File #49858: "William Dixon 1854-1878 (10).pdf"

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1854
15 of August we ware ploughing thristles
16 of August we ware binding oats and finished binding
17 of August we finished ploughing thistles
18 of August we comensed drawing out dung and laying the plough irons dry and plesent wether
19 of August of August we ware settling up the trashing machine
20 sunday dry and cool and plesent
21 of August we comensed rigging up for wheat
22 of August very warm and sultry and dry
23 of August we trashed some seed wheat
24 of August we trashed some oats for the horses
25 of August we brought the cattle home for want of water
26 we have riged up thwenty foure ackers clening seed
27 sunday cool and dry and plesent and shmookey
28 of August we finished ploughing the field at the line thirteen ackers
29 comensed to sow wheat
30 of August comensed finished sowing 13 ack
31 of August comensed sewing in the field at the barn
1 of September hevy rains very graying wether
2 of September finished sewing the field at barn
3 of September sunday plesent and warm
4 of September we finished sowing at home
5 of September finished water furring at home very warm
6 of September I went down below warm and sultry
7 of September comensed to tow sowed thwelve bustle
8 of September sowing and harowing mor cool and plesent
9 of September rain comensed raised the lightning rods on the 6
10 of September sunday cool and windy the fields look green
11 of September we ware sowing and harowing
12 we comensed ploughing next to old Jo
13 comensed sowing in flat field
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