1887 November 16th Jo & Freeman finish the North field this morning & brought their plows up to the house after dinner they went to Southeast field & began to plow there in the Northeast half 17 Jo plowed in that field Freeman is drawing from the station home fine day Frost last night 18 Jo & Freeman is plowing in the ass East field I covered up the grapevines at Ads & here fine day19 Jo & Freeman plowed in the same field in the forenoon it began to blow & snow at noon snowed last or more all the afternoon Freeman went home at noon Jo plowed till near night 20 Revd Mr Millard preached at night snowed About 4 in 21 snow is About 5 in this morning Jo & Philo went Abs for the 2 yearling Holsteins that was there this summer & brought them home Rob brought L what here this morning he is going to look & get machinery for his Factory side note stormy day most of the time Jo got the Colt home from Bruces 22 Jo drew banking from the pit to bank the house with the slaugh fine day 23 Jo plowed in the Southeast field Philo & me break the 4 you lambs & then we let Ram out to the Sheep fine day side note X that the ram to the Sheep 24 Jo took cair of the horses & split wood for ABIA very hard Frost last night 25 rain last night & this morning Jo drew 2 loads of done with the slaugh to the Little field near the milk shed he helped Bruce to thrash in the afternoon 26 Jo helped Bruce to thrash to day fine day they finished 27 Revd Mr Millard preached this morning 28 plowed in the Southeast field 29 there was rain & snow last night & most of the day I shoveled up part of the Barnyard I shoveled up a place to get to the Barn door it is most Knee Deep he shoveled from that to the new stable door side note I sold the yearling Ram to James McDonald for $5 he looked very bad with the snow & rain 30 Jo drew a few loads of done to the Little field we killed the Hogs or rather the pigs there was 3 Bruce & Eddie helped stormy day or rather very windy