File #31058: "William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860_05.pdf"

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1858
April 15 plowed in the field below the house & drew rails & stones & dung to the garden & dung for hot bed fine Day
16 finished plowing the sod below the house & plowed the garden I worked at the fence in the bull paster the boys drew stones
17 Jock began to plow in the field at the New barn I worked at the fence in the bull paster fine Day
18 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Benning preached
19 finished the bull paster fence Jock plowed
20 went to Farmersvill for Elingham with 50 flour Barrels & 4 butter tubs for P. Wing & 10 butter tubs for H Green heavy rain in the afternoon
21 heavy rain last night the most of the Day fixed the horses shoes & shod them forefeet
22 planted 8 apple trees 3 pound & the rest other grafts sowed the cabbage seed in the hotbed
23 went to Lyn with 14 bushel of wheat o& 2 of corn for a grist raind midle of Day Jock finished plowing the field at the barn
24 began to plow in bull paster, ground very wet snow this afternoon
25 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr McMurry preach the snow was 3 inches deep this morning
26 plowed in the bull paster. Jock & the boys drew dung to the 2nd field hard frost this morning
27 plowed & drew dung the same as yesterday
28 finished plowing in the bull paster in forenoon drew dung with both teems to the field below the bull paster
29 drew dung to the same field
30 heavy rain last night & this morning went to farmersville for Elingham with barrels
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