File #41896: "William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 13.pdf"

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1883
August 17 Dan helped Bruce to saw wood Watts helped half the day he went to Gananoque for him self
18 Dan & Watts is at the dung I have been fixing the hen yard
19 the Revd Mr Wright preached this morning Mr Shane at night
20 Dan & Watts finished the dung this morning then drew 1 load from Nowlans wanted that to finish the follow he began to cross plow it Watts is spreading the dung
21 Dan is plowing Watts is cuting the Black Barley & Rennies {illegible} I got 3 lb of the Black & 5 of Rennies & spreading dung
22 Dan is plowing watts is cradling a swath around the oats where the Buckwheat was last year Bruce came with the reaper & this afternoon fine day
23 Bruce is cuting the oats on the thistle field his two boys help to bind Dan & Watts bound too after finishing the summer follow there was a little rain this morning
24 Dan & Watts went this morning helped Bruce bind wheat his wheat they got it finished
25 Dan & Watts Drew in 3 loads of oats off the Buckwheat ground & bound some of the oats
26 the Revd Mr Shane ordained Messer Donovan & Herbison as Elders of our session at Fairfax the church was well filled
27 Dan & Watts drew in a load & a half off the buckwheat ground loads of the thistle piece
28 they got in all that we had cut & ready this afternoon & toped off the stack of hay in the midle field they helped Bruce to draw in the afternoon
29 heavy rain last night Dan & me Drew 3 loads of Oats from Burns Barn & I cleaned them up we had 15 bags the ground is very wet
30 we drew 24 bags more of oats to day clean them up in the forenoon Dan took 24 bags of oats to Escott mill for to get ground for the hogs this afternoon he did not get them home with him
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