File #41921: "William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 38.pdf"

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1884
Sept 1 Dan plowed this forenoon Ad turned over the oats that was left in the midle field they drew them in & I raked all the field & that finished all the oak crop they then drew in a load of peas fine day
2 I was taken with a cold chill in the night & could not get up Dan & Ad hooked & got in more of the peas Bessie & Phillia went to Kingston on the Express Ad plowed Dan finished hooking the peas & they got them in that finished our harvesting expect the grass piece they are not fit to cut
3 Ad & Dan went out to the road & helped Bruce David came on the express from Perry Sound Vive met him here fine day
4 Dan helped Bruce all day Ad in the afternoon David & Vive went to Delta on Express
5 Dan plowed Ad did George David & Vive went to Delta on the Express fine day
6 Ad hooked the grass piece there is good crop of straw Dan plowed warm day Revd Mr Hyde came on the express Jay McMullen met him & took him to Stewarts
7 Revd Mr Hyde preached this morning A Cochran came for him took he preached at Fairfax & Union
8 Dan finished the plowing for the fall wheat & began to draw down to it from the Barnyard
9 Dan drew dung this forenoon then he drew in the grass peas one of Bruces boys helped him warm day Ad took Wm Scott Ellen & Bessie to Delta they took the wool to Lyndhurst to get it spun also
10 Dan is drawing dung I took the cows to water this morning for the first time Monday week
11 they are drawing for the fall wheat very dry time
12 Wm Scott & Ellen went home on the Express Ad went to Gananoque with Bessie in the afternoon Dan finished drawing dung for the wheat
13 Ad is thrashing wheat for to sow Dan is spreading dung for the wheat
14 I took Revd Mr Hyde to Fairfax & Sand Bay he preached here at night
15 help to clean the seed wheat Dan is cultivating the dung that he spread on the wheat it is very ruff
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