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William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860

William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860_05.pdf

1858

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 <tr>
  <td>April 15</td>
  <td>plowed in the field below the house & drew rails & stones & dung to the garden & dung for hot bed fine Day</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>finished plowing the sod below the house & plowed the garden I worked at the fence in the bull paster the boys drew stones</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Jock began to plow in the field at the New barn I worked at the fence in the bull paster fine Day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Benning preached </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>finished the bull paster fence Jock plowed</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>went to Farmersvill for Elingham with 50 flour Barrels & 4 butter tubs for P. Wing & 10 butter tubs for H Green heavy rain in the afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>heavy rain last night the most of the Day fixed the horses shoes & shod them forefeet </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>planted 8 apple trees 3 pound & the rest other grafts sowed the cabbage seed in the hotbed</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>went to Lyn with 14 bushel of wheat o& 2 of corn for a grist raind midle of Day Jock finished plowing the field at the barn</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>began to plow in bull paster, ground very wet snow this afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr McMurry preach the snow was 3 inches deep this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>plowed in the bull paster.  Jock & the boys drew dung to the 2nd field hard frost this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>plowed & drew dung the same as yesterday</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>finished plowing in the bull paster in forenoon drew dung with both teems to the field below the bull paster</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>drew dung to the same field</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>heavy rain last night & this morning went to farmersville for Elingham with barrels</td>
 </tr>

<table>

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1858

April 15	plowed in the field below the house & drew rails & stones & dung to the garden & dung for hot bed fine Day
16	finished plowing the sod below the house & plowed the garden I worked at the fence in the bull paster the boys drew stones
17	Jock began to plow in the field at the New barn I worked at the fence in the bull paster fine Day
18	went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Benning preached
19	finished the bull paster fence Jock plowed
20	went to Farmersvill for Elingham with 50 flour Barrels & 4 butter tubs for P. Wing & 10 butter tubs for H Green heavy rain in the afternoon
21	heavy rain last night the most of the Day fixed the horses shoes & shod them forefeet
22	planted 8 apple trees 3 pound & the rest other grafts sowed the cabbage seed in the hotbed
23	went to Lyn with 14 bushel of wheat o& 2 of corn for a grist raind midle of Day Jock finished plowing the field at the barn
24	began to plow in bull paster, ground very wet snow this afternoon
25	went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr McMurry preach the snow was 3 inches deep this morning
26	plowed in the bull paster. Jock & the boys drew dung to the 2nd field hard frost this morning
27	plowed & drew dung the same as yesterday
28	finished plowing in the bull paster in forenoon drew dung with both teems to the field below the bull paster
29	drew dung to the same field
30	heavy rain last night & this morning went to farmersville for Elingham with barrels

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