here for orders
== 1895 July ==
10 Front resowing Turnips sowing corn. Frost
11 To Fergus For Oil meal & {c....?}
12 Painting a very fine Shower scufffling Turnips
13 '' very Like Rain but none came {S Fro..? cut off}
15 Started to Cut hay Rainy afternoon
16 hoeing Potatoes & Corn Killed a Pig
17 Mowing Coling up to See Ditch of P. Clark at Will.
18 '' '' to Belwood saw first stooks sowing at {Will..? cut off}
19-20 Cutting Raking & Drawing hay
22 Pulling {Putting} Paris Green on Potatoes. Cloudy & {co...? cut off}
23 Finished Cutting hay very Light Crop
24 hay all in Drawing wood from swamp
25 To Nichol to A Moir's Signs but not much rain
26 Drawing wood to C. Vroomans Raining in afternoon
27 rain all Forenoon. {Seeing?} Bridges and to {F..? cut off}
29 Seeing. D. Watsons ditch. Slight Rain
30 Heavy Rain Last night Cold. Started to pull {F..? cut off}
31 very high wind all day and very Cold
== August ==
1 Sunday school Entertainment. Cool
2-3 Pulling Flax Fine
5 '' '' Fine shower yesterday {m..? cut off}
6 '' '' Hot and thunder no Rain at {...cut off}
7 another Fine Shower. Helping Watson Hayfork
8 Pulling Flax George Roy helping. Rain at night
9 Rain. To Fergus with Wool & To Thos {Harmas?} Funreal {Funeral}
10 Warm pulling Flax
12 The Heaviest rain last night for a year But {mi..?} {Ghar?} pulling {Fl..?}
13 Finished pulling Flax Frost this morning
14 to Elora With Flax very warm
15 Council meeting. Cool and pleasant
16 To Elora with Flax warm
17 Heavy Rain and Hail in afternoon
== 1895 August ==
19 Started Cutting wheat. Light Crop
20 Finished wheat started peas. Thunder & rain Frost
21 Pulling Peas slight frost
22 Finished pulling Peas and Loading Flax
23 Wheat all in and some peas warm
24 Rainy afternoon To Fergus
26 To Elora with Last of Flax very hot
27 Peas all in. Started to Cut oats
28 Cutting oats over to Ransoms with T Hamiliton
29 " " Raking wheat stubble Thunder & rain last night
30 Cutting oats very hot
31 Cut all that is Ripe some Rain and Cold
Septr 2 Fine drawing in oats
4 " " " " Rain in afternoon warm
5 Finished Cutting warm
6 Drawing in oats hot
7 Down to Hanna's & Days Seeing about Ditch to {Fergus?}
9 Harrowing down Turnip Drills to Fergus with H Mitchell
10 Gang Plowing Pea land hot - 90
11 very hot 93 in Shade A {Agnes} went to Toronto Finished Drawing in the worst Crop we ever had in 36 years
12 D. Milne threshing warm
13 Watson " Broke down went to Fergus for Share
14 " " morning Plowing Cold
15 (Sunday) heavy Frost Last nigh {night} Blocking Potatoes
16 Plowing warm A {Agnes} came from Toronto
17 Choring went to Fergus
18 Threshing The worst Turnout we ever had R Richardson hurt
19 Thompsons threshing hot (20) Rennie Threshing
21 Jas Milne Threshing hot 88 in the Shade
22 (Sunday) hottest day in Septr for years 90
== 1895 ==
Septr 23 Finished Plowing for Rye Cold
24 To G. Martin's Sale
25 To Fergus for Timothy Seed
26 T {To} Jas Carneys for Rye Seed 50 cts P {per} Bushel
27 Sowing Rye about 1 1/4 Bush wheat mark about {? cut off}
28 Picking stones Rolling Harrowing
30 High wind & very Cold Plowing
October 1 Cold yet Sowing Rye
2 To Fergus Got Chop New Suit & and fine Boots
3 Pulling stumps {Tiying?} Corn
4 & 5 Drawing wood from Watsons Swamp hot
7 Making Waggon Bot {Bottom} Started to Draw manure Rain
8 Drawing manure Cold
9 " " to Belwood Show Cold
10 Drawing manure (11) Do {as above} Rain heavy
12 Finished Drawing manure to Fergus for {setmiae?}
14 Started Potatoes took up 100 Bush fine Crop
15 at Potatoes Fine took 100 Bush up
16 " " a Lot of Rain fell
17 Tibbitts Threshing finished Potatoes Cold up to {Living ? cut off}
18 To Grand valley Show fine somewhat Cold and windy
19 Council Meeting Sent A. Walkers potatoes to Fergus A heavy Snow storm in the evening about 8 in {? cut off}
21 Cold took Jas Milnes wife to Fergus to Salem with G {? cut off}
22 Snow Gone to Thompsons for Load of mangolds
23 Fine working at Watsons all day
24 Plowing very hard Frost Harrowing Potatoe land at {?D cut off}
25 Started to Spread manure and Plow in {Kilean?}
26 Warmer Plowing and Taking up Turnips
27 (Sunday) Warm Fine Thunderstorm at night
28 Cold Blustering Snowing
29 Same With Quite a fall of Snow