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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886

William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 41.pdf

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   <td>Ad & Dan dug potatos they cultivated or dug up the {illegible} with a spring cultivator it cut a good many of the long potatos they are small expect first planted David & Vive went away on the Express Watt came at noon </td>
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   <td>Dan finished the potatos Ad is loading Davids lugage in a car he took his horse & a cow that he got from Ad it is the 2 year old that came in lately </td>
 
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   <td>16</td>
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   <td>Dan & Ad plowed the potato ground & picked up some of the small stones brought them up to the Barnyard</td>
 
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   <td>17</td>
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   <td> Dan began to plow in the field below the house the ground is very dry & hard Ad is cleaning up the Barns for the thrashers fine day</td>
 
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   <td>Dan is plowing Ad is fixing the Barns he making a bin in the New Barn to hold the grain that in it </td>
 
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  <td>19</td>
 
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   <td>Revd Adam Spencer preached this morning</td>
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   <td>20</td>
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   <td>Dan plowed Ad & me fix the {illegible} over the sellerway very dry time</td>
 
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   <td>21</td>
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   <td>Dan is plowing Ad cleaned out some of the ridge ditches north of the house & braced the posts along the road for wire fence I made a slat door for root seller</td>
 
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   <td>22</td>
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   <td>Alf Green came with the thrashers this morning they started at noon & thrashed the wheat we had    bushels the likewise a run of Oats fine day</td>
 
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   <td>23</td>
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   <td>thrashed bushels of oats they then put the machine into the new barn & the grass peas had  bushel the black barley had  bushel peas bushel</td>
 
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   <td>24</td>
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   <td> finish the peas this forenoon had    bushel we put in some {illegible} the straw</td>
 
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   <td>25</td>
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   <td>Dan plowed front of the house part of the paster</td>
 
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  <td>26</td>
 
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   <td>the Revd Mr Spencer preached at night {illegible}</td>
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   <td>27</td>
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   <td>Dan plowed Ad & me cleaned up 18 bushel of spring wheat & 8 bushel of oats he intends to go to {illegible} </td>
 
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   <td>28</td>
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   <td>Dan is plowing in a field below the house</td>
 
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   <td>29</td>
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   <td>Do Do  </td>
 
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   <td>30</td>
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   <td>Dan finished the field & plowed the garden</td>
 
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   <td>31</td>
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   <td>Ad went to Young with the grist Dan shoveled the furrows that was left in the field below the house in the garden & pulled the turnips {illegible} they are very poor they did not come</td>
 
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Oct 14 Ad & Dan dug potatos they cultivated or dug up the {illegible} with a spring cultivator it cut a good many of the long potatos they are small expect first planted David & Vive went away on the Express Watt came at noon
15 Dan finished the potatos Ad is loading Davids lugage in a car he took his horse & a cow that he got from Ad it is the 2 year old that came in lately
16 Dan & Ad plowed the potato ground & picked up some of the small stones brought them up to the Barnyard
17 Dan began to plow in the field below the house the ground is very dry & hard Ad is cleaning up the Barns for the thrashers fine day
18 Dan is plowing Ad is fixing the Barns he making a bin in the New Barn to hold the grain that in it
19 Revd Adam Spencer preached this morning
20 Dan plowed Ad & me fix the {illegible} over the sellerway very dry time
21 Dan is plowing Ad cleaned out some of the ridge ditches north of the house & braced the posts along the road for wire fence I made a slat door for root seller
22 Alf Green came with the thrashers this morning they started at noon & thrashed the wheat we had bushels the likewise a run of Oats fine day
23 thrashed bushels of oats they then put the machine into the new barn & the grass peas had bushel the black barley had bushel peas bushel
24 finish the peas this forenoon had bushel we put in some {illegible} the straw
25 Dan plowed front of the house part of the paster
26 the Revd Mr Spencer preached at night {illegible}
27 Dan plowed Ad & me cleaned up 18 bushel of spring wheat & 8 bushel of oats he intends to go to {illegible}
28 Dan is plowing in a field below the house
29 Do Do
30 Dan finished the field & plowed the garden
31 Ad went to Young with the grist Dan shoveled the furrows that was left in the field below the house in the garden & pulled the turnips {illegible} they are very poor they did not come
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