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William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860
William Beatty Diary, 1858-1860_14.pdf
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1858
| Sept 1 | Plowed at cristies place & thrashed seed |
| 2 | finished the plowing & sowed 2 bushel of the Elgan wheat old seed west line then 3 1/2 bushel of the bearded |
| 3 | sowed 2 bushel of Rye & plowed the head ridges a little rain |
| 4 | cleaned out the furrows & finished the field at cristies in the forenoon then finished cuting the oats & began to hook the Peas |
| 5 | went to Brockville & heard the Revd Mr Morrison preach very heavy showr as we got to James Cummins rain in there |
| 6 | worked at the peas till tea then drew in 2 load of oats |
| 7 | finished hooking the Peas & drew in some |
| 8 | drew in the peas & flax & that finished the harvest work fine Day |
| 9 | went with a sheep sold it for 3$ got 1 barrel of salt for 8.9 shoe thread 6 salsoda 4d.2 crocks 4s.6d toll 7 cakes 6d |
| 10 | put a shoe on horse & killed a sheep |
| 11 | went with 28 firkins for Elingham to Charlestown for D Bews |
| 12 | went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr McMurry preach |
| 13 | went to Willard Weeks & got 274 feet of clapboards & 526 feet of inch boards of John Cavenahs drew 2 small hemlock logs for jice |
| 14 | went to Lyn for sand David helped T Davis |
| 15 | fixed the neck yolk & picked appels for the Horticulture show to morrow |
| 16 | heavy rain all Day did not go to the show put up boards to dry in house |
