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the 4th Month April 30 Days 1905
Thr 13 {illegible} to Build Patent Fence on the Line up the Lane {illegible} A Very Nice But Cool Day grate Drying to Day
Fri 14 {illegible} CE Earl to Tare Down His old Barn {illegible} A Very Nice Drying Day
Sat 15 {illegible}CE Earl 1/2 a Day to finish Pulling Down His Old Building {illegible} A Little Snow
Sun 16 A Terible Blustry Day A Big Snow storm Nearly All Day
Mon 17 {illegible} Blustry Day I Drove to Lansdowne I got 4 Galons Cole Oil
Tus 18 {illegible} for 5 Bags of Potatoes I was Fencing 1/2 a Day {illegible}cold and Blustry Day With Snow
Wes 19 I Finished the Piece of Fence along the Lane to Day Very Windy Windy an Cold
Thr 20 I comenced Spring Work to Day 1 Bushel of Wheat sowd {illegible} the Land Woorks Easy this Spring
Fri 21 Good Friday A Terible Snow and Sleet storm all Day 2 inches of ice an snow Wind North an N.E. Very Cold
Sat 22 A Very Cold Day Snow Nearly all off Very Mudy an Slopy We Drove to Lansdowne I got Net Shod all Round
Sun 23 Easter Sunday A Very Cool Day Wind North Mary Was Home John Quinn an Family was Here to Day
Mon 24 A Nice Cool Day I Plowed Sod all Day then Bank accross the Road Sum People Sowing Grund Plows Fine Now
Tus 25 I Finished Sowing the Wheat 5 Bushels A Very Nice But Cool Day The Land Works grand
Wes 26 I comenced to Sow Oats to Day 4 Bushels SW Back of Barn
Thr 27 I Sowed 4 Bushel More Oats to Day Back of Barn I Finished that Field Nice an warm
Fri 28 I Sowed the Hill accross the Ditch to Day 3 Bushel an 1/2 A Very Warm Day
Sat 29 I Did Sum Furring out this Morning A Heavy Rane Nearly all Day We let the cows in the Pasture to Day
Sun 30 Quartely Meeting IOOF {illegible} Perade Methodist Church Cold With Rane
the 5th Month May 31 Days 1905
Mon 1 Month Begins very cold with snow storm at Night No Seeding to Day {illegible}
Tus 2 I Pulverised all Day a Nice Cool Day another {illegible}
Wes 3 A Nice Growing Day A Very Heavy Thunder and Rane strom this After noon
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