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the 11th Month November 1898
Wes 9 I Was Plowing Stubble all Day in the Back Field a Very Cloudy Day With Sum Snow
Thr 10 I Plowed 1/2 a Day an Shoveled Furrows 1/2 a Day a Terible Nasty Day With Sleet an Rain an Snow
Fri 11 A Very Wintery Like Day There is 2 inches of snow on the Level The Wind is North an is Very Cold The First Sleigh Bunks
Sat 12 I Drew Home Sum Wood From Hortens on the Sleigh to Day There is 5 inches of Snow Leve to Day I went Back to Non Johnstons to Look For a Heffer
Sun 13 a Nice Soft Day the snow is going off Very Slow a Very Sloppy Time
Mon 14 A Nice But Cool Day there is 5 inches of Snow on the Level Sum People are Plowing I Was Shoveling Nearly all Day on the Keating Place
Tus 15 I was Cleaning out the Barns Picking Over Turnips an getting Ready to Thrash A Terible Slush Now
Wes 16 I Was Plowing Sod over on the Keating Place all Day A Nice Warm Day a Lot of Snow on the ground
Thr 17 I was Ditching all Day on the Keating Place A Very Warm Day
Fri 18 I Was Plowing Sod on the Keating Place at the House Heald al Day Heavy Thunder to Day a Wet after Noon
Sat 19 I Plowed all Day on the Keating Place A Nasty Wet Drisly Day
Sun 20 A Very Cloudy Day With a Very Cold North West Wind Blowing Hard There is sum snow on the ground yet
Mon 21 I was Plowing all Day I Had Mr Haslip Plowing 1/2 a Day Stubble A Very Nice Warm Day
Tus 22 I was Plowing stuble 1/2 a Day I was working on the Road Putting on Broken Stone to Day I Had Mr Haslip Plowing For Me All Day
Wes 23 I Was working on the Road 1/2 a Day Putting on Broken Stone a Very cold a Slushy Day I went to the River after Martha She Came Home
Thr 24 I was Working on the Road all Day a Very Cold Rough Day
Fri 25 another Terible Cold Day I Drew Home a load of Wood The Roads is Terible Rough 10 Below Zero
Sat 26 another Very Cold Day With a Snow storm in after Noon We Butchered 1 Pig to Day 170 lbs
Sun 27 Terible Cold to Day to Strong North Wing Blowing 12 Below Zero
Mon 28 I Drew Home 2 Loads of Wood From Mr Hortons on the waggon A Nice Warm Day I Was Getting Ready For the Thrashers the Roads are very Rought
Tus 29 We Thrashed Heare in the after Noon a Very Fine Day
Wes 30 We finished Thrashing Heare at Noon to Day (904 Bushels) the ground is Very Hard
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