Leonard Iler Diary, 1867-1872

Diary of Leonard Iler

300 1.50 .98 5.48

1867	Notebook	Leonard Iler
Jany T	1	Commenced the year by going to wedding Eld. Baldwin	Pleasant
W	2	Cutting rail timber	do
T	3	do wood for Mrs Bassett	do
F	4	Drawing rail timber	do
S	5	Covenant meeting	Snowy
S	6	Went to Church Communion day	Pleasant
M	7	Helped Old Baldwin move &c &c	do
T	8	Killing hogs Rich'd Dooff &c	Chilly
W	9	do Solomon &c	Snow last night
T	10	do at home &c Driving colts	do
F	11	Drawing saw logs	do
S	12	do Uncle Sam	do
S	13	Went to Church	Pleasant
M	14	Drawing hay &c	do
T	15	To Windsor Sandwich with pork upset my load average of hogs 367	snow last night Pleasant
W	16	Not doing much almost sick	Pleasant
T	17	Went to Windsor with Molasses	Cold Stormy
F	18	Came from do	Pleasant
S	19	Chopping wood &c Cold morning	do
S	20	Went to Church	Cold Stormy
M	21	Up to Windsor	do
T	22	Cutting rail-timber	Pleasant
W	23	do do	do
T	24	Drawing wood	do
F	25	Cutting stove wood	Drifting snow storm
S	26	do logs to saw	Cold
S	27	Went to Church	do
M	28	Drawing stone for Solomon	do
T	29	Helping Solomon cut saw logs AM Kingsville	do
W	30	Drawing wood Killed beef	do
T	31	Chopping Wood A.M. Kingsville P.M.	Thawing
F Feby	1	Drawing saw logs Solomon	do
S	2	Covenant meeting.	Rain & sleet
M	3	Went to Church	Pleasant
T	4	Chopping wood A.M. P.M.	Snowing
W	5	do do Kingsville	Pleasant

Feby		Continued
W	6	Chopping wood	Pleasant
T	7	do do &c &c &c	do
F	8	do do went to Mill	Thawng do
S	9	Snowing paid Sam. C Toff $100.00	Stormy
S	10	Went to Kingsville Church	Cold
M	11	Chopping Wood &c	do
T	12	Killing hogs	Thawing
W	13	Took hogs to Kingsville	Rain
T	14	Drawing wood	Thawing
F	15	Threshing clover at S Scratch	Cold
S	16	Drawing logs to saw hauled one load hay	Thawing
S	17	Went to Church Gordon Wigle here	Pleasant
M	18	clearning fence row chopping wood	do
T	19	Chopping Snow at night	Chilly
W	20	Drawing manure	"
T	21	Snow storm Drawing wood	Snow
F	22	Teaming A.M. Went after horse doctor for R{illegible}	Pleasant
S	23	Getting out timber for Kitchen	do
S	24	Went to Church Alfred Wigle here	do
M	25	Drawing logs to saw	do
T	26	do do	do
W	27	Went to mill after lumber was disappointed Solomon logs to saw
T	28	Chopping A.M. Kingsville P.M. Mudy	do
F Mar	1	Sawing wood Julian &	Cold
S	2	Getting lumber from Mill Covenant Meet.	do
S	3	went to Church	snow storm do
M	4	Sawing at Julian's	do
T	5	do do Drawing log Solomon	Pleasant
W	6	Sawing at Uncle Johns Broke down	Chilly
T	7	do " do "	Snow
F	8	" ' ' Sawing at home	Pleasant
S	9	" at home	do
S	10	Went to Church	Rainy
M	11	Sawed wood at Solomon	Chilly
T	12	do " " R. Toff	Snowy cold
W	13	do " " Uncle John's broke saw
		Sowed clover seed Drawing rails

T	14	chopping wood &c	very cold
F	15	Drawing rails	" do
S	16	Cutting rail timber &c	Snow Storm
S	17	Went to Church	Cold
M	18	Drawing rails hurt my leg (alias limb	"
T	19	Funeral Eliz.Shay's child &c &c	East Wind Chilly
W	20	Drawing lumber from Mill Sawing at Uncle Johns broke down	do do do
T	21	Chopping stove wood &c Stormy Rain & Snow
F	22	Working at fence	Moderate
S	23	do " do	do
S	24	Went to Church	Rainy
M	25	Chopping	Pleasant
T	26	J.A.Iler Sawing	East Wind Snow Cold
W	27	J C Iler do	do
T	28	J. " " "	Chilly
F	29	Down at Kingsville	do
S	30	Chopping	Pleasant
S	31	Went to Church	Quite do
M Apr	1	Fix Shed door &c	Stormy morn. do
T	2	Chopping Went to Kingsville	do
W	3	do	do
T	4	Not doing much	Raining
F	5	Chopping	Stormy P.M. Snow
S	6	Covenant Meeting &c	Pleasant
S	7	Went to Church	do
M	8	Chopping	do
T	9	Fencing out back Up to John's evening two lambs one calf	do
W	10	do Richard Iler Married to day	Rain
T	11	Getting maple trees taking apples out hole	Pleasant
F	12	Finished fence out back Got more maple trees Repairing fence north barn	do
S	13	WEnt to Kingsville A.M. Getting log to water mill	do
S	14	Went to Church	do
M	15	Repairing fence by barn	Rainy
T	16	Drawing fence poles Cleaning yard	Pleasant
W	17	do " " do Hauling Manure	do
T	18	do load lumber &c Went to Kngsville	Chilly do
F	19	Plowing & Sowing oats took potatoes out of holes Kept very well	East Wind Chilly

S Apr	20	Drawing wood Cleaning back orchard &c	Windy but pleasant
S	21	Went to church	Cloudy P.M. Chilly
M	22	Splitting stovewood	Rain last night Very wet do
T	23	do rails Turned cattle & colts to graze	Cool
W	24	do " &c	Rainy A.M. do
T	25	Rolling logs at A. Foxes. Kingsville P. M. Thomas N Uncle Davids shingling	do
F	26	Plowing & sowing wheat	Cloudy Chilly
S	27	do " do Arther sowed clover seed	Rain last night Cold
S	28	Went to Church	Chilly
M	29	Plowing & sowing wheat Raised Kitchen Father sowed clover seed	Pleasant
T	30	do & " Oats down at Kingsville	do
W May	1	I myself got married today " & so did I.	Cool
T	2	Plowing & sowing Oats	do
F	3	Running water furrows Plowing for potatoes &c	do
S	4	Planting Potatoes & corn Covenant Meeting today	Rainy
S	5	Communion at Church R. Iler & wife here evening	Pleasant
M	6	Raining morn Sundries Plowing out back P.M. Fan has a colt	Cool
T	7	Plowing out back Drawing manure	do
W	8	Plowing for Corn Boys hauling manure	do
T	9	do " do	do
F	10	Furrowing Corn ground	Pleasant
S	11	Planting Corn &c	do
S	12	Went to Church Eld Baldwins Even.	Cool
M	13	Raing last, wet, Burritt to Mill Went to Kingsville	Warm
T	14	Plowing out back for potatoes	Cool
W	15	do " " harrowing Repairing fence fr{ink blot}	do
T	16	Washing sheep &c &c &c Nell has a colt	Cool
F	17	Planting sorghum &c &c & Moved stove	Cool
S	18	do " out back, boys plowing for corn	Pleasant
S	19	Went to Church Rain P.M.	Cool
M	20	Wet Working at Kitchen Planting Potatoes out back	Cool
T	21	Rain A. M. Went to Kingsville P.M.	do
W	22	Down at S. Wigles, Rain all day	do
T	23	Came from Kingsville Draining corn ground Killed a hog	do
F	24	Working at Kitchen. Planting Sorghum	Pleasant
S	25	Shearing sheep &c &c	Cool
S	26	Went to Church Lewis Wigle here last night	do
		{may be from next page} sowed clover seed Drawing {illegible}

May

M	27	Working at Kitchen, planting potatoes out back, Boys plowing for corn	Good
T	28	Rain A.M. Sundries	do
W	29	Spreading Manure &c Boys plowing & drawing Manure	Pleasant
T	30	Planting corn out back place Sorghum front field	Warm
F	31	Plowing harrowing & furrowing & Planting corn front field	do
S June	1	Solomon planting corn Plowing for corn	Pleasant
S	2	Went to church	do
M	3	Plowing Harrowing & Furrowing	Rain last night do
T	4	" " " Planting @ A Jioxer field	Warm
W	5	do for Corn	do
T	6	do do Threatening Storm P.M. J Walls {illegible} here	hot
F	7	do do	"
S	8	Furrowing Corn ground	Warm
S	9	Went to Church Alf. Wigh here	Pleasant
M	10	Planting corn	do
T	11	do do @ Solomon's	Rain last night do
W	12	Plowing corn &c	do
T	13	Replanting do Planting pumpkins &c	do
F	14	Cleaning Sorghum	do
S	15	do do	do
S	16	Went to Church Cold B & family here	do
M	17	Plowing & hoeing corn	Rainy Even do
T	18	do " "	do
W	19	do " Thomas doing road work	do
T	20	Hoeing corn &c Went to Kingsville " "	do
F	21	do " &c Thomas working on roads	do
S	22	do &c Down at H Scratcher	do
S	23	Went to church Helen sick with Erysipelas J.M. {illegible} here	do
M	24	Cleaning back orchard	Rain at night do
T	25	Plowing & hoeing corn &c	do
W	26	do do	do
T	27
F	28
S	29
S	30	Went to Church at Uncle Same E Even
		Plowing corn
		do " Rich'd Iler Mowing P.M.	Warm

W	3	Plowing corn Raking hay Picnic today	Warm
T	4	Drawed in hay	Rain P.M. do
F	5	Plowing corn do " "	"
S	6	do " Covenant Meeting	"
S	7	Went to Church	Pleasant
M	8	Plowing for Rich'rd Iler Thomas Plow for buckwheat	do
T	9	do " do	do
W	10	Helping Solomon with hay	"
T	11	" " " Plowing corn	"
F	12	Sowing Buckwheat picking cherries	Cool
S	13	Plowing corn	do
S	14	Went to Church	Pleasant
M	15	Making & Stacking hay &c	Rain P.M. do
T	16	do Drawing do	do
W	17	Stacking hay Helping Uncle Sam hay	do
T	18	Drawing wheat Making hay	do
F	19	Stacking hay do L	"
S	20	Cradling wheat hoeing out back	"
S	21	Went to Church	"
M	22	Stacking hay &c Went to Kingsville	do
T	23	Cradling wheat	Hot
W	24	Working at Sorghum	do
T	25	" " " &c	Raining
F	26	Plowing Corn	Pleasant
S	27	do " Stacking hay Wheat	do
S	28	Went to Church Very heavy rain	do
M	29	Cutting Canada Thistles &c Sowed Turnips	"
T	30	Boarding woodhouse &c Went to Kingsville	"
W Aug	31	Stacking hay for J {illegible}	Raining P.M. "
T	12	do " " do Heavy rain	"
F	2	Making scaffold by house &c Went to Mill for slabs	"
S	3	Cradled timothy seed &c Covenant Meeting Sowed Clover in front field	"
S	4	Went to Church To Uncle Sam I for dinner
M	5	Shingling at Mrs Wrights Thomas Cradling	Hot
T	6	Binding Wheat putting up eave through	"
W	7	Cradling Oat Binding and drawing Wheat
T	8	do " "

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FAug.	9	Binding and drawing Oats	rain at night Hot
S	10	Mowing weed &c Went to Kingsville Barrett C{illegible}	Cool
S	11	Came from Kingsville, Went to Church	"
M	12	Binding & drawing oats & drawing manure	"
T	13	Hunting ducks	"
W	14	Drawing Manure Went to Kingsville	Pleasant
T	15	do do	"
F	16	Drawing Manure for Eld. Baldwing Thomas Cradle for Solmon {illegible}
S	17	Drawing Manure Went to Kingsville	"
S	18	Went to Church	"
M	19	Cradling oats for Solomon, Uncle Davids threshing	"
T	20	Drawing manure Uncle Saml Threshing	"
W	21	" " &c	"
T	22	Drawing stone for Church	"
F	23	Cutting weeds out of corn	"
S	24	Drawing wood Kingsville Evening	"
S	25	Went to Church	"
M	26	Cutting weeds out of corn splitting rails	"
T	27	Splitting & drawing rails	Hot
W	28	" " Boy out at Solomon	"
T	29	Making fence in orchard	Pleasant
F	30	On my way to Newbury At deacon McIntires at night	Cool
S	31	" " Rainy " Deacon Waterworths all night	"
S Sept	1	At Newbury to Church At Mr Yorks " "	"
M	2	On my way home " Joseph Russels	"
T	3	" " Arrived safely at 3 1/2 oclock	Rain evening
W	4	Trying to plow &c Cutting corn	"
T	5	Splitting rails making fence " " &c	Warm
F	6	Drawing stone &c	Rain "
S	7	Covenant Meeting	Cool
S	8	Went to Church Joseph Mallott & family &c	"
M	9	Cutting corn Chopping &c	Rain Even Warm
T	10	Plowing for wheat very dry	Cool
W	11	do do sowing wheat	"
T	12	Seeding
F	13	Working out back,	Rainy P.M.
S	14	" " Down at Kingsville
S		Killed a sheep today

S Sept	15	Went to Church Eld. B. & family here	Pleasant Cool
M	16	Threshing 197 bu wheat 175 oats	very Warm
T	17	Drawing seed clover &c	do
W	18	Thres'd wheat out at Willies 34 bu oats 11	Rain
T	19	Separated the sheep Cutting corn	Pleasant
F	20	Not doing anything Nearly sick	"
S	21	" " do Went to Kingsville	"
S	22	Went to Church " " "	"
M	23	Cutting corn Solomon & Barrett Plowing at A To	"
T	24	" Sowing wheat very dry	"
W	25	Finished seeding	"
T	26	Finished cutting corn	"
F	27	Boring for water. Not very good luck	"
S	28	" " " Done flowing well	"
S	29	Went to Church	Cool
M	30	Cutting Corn for C. Iler	"
T Oct	1	Husking corn & Stripping sorghum some frost last night	"
W	2	Digging potatoes &c	"
T	3	Cutting and drawing sorghum	Pleasant
F	4	Making Molafses	Rain at night "
S	5	" " & boys plowing for Sol'n	"
S	6	Went to Church	"
M	7	Making molasses	"
T	8	" " &c boys plowing	"
W	9	Rain Cleaning cellar &c	"
T	10	Digging Potatoes &c Plowing for Sol'n	Cool
F	11	Husking corn	"
S	12	" " Finished Molasses almost 5 bls
S	13	Went to Church Eld. B Pick	"
M	14	Digging Potatoes	Warm
T	15	do do. About 130 bu	"
W	16	Husking corn Went to Kingsville	"
T	17	do " "	"
F	18	do " Hauling fodder	"
S	19	Hauling fodder Went to Kingsville	"
S	20	Went to Church	"
M	21	Husking corn Rainy

T Oct	22	Picking apples Froze ice	Warm
W	23	" " Froze ice last night Father killed deer	"
T	24	Husking corn At J.C Iler's evening	"
F	25	" " & Drawing Fodder Pruning Apple trees	East Wind Cool
S	26	Husking corn	"
S	27	Went to Church F.B. & A.M here	Pleasant
M	28	Husking corn Misty	"
T	29	do do	"
W	30		Raining
T	31	Husking corn	Pleasant
F Nov	1	do do Burritt brought shingles for house	Windy "
S	2	Drawing Fodder	Windy
S	3	Went to Church F.B & A.M here	Thunder, Rain
M	4	Fanished fodder & corn Making cider	Windy Cool
T	5	Making apple-sauce, Buried Potatoes & veg "	"
W	6	" " " Burritt after Shingles	Pleasant
T	7	Down at Kingsville	do
F	8	Making Apple sauce	do
S	9	Drawing manure &c &c &c	Rain last night do
S	10	Went to Church Alfred Wigle & Esther here	do
M	11	Threshing Buckwheat &c	Cold
T	12	Shingling house	do
W	13	do do Working at well &c	"
T	14	Husking corn for Mifflin	"
F	15	Drawing Wood &c	"
S	16	do Manure out back	"
S	17	Went to Church	Cool
M	18	Killing hogs Ann & Gordon here	"
T	19	Down at Kingsville	Pleasant
W	20	Husking corn at Solomon's &c	"
T	21	Fixing scaffold for shingling &c Fogg	"
F	22	Shingling house	Foggy "
S	23	Building cellar steps &c Traded Tom away	"
S	24	Went to Church	Rain last night "
M	25	Doing sundries	Raining "
T	26	Chopping logs to saw	"
W	27	Plowing furrowd through cornfield &c	"

Nov	28	Chopping firewood {illegible}	Pleasant
F	29		Rain & snow
S	30	To sale of late M. Baldwin	very Cold
S Dec	1	Went to Church	"
M	2	Chopping & Sawing wood out of bush sleighing	"
T	3	Drawing wood & making H Casses shod	"
W	4	Chopping & Drawing and W. Coatsworth Married
T	5	Down at Kingsville	Stormy
F	6	Drawing logs to saw	Pleasant
S	7	Covenant meeting	Windy very cold
S	8	Went to Church	"
M	9	" " Amherstburg
T	10	Came from do	P.
W	11	Killed hogs Willie Wright Married today	Snowy Cool
T	12	Sudries	Very Cold
F	13	Drawing hay load to Kingsville New boots	do
S	14	" " &c	do
S	15	Went to Church	"
M	16	Went to Amherstburg with pork 3321 lbs @4.85	P
T	17	R Toff killed hogs, Drove young grey mare	Cold
W	18	Chopping	"
T	19	Drawing logs to saw	"
F	20	Went to Kingsville And drove sorrel colt	P
S	21	Cutting sawlogs & drawing wood	Rain & snow
S	22	Went to Church Solomon & Ann here	Thawing
M	23	Cuting sawlogs Thomas at C Doffs	Pleasant
T	24	Killing hogs at Sol'n Chopping	Snow do
W	25	At Mother Bissette Rain S Coats Married	Rain
T	26	Killing Beef at A Fox's &c	Pleasant
F	27	Sold sorrel colt to A.J.Baldwin	Rain "
S	28	Killing Beef at J.C Ilers &c	Thawing
S	29	Went to Church	Cold
M	30	Chopping	"
T	31	do	Stormy at night "

Jany	1869 Diary by Leo Iler
W	1	At home Eating turkey &c &c Stormy	Snow
T	2	Cutting & drawing Sawlogs &c	Pleasant
F	3	" " & Killed pigs	"
S	4	Covenant meeting
S	5	Went to Church Eld. Fitch preached
M	6	Town meeting	Rain & sleet
T	7	Went to Mill after corn meal Boiling apple sauce	Pleasant
W	8	School meeting Chopping	Snow evening
T	9	Chopping stove wood &c	Very Cold
F	10	" " &c	"
S	11	Chopping &c Got horses shod	"
S	12	Went to Church	"
M	13	Killed beef cow &c	"
T	14	Father sold Tobacco	Snow
W	15	Drawing wood	Cold
T	16	do do	Very do
F	17	Went to Kingsville
S	18	Drawing hay &c Stormy S. Arnold here	Snow
S	19	Went to Church	Pleasant
M	20	Drawing wood	"
T	21	do do & logs to saw	"
W	22	Shelling corn	"
T	23	Went to Windsor with Corn & Molasses	"
F	24	Came from do	Cold
S	25	Shelling corn Went to Kingsville horses shod
S	26	Went to Church	Snowing
M	27	Shelling Corn &c	Cold
T	28	Went to Windsor with corn two loads
W	29	Drawing wood with young grey	"
T	30	Went to Kingsville	"
F	31	Drawing saw logs &c.
S Feby	1	Covenant meeting Commenced to use the box stove	Pleasant
S	2	Communion at our church	Cold
M	3	Sawing & drawing wood	Very "
T	4	Went to Amherstburg in cutter	Pleasant
W	5	" " Kingsville Paid S. Tofflemire $100.00

T Feby	6	Went to Amherstburg with potatoes	stormy Cold
F	7	Doing sundries
S	8	Drawing wood & rail-cuts	Snow
S	9	Went to Church	Snow
M	10	Drawing logs & wood for C H. B	Cold
T	11	do " " do	do
W	12	Drawing rail-cuts &c Tea meeting	Pleasant
T	13	Load of corn to Windsor for J.C. Plev	do
F	14	Not much of anything drove grey colts	"
S	15	Saw chopping stove corrd &c	snow Stormy
S	16	Went to Church John V Lansiah here	Pleasant
M	17	Drawing stone	do
T	18	do Rail-cuts Drawing hay	do
W	19	Getting out post-timber for Graveyard & Church	do
T	20	Looking for timber to make roller did not find any	do
F	21	Drawing logs to saw	Cold
S	22	Agl. Meeting	do
S	23	Went to Church	Snowing & Blowing all day "
M	24	Making Cotton for waggon box &c	Storming "
T	25	Not much of anything Eld. Baldwin moved	Pleasant
W	26	Drawing wood &c	"
T	27	Threshing clover seed snow last night	Stormy
F	28	Drawing hay & wood	Pleasant
S	29	" Wood Good Sleighing	do
S Mar	1	Went to Church Jacob Plev & family here and Dr McDonald	cold Snow
M	2	Splitting wood &c Great snow storm About 16 inch. Thomas left home	Cold
T	3	Went to mill &c	Cold
W	4	" " Kingsville	Pleasant
T	5	Sol'n Agley's Child buried Sold beef cattle	"
F	6	Chopping Stove wood &c	Rain
S	7	Went to Covenant meeting was not any	do
S	8	Went Church Uncle Jacob preached John Black buried	Pleasant
M	9	Out to chop but was called upon to measure Church lot	"
T	10	Rain morn. Chopping	"
W	11	Chopping along road	"
T	12	Raing Nailed a few boards on shed	Rain
F	13	Sawing wood at J.A. Ilers	Pleasant
S	14	Chopping &c	"

March

S	15	Went to Church	Warm
M	16	" " John's to saw	Rained Rain
T	17	Sawing at J.C.P's	Pleasant
W	18	do " home	"
T	19	" " " Went to Mill to get in logs did not succeed	"
F	20	Chopping at Peter J Wrights	Cool
S	21	Finished stove chimney Cleaning kitchen	"
S	22	Went to Church	"
M	23	Sowed clover seed went to Kingsville	Pleasant
T	24	Splitting rails &c	"
W	25	" " " Leo Malotts wife buried East wind
T	26	Went to Kingsville Our little Fanny born last night	"
F	27	Picking stone out at Walton's Peter McDonald buried	Pleasant
S	28	Nailing boards on shed Cleaning wheat &c	Warm
S	29	To Church P.M.	"
M	30	Plowing for wheat	"
T	31	Sowing & harrowing in wheat	"
W Apr	1	Running water furrows, Sowing peas
T	2	Sowing pease &c Esther McOrmick's funeral	Cold
F	3	Roling logs at Uncle Sam Burritt harrowing &c	"
S	4	Storming nearly all day Snowing very fast	"
S	5	At Church P.M.	"
M	6	Chopping at Uncle Jacobs A.M. Drawing hay P.M.	Cool
T	7	Sowing oats & plowing, Uncle Jacobs Sawing {illegible}	"
W	8	Drawing logs to mill To Oxfont after grape vines	Cold
T	9	" lumber Drawing hay to barn &c	"
F	10	Sawing wood at Charles Iler's	Pleasant
S	11	Sowing oats & plowing for grapes Rain Even	"
S	12	At Church Snow last night	Cold
M	13	Chopping stove wood Barrett get the Plow shares fixed
T	14	Peter Wrights raising wood-house Made ladder P.M.	Rain
W	15	" " " do Plowing for grapes	Rain Warm
T	16	Harrowing & furrowing for & planting grape vines	Pleasant
F	17	Cutting ground chinks & repairing fence Colts to pasture	Cold
S	18	Repairing fence &c &c took colts	Pleasant
S	19	At Church P.M. John & Hannah here	"
M	20	Took cattle to Woods Plowing for Oats	Cold

T Apr	21	Finished seeding at A Fox's	Cool Evening
W	22	Down at Kingsville Boy drawing manure
T	23	Working at woodhouse &c	"
F	24	Do " do Bet has a colt	"
S	25	Burritt went to Mill At Uncle Samls raising cowshed	rain last night Warm
S	26	At Church Dover at " "	"
M	27	Boarding Milkhouse &c Eedie's little girl buried
T	28	" " Planting Potatoes & corn gardening	"
W	29	Working at grave yard Boys drawing manure	Rain last night
T	30	" " " " "	Rain last night
F May	1	Fencing Working at Church P.M.	Cool
S	2	" Covenant Meeting Went to Kingsville took family	"
S	3	No Church at Kingsville A.M.	"
M	4	Cleaning meadows &c Sold beef heifer	Warm
T	5	Planting Mangel spreading manure &c	hot
W	6	Plowing for corn Drove young mare in buggy	Cool
T	7	do " : Sorghum Nellie had fever	Rain last night
F	8	Planting mangel &c	Warm
S	9	Drawing gravel &c Burt plowing for corn	"
S	10	Went to Church Jos. Mallott & family here out at Sol'ns	"
M	11	" Kingsville Plant sorghum & potatoes
T	12	Harrowed sorghum ground planting Potatoes	Cool
W	13	Makeing an implement for furrowing & wash stand &c	Rain all day
T	14	Made a wash stand &c	Raing
F	15	Setting gate posts &c P.M	Warm
S	16	Shelling seed corn cutting potatoes &c	Raining "
S	17	At Church P.M. R.D.H. there	Cool
M	18	Drawing manure Planted Potatoes & Carrots &c	"
T	19	Working at graveyard washed sheep	Warm
W	20	Planting sorghum	"
T	21	" " Went to Kingsville Planted corn at stable
F	22	Shearing sheep &c Rain almost all day
S	23	Planting mangel wertzels &c
S	24	Went to church AM.V. F.B. here	Warm
M	25	Planting corn in front field	"
T	26	" " " Harrowing & Marking out {illegible}	"
W	27	" " Out back	Some rain

May

T	28	Working about the yard went to Kingsville P.M. brought Da Wilson & Eld. Lloyd up	Warm
F	29	Our Association commenced	Rainy Cool
S	30	At do	Pleasant
S	31	" "
M Ju	1	Finished Planting Sorghum &c	"
T	2	Plowing for corn back of barn	Cool
W	3	" " harrowing & marking	Rain "
T	4	Planting corn & plowing at back place	Pleasant
F	5	" Potatoes " " heavy thunder	Showers warm
S	6	Covenant Meeting very wet Rain last night Town hall at Kingsville burnt last night	Cool
S	7	Went to Church
M	8	Planting potatoes out back	Pleasant
T	9	Cleaning Mangels &c Burrit to Mill
W	10	Went to factory with 85 lbs wool
T	11	Cleaning Mangels &c Planting Rutabaga
F	12	do do
S	13	" " Went to Horatio Scratchie	Warm
S	14	At A. Bruner's S. School at Brookes neighbourhood	"
M	15	Cleaning mangels
T	16	" & Potatoes	"
W	17	" Sorghum & Plowing Mangels	Hot
T	18	" Mangels &c Planting Ruta-Baga	Very Warm
F	19	Transplanting Mangels & Replanting Sorghum	Rain
S	20	" " Plowing potatoes &c	" "
S	21	Rain all day	Cool
M	22	Letting water off from corn &c &c very wet	Warm
T	23	Cleaning & replanting Sorghum Subscribed for 100 apple trees	"
W	24	Doing statute labour	Pleasant
T	25	" " "
F	26	" " " &c
S	27	Down at Michael Wigles after sheep
S	28	Almost sick Opened S. School	Warm
M	29	Plowing corn
T	30	" "

July

W	1	Plowing corn	Warm
T	2	Cleaning Sorghum	"
F	3	" "	"
S	4	" " Covenant Meeting	"
S	5	At Church & S. School	"
M	6	Cleaning Sorghum	"
T	7	" " Working at hay	"
W	8	Drawing hay Circus at K.	Pleasant
T	9	Mowing at Solomon's	"
F	10	Cleaning carrots & Helped J.C.I with hay	Warm
S	11	" " do do "	Very "
S	12	At Church & School	"
M	13	Making in old Meadow & stacking for John	" "
T	14	Stacking hay for John	Very do
W	15	Cradling binding & drawing wheat	"
T	16	" " Making & Stacking hay	" "
F	17	Staking Making hay &c Extremely warm & dry	" "
S	18	Stacking hay & c	" "
S	19	At Church & S School	"
M	20	Picking cherries & cradling wheat	"
T	21	Binding & cradling for Sol'n	Pleasant
W	22	do " Rich'd Iler	"
T	23	Drawing hay Sprinkled a little	"
F	24	Cradling & Drawing hay	"
S	25	Binding wheat	"
S	26	At Church & School
M	27	Stacking wheat Cradling S. Wheat	"
T	28	do do
W	29	Raking peas	A little rain
T	30	Crdling Oats	"
F	31	Helped Solomon with hay Plowing Sorghum Raing	"
S Aug	1	A heavy Shower last night do do Cov't Meeting	"
S	2	At Church & School	"
M	3	H.B. & I trying to cradle oats	Rain last night
T	4	Mowing oats binding S. Wheat &c	"
W	5	Binding Oats At J.C. Iler's
T	6	Drawed in wheat & cut Oats with Machine	"

1868

F Aug.	7	Drawing in peas & Stacking hay for Sol'n	Windy
S	8	do " Oats	very do
S	9	A Church & School	Pleasant
M	10	Separating Sheep &c	do
T	11	Went to Leamington with tobacco	Misty do
W	12	Hoeing Rutabaga & Sacking oat	"
T	13	Threshing up at Fox'es Sick with Fever	"
F	14	Went Kingsville do do	"
S	15	Very sick with fever	"
S	16	" " do
M	17	Threshing peas &c	"
T	18	Not doing much boys drawing manure	"
W	19	Cutting weeds &c	Rain last night "
T	20	Went to R. McLear Plowing P.M.	"
F	21	do	"
S	22	Plowing & drawing manure	"
S	23	At Church & School	"
M	24	Drawing manure & Getting posts for strawstack
T	25	Digging well	Warm
W	26	walling well & fixing for strawstack	"
T	27	At Sam'l Iler Threshing	Pleasant
F	28	" Kingsville Quarterly Meeting	"
S	29	Drawing rails &c	"
S	30	At Kingsville	"
M	31	Getting ready for Threshing	Rain
T Sept	1	Threshing at J.C. Ilers	"
W	2	do " " &c
T	3	Cleaning cellar &c	Rain
F	4	Threshing at home P.M.
S	5	do do Covenant Meeting D{illegible} R. McLeare
S	6	At Church & School Dr Davidson preached
M	7	Drawing dirt out of Cellar At Uncle Saml dinner	Pleasant
T	8	do do " " do Sowing wheat	Rainy
W	9	Dr Davidson & wife here Rain nearly all day	do
T	10	Seeding Commenced to cut corn	Pleasant
F	11	do	Warm
S	12	Finished Seeding Went to Kingsville	do

S Sept.	13	At Church Rev. R. D. H. preached G.E.Wigle here	Pleasant
M	14	Cutting corn &c Took sheep out to A. Elliotts	do
T	15	do do	"
W	16	do do &c	"
T	17	Went to Detroit to Fair Frost last night	"
F	18	Came from do " "	"
S	19	Cutting corn &c	"
S	20	At Church Dr Wilson preached	"
M	21	Cutting corn G. Iler's Killed hogs	"
T	22	Went to Windsor with pork two hogs 750 price 7 12 1/2	"
W	23	Cutting corn &c Frank Balsett commenced work	"
T	24	Water-limed cellar Rain P.M.	Rain
F	25	Stripping Sorghum &c Rain	Pleasant
S	26	do do "	Pleasant
S	27	At home almost sick Solomon & Ann here	warm "
M	28	Working at Sorghum &c	"
T	29	do do
W	30	Rain Rain all day	Rainy
T Oct.	1	Comenced to grind Sorghum	Pleasant
F	2	Making Syrup	"
S	3	do do	"
S	4	At Church & School	"
M	5	Making syrup	"
T	6	" "	"
W	7	Working at Sorghum At Sol'n Wilgle all night	Rain
T	8	do do	Cool
F	9	Drawing Sorghum & Making Molasses	"
S	10	" " "	"
S	11	At Church & School	Pleasant
M	12	Working at Sorghum	"
T	13	Gathering Chestnuts got 1 3/4 bu.	Chilly & wet
W	14	Working at Sorghum	Pleasant
T	15	do " do	"
F	16	do " do do	Cool
S	17	Digging Potatoes & Froze ice	Quite cold
S	18	At Church & School	Cool
M	19	Working at Sorghum, Mangels &c	Pleasant

T Oct	20	Went to Amherstburg with potatoes & syrup	Pleasant
W	21	Working at Mangels &c	Rainy Cool
T	22	do " do	do
F	23	Digging Potatoes &c Very cold Morn.	"
S	24	" " Making molafses	Pleasant
S	25	At Church & School	"
M	26	Making Molafses	"
T	27	Digging potatoes & picking Appels Brought sheep from back Place	"
W	28	Went to Kingsville with sheep	"
T	29	Gathering turnips & Carrots	"
F	30	Husking corn & drawing Sorghum	"
S	31	Making Cider &c Went to Kingsville	Rainy Wet
S Nov.	1	At Church at Kingsville	Cool
M	2	Finished Molafses & Husking corn turned sheep together	Pleasant
T	3	Boiling Cider	"
W	4	Husking Corn	"
T	5	do do & Drawing fodder	"
F	6	" " Burritt after bark
S	7	" " Covenant meeting	"
S	8	Rain all day
M	9	do " do Splitting wood &c	Wet
T	10	Taking in potatoes	Cool
W	11	Burying Mangels, potatoes &c	Snowy Quite Cold
T	12	Down at Kingsville to mill	Pleasant
F	13	Husking corn	Warm
S	14	do do	do
S	15	At Church and	Pleasant
M	16	Husking Corn	Windy
T	17	Rainy Got Grey mare from J. Lockhart	Wet
W	18	Doing Sundries	Rainy
T	19	Husking corn &c Drawing fodder	Snowy
F	20	do do " do	Cool
S	21	At Kingsville	"
S	22	Church & School Eld. Fitch preached	Pleasant
M	23	Husking corn	"
T		do "	"
W		do " &c	Rainy Rainy

Nov 1868

T	26	Finished Husking corn Making scaffold for fodder	Pleasant
F	27	do drawing fodder	"
S	28	Taking Potatoes ouf ot holes	Cold
S	29	At Church & School	Pleasant
M	30	Making furrows through corn field &c	Cool
T Dec.	1	Getting Ready for fencing Boy drawing wood	"
W	2	Fencing back place	"
T	3	do " do	Pleasant
F	4	Chopping &c Great Snow Storm	Snowing
S	5	Drawing manure Covenant meeting	Foggy
S	6	At Church Eld. Fitch preached	Snowy
M	7	" Kingsville horses shod, very poor sleighing	do
T	8	Helped make Sour-crout &c &c	Cold
W	9	Cutting & drawing wood	do
T	10	do " do "	do
F	11	Went to Kingsville Cutting sawlogs	"
S	12	Not doing much	Stormy & Cold
S	13	At Church & School	do
M	14	Sundries	do
T	15	Butchering at J.C.I.	Steady
W	16	Took Molafses to shanty & cut saw logs Burritt drawing saw logs	Thawing
T	17	Cutting & drawing sawlogs	do
F	18	Sundries &c Church meeting evening	Pleasant
S	19	Shelling corn &c &c &c East Wind	Cold
S	20	At Church Eld. Fitch preached	Pleasant
M	21	Killed beef & hots	Stormy
T	22	Digging well	"
W	23	" "	Pleasant
T	24	Walling well	Cold
F	25	At Kingsville	do
S	26	Walling well Went to Kingsville	Pleasant
S	27	At Church & school Eld. Fitch Preached Eld. Baldwin to dinner	dos
M	28	Preparing to butcher &c &c &c	Pleasant
T	29	Killing hogs &c &c	"
W	30	Went to Windsor with 2500 lbs pork $7.00 6.75 per {illegible}
T	31	Came from do At J. Atkins all night
		Farewell 1868

January 1869 Leonard Iler

F	1	Put tips on cows horns &c &c company for dinner Stormy	Snowy
S	2	Chopping stove-wood &c Covenant meeting	Rain Stormy
S	3	At Church & school Eld. JA. Baldwin preached	Pleasant
M	4	Drawed in hole Mangels At town meeting	Thawing "
T	5	Down to Albertville At Lodge Evening	Snowy Cold
W	6	Cutting sawlogs &c Burritt drawing wood	Warm
T	7	do do. " " " "	do
F	8	Chopping & drawing	Rain P.M. "
S	9	Got trough for to water cattle &c. &c.	Cool
S	10	At Church & School
M	11	Chopping & helping Uncle Saml kill hogs	do
T	12	do.	do.
W	13	School meeting &c.
T	14	Chopping	Warm
F	15	Went to Kingsville at Soln Wigles	Cool
S	16	" " " with potatoes &c	Warm
S	17	At Church & school	Pleasant
M	18	Killing hogs at Sol'n	"
T	19	Drawing hay & Chopping	"
W	20	Chopping Got oxen from D Fuller	"
T	21	do The finest winter weather I ever saw	"
F	22	do	"
S	23	do	"
S	24	At Church & School	"
M	25	Chopping	Cold
T	26	At R.Toff. hewing bee	"
W	27	" " " " "	"
T	28	Chopping At Drawing rail-cuts	Warm
F	29	Splitting rails A.M.	Rain P.M. Cool
S	30	Kingsville to a funeral John Herringtons child	Chilly
S	31	At Church & school	"
M Feb.	1	Went to Kingsville to get Corn Chopped	"
T	2	Splitting rails	Rain P.M.
W	3	Not doing much	Rain & sleet "
T	4	Getting beef cattle in stables &c	Cold
F	5	Chopping	"

Feby

S	6	Sawing A.M. Covenant Meeting P.M.	Pleasant
S	7	At Church & school	"
M	8	Drawing wood &c	Warm
T	9	" Lumber "	Foggy & Rainy
W	10	Went to Kingsville P.M.	Warm
T	11	Splitting rails	"
F	12	" " Very Muddy	"
S	13	Went to Kingsville saw a man plowing	"
S	14	Rain all day & all last night	Rain
M	15	Chopping part of day Stormy	Stormy
T	16	went to Kingsville At Lodge	Cool
W	17	Came from " "	Rain P.M. Cool
T	18	Drawing rail-cuts &c	Stormy
F	19	Making fence out back	Warm
S	20	Snowy A.M. Chopping stove-wood	"
S	21	At Church & School Eld. McDonald here	Snowy
M	22	Drawing saw-logs sold sheep to Brodwell Solomon & Ann & Lewis & his wife here	Pleasant
T	23	Drawing Saw logs	Stormy Snow
W	24	do do " "	Cold do
T	25	" Logs for Shed &c Tea-meeting	do
F	26	Splitting Clapp-board bolts &c.	Cold do
S	27	Drawing Logs for Shed &c	" "
S	28	At Church at home & Kingsville E McDonald	"
Mar. M	1	Cut Clapp-board timber &c	"
T	2	Making ice house & getting out ice &c	Pleasant
W	3	Chopping	Warm
T	4	Went to Kingsville A Joseph Mallotts	Cold
F	5	Came from do Covenant Meeting	do
S	6	At Church Eld. McDonald preached	"
S	7	Got out ice A.M. Drawing rail-cuts	Warm
M	8	Put in Mangels " hay	"
T	9	Splitting Clapboards &c Snow all day, drifting	Cold
W	10	Drawing rafters & wood	"
T	11	Went to Kings Detroit in cutter	Snow Storm
F	12	Came from do	Pleasant

1869 Mar

S	14	At Church & school	Pleasant
M	15	Killed hogs Drawed a few stone	do
T	16	Took Pork to Albertville	do
W	17	Threshed Timothy seed &c	"
T	18	Cutting & drawing clapboard timber	Thawing
F	19	Killed Beef and took it to Kingsville	Snowing
S	20	Cutting & drawing wood	Thawing
S	21	At Church and school	Chilly
M	22	Threshed timothy seed &c &c.	Great Snow-storm
T	23	Drawing wood & Manure	Pleasant
W	24	Drawing Manure. Went to Kingsville	do
T	25	Sowed Clover & timothy seed	do
F	26	Helping Solomon draw logs	rain ast night do
S	27	Drawing rail cuts Very Muddy	do
S	28	At Church & school	Pleasant
M	29	Drawing rail cuts	do
T	30	Rainy Splitting Clapboards &c	"
W	31	Splitting rails	do
Apr. T	1	Made fence, Rain in the P.M.
F	2	do " Snowed last night	Chilly
S	3	Trimming Grape vines Splitting Clap boards	Cold
S	4	At Church & School	Windy
M	5	Splitting rails	Pleasant
T	6	do do	"
W	7	" "	"
T	8	Sawing wood at J.C. Iler's	"
F	9	" " Solomons	"
S	10	Splitting rails John Lamash commenced work	"
S	11	At Church Uncle John's Even.	"
M	12	Making fence Solomon helped
T	13	" " &c &c Snow	Snow
W	14	Getting logs to mill & making fence	Cool
T	15	Fencing	Pleasant
F	16	do R. Coatsworth plowing for Oats	"
S	17	Plowing &c &c	Warm
S	18	At Church Rain	Rain
M	19	Working at house Papering very wet	Warm

T	20	Chopping &c	Some rain Pleasant
W	21	Went to Kingsville with potatoes	Windy Cool
T	22	Made platforms around well fixed bridge by Uncle J.	Pleasant
F	23	Working at Chestnut orchard Rob draw Lumber	Warm
S	24	" " " Went after reaper	Cool
S	25	At Church & School Eld. Fitch thre	"
M	26	Sowing Oats &c. Plowing garden	Warm
T	27	Planting potatoes & Making garden ^c.	"
W	28	Raised slaughter house &c	Rainy P.M. Pleasant
T	29	Sundries Kingsville in the afternoon	Cool
F	30	Cleaning meadows & west side Chestnut orchard East wind	"
May	1	Sundries Rain all day	Cool
S	2	At Church & School	"
M	3	Chopping Stove-wwod	"
T	4	do in bush	"
W	5	Plowing for corn Wm Anderline killed today
T	6	" " " Went to Kingsville A.M.
F	7	" " " &c &c
S	8	Planting potatoes &c in Orchard	Pleasant
S	9	At Church & School At Tofflemires Even.	"
M	10	Making fence & cleaning ground in Chestnut orchard	"
T	11	Drawing Manure & Piling pigeon weed	Warm
W	12	Raising rafters & shingling	Warm
T	13	Making sleigh for marking Sorghum ground &c	Rain
F	14	Planting fence posts &c	Warm
S	15	Went to Amherstburg got Sorghum {illegible} mill	Cool
S	16	At Church	"
M	17	Sundries	"
T	18	Planting Sorghum &c Washed sheep	"
W	19	" Mangels & corn	Pleasant
T	20	" " " "
F	21	Rainy went to mill. Hay rake came
S	22	Planting beans &c.
S	23	At Church & school
M	24	Sheared Sheep
T	25	Planting Mangels carrots & Potatoes	Warm

May

W	26
T	27
F	28
S	29
S	30
M	31
T	1
W	2
T	3
F	4
S	5
S	6
M	7
T	8
W	9
T	10
F	11
S	12
S	13
M	14
T	15
W	16
T	17
F	18
S	19
S	20
M	21
T	22
W	23
T	24
F	25
S	26
S	27
M	28
T	29
W	30

1869

July

T	1
F	2
S	3
S	4
M	5
T	6
W	7
T	8
F	9
S	10
S	11
M	12
T	13
W	14
T	15
F	16
S	17
S	18
M	19
T	20
W	21
T	22
F	23
S	24
S	25
M	26
T	27
W	28
T	29
F	30
S	31
S Aug	1
M	2
T	3
W	4
T	5

1869

Aug F	<6/td>
S	7
S	8
M	9
T	10
W	11
T	12
F	13
S	14
S	15
M	16
T	17
W	18
T	19
F	20
S	21
S	22
M	23
T	24
W	25
T	26
F	27
S	28
S	29
M	30
T	31
W Sept.	1
T	2
F	3
S	4
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M	6
T	7
W	8
T	9

1869

Sept S	10
S	11
M	12
T	14
W	15
T	16
F	17
S	18
S	19
M	20
T	21
W	22
T	23
F	24
S	25
S	26
M	27
T	28
W	29
T	30
F Oct.	1
S	2
S	3
M	4
T	5
W	6
T	7
F	8
S	9
S	10
M	11
T	12
W	13
T	14
F	15
S	16
S

Oct S	17
M	18
T	19
W	20
T	21
F	22
S	23
S	24
M	25
T	26
W	27
T	28
F	29
S	30
S	31
M Nov.	1
T	2
W	3
T	4
F	5
S	6
S	7
M	8
T	9
W	10
T	11
F	12
S	13
S	14
M	15
T	16
W	17
T	18
F	19
S	20
S	21
M	22

Nov 1869

T	23
W	24
T	25
F	26
S	27
S	28
M	29
T	30
W Dec.	1
T	2
F	3
S	4
S	5
M	6
T	7
W	8
T	9
F	10
S	11
S	12
M	13
T	14
W	15
T	16
F	17
S	18
S	19
M	20
T	21
W	22
T	23
F	24
S	25
S	26
M	27
T	28
W	29

1869

Dec W	29
T	30
F	31
S Jan 1870	1
S	2
M	3
T	4
W	5
T	6
F	7
S	8
S	9
M	10
T	11
W	12
T	13
F	14
S	15
S	16
M	17
T	18
W	19
T	20
F	21
S	22
S	23
M	24
T	25
W	26
T	27
F	28
S	29
S	30
M	31
T Feb'y	1
W	2

1870

Feb'y
T	3
F	4
S	5
S	6
M	7
T	8
W	9
T	10
F	11
S	12
S	13
M	14
T	15
W	16
T	17
F	18
S	19
S	20
M	21
T	22
W	23
T	24
F	25
S	26
S	27
M	28
T Mar	1
W	2
T	3
F	4
S	5
S	6
M	7
T	8
W	9
T	10
F	11

1870 D Colchester Oct.

S	12
S	13
M	14
T	15
W	16
T	17
F	18
S	19
S	20
M	21
T	22
W	23
T	24
F	25
S	26
S	27
M	28
T	29
W	30
T	31
F	1
S	2
S	3
M	4
T	5
W	6
T	7
F	8
S	9
S	10
M	11
T	12
W	13
T	14
F	15
S	16

1870

April S	17
M	18
T	19
W	20
T	21
F	22
S	23
S	24
M	25
T	26
W	27
T	28
F	29
S	30
S May	1
M	2
T	3
W	4
T	5
F	6
S	7
S	8
M	9
T	10
W	11
T	12
F	13
S	14
S	15
M	16
T	17
W	18
T	19
F	20
S	21

1870

May
S	22
M	23
T	24
W	25
T	26
F	27
S	28
S	29
M	30
T	31
W June	1
T	2
F	3
S	4
S	5
M	6
T	7
W	8
T	9
F	10
S	11
S	12
M	13
T	14
W	15
T	16
F	17
S	18
S	19
M	20
T	21
W	22
T	23
F	24
S	25
S	26

M	27
T	28
W	29
T	30
FJuly	1
S	2
S	3
M	4
T	5
W	6
T	7
F	8
S	9
S	10
M	11
T	12
W	13
T	14
F	15
S	16
S	17
M	18
T	19
W	20
T	21
F	22
S	23
S	24
M	25
T	26
W	27
T	28
F	29
S	30
S	31

1870

Aug M	1
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Sept T	1
F	2
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M	5

1870

Sept	6
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S	Jan'y 1
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M	Feb 6	Almost sick	Pleasant
T	7	" " Uncle J. Coatsworth
W	8	AT A Buchanan's getting sleigh repaired
T	9	Drawing logs to saw P.M. Helen went to Kingsville	Cold
F	10	" " " " "
S	11	" " " " AM Drove the brown colt to Oxford Meetings closed tonight	Pleasant
S	12	Snow storm Mrs Snider baptized Took Eld. Turner to Kingsville Dell came home	Cold
M	13	Getting out sawlogs for horse sheds	Cool
T	14
W	15
T	16	April 8th 1871
F	17	We have had the finest spring I ever knew scarcely any frost since the latter part of February sowed our Spring Wheat Apr. 4th ground rathe wet yet
S	18
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M	20
T	21	Mr John Ulches buried Mar 30th
W	22	Mr Richard Thornton " Apr 2nd
T	23
F	25
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S	27
April	20th 1871	The weather has been somewhat cooler. Some frost last week. Finished sowing spring grain yesterday. Very heavy shower
June	6 1971	Some Frost during the month of May doing damage. The latter part of the month and so far in June has been warm enough for harvest We had a heavy shower today; not quite done planting corn. We are visited this season by the potato bug; have some early potatoes about the sice of small hickory nuts. Attended the association at Chatham.
July	3rd	Just finished taking clover hay today weather very fine hay good

1871

July	17th	the season continues remarkable fine, excellent harvest weather Finished cutting wheat for John today, cut ours on the 8th, cutting barley today, commenced timothy hay very heavy. Crops look well: are troubled with potato bug
1871
October	23rd	have been husking some corn for a few days Our potato crop was good (an exception) Has been remarkably dry since August scarcely any seeding done Great fires all over the country
Dec	12th	It remains remarkably dry no sleighing yet Sold grey team a few days agao for $225
1872
Jan'y	11th	had some extremely cold days before Christmas no sleighing yet. Went to Detroit on a call in holidays
Feb'y	14	Have had very steady Winter weathe plenty of snow and about a month sleighing it thawed and rained a few days but is very cold now again
April	18th	Cold and dry very cold March, Sowed S.Wheat Apirl 26th finished Oats today good time for seeding
June	17	have had plenty rain for nearly a month corn looks badly the worms have done great damage, pleasant weather now, have some early potatoes about the size of walnuts Raised horse sheds at Church this spring
Nov	1st	have had a fine season somewhat dry during the summer fall wheat yielded very poorly spring wheat much better we had in all 180 bu and 380 of oats. It has been a good fall for seeding whea looks well. We made 250 Gall. Molasses of our own & 700 for other people. We had abou 125 bu. potatoes. Our corn crop is about the best we ever raised have just commenced to husk
		15 bbs Cider finished today