File #42001: "William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 39.pdf"

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1887
Nov 16 Jo & Freeman finished the North field this morning & brought their plows up to the house after dinner they went to South East field & began to plow there in the N. East half
17 Jo plowed in that field Freeman is drawing from the station home fine day frost last night
18 Jo & Freeman is plowing in the S.East field I covered up the grapvines at Ads & here fine day
19 Jo & Freeman plowed in the same field in the forenoon it began to blow & snow at noon snowed less or more all the afternoon Freeman went home at noon Jo plowed till near night
20 Revd Mr Millard preached at night snowed About 4 inches
stormy day most of the time Jo got the Colt home from Bruces 21 snow is about 5 inches this morning Jo & Philo went Abs for the 2 yearling Holstens that was there this summer & brought them home Rob brought L Wat here this morning he is going to look & get machinery for his Factory
22 Jo drew banking from the pit to bank the house with the slaugh fine day
X Let the ram to the sheep 23 Jo plowed in the South East field Philo & me breaked the 4 Ewe lambs & then we let Ram out to the Sheep fine day
24 Jo took cair of the horses & split wood for Abia very hard frost last night
25 rain last night & this morning Jo drew 2 loads of dung with the slaugh to the little field near the milk shed he helped Bruce to thrash in the afternoon
26 Jo helped Bruce to thrash to day fine day they finished
27 Revd Mr Millard preached this morning
28 plowed in the Southeast field
I sold the yearling Ram to James McDonald for $5 he looked very bad with the snow & rain 29 there was rain & snow last night & most of the day I shoveled up part of the Barnyard I shoveled up a place to get to the Barn door it is most knee deep he shoveled from that to the new stable door
30 Jo drew a few loads of dung to the little field we killed the hogs or rather the pigs there was 3 Bruce & Eddie helped stormy day or rather very windy
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