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Christina McLennan Diary, 1897-1905

Christina McLennan 1897-1905 Diary 154.pdf

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Village farm, Farquherson tenant 1897

Jany 11 Farquherson sent us 50 bush oats
12 Noon. 75 bush oats. Evening, 80 bush oats = 205.
20. 1 load of straw
Feb 9 1 load of straw Feb 23d 1 load of straw
March 17 1 load of straw 23 Got, 180 sap Kettles 25 were big
March 30. By 2 gall syrup the first this year " 2
April 1 " 2 " " April 6. By 4 1/2 gall syrup 6 1/2
" 12 " 4 " " " 27 By 4 1/2 gall syrup 8 1/2 17 gall
May for sowing
May 14 12 bush oats
17 7 1/2 " " 3 bush pease. Sent cows to pasture
19 8 " "
22 61/2 potatoes 2 3/4 crown jewels 2. pride of field 1.1/4 mixtures
27 our boys drew our hay, and straw
July 16 Farquherson put in our village barn 1 load hay
" 17 2 loads of hay. 21. two loads hay.
27 2 loads hay 7 loads in all
Septem 28 69 bush oats. 4 bush pease Hay loads F. A.M. 42 P.M. 27
29 1/2 load cow corn
Oct 4. 11 bags corn 10 pumpkins some cow corn
8. 13 " potatoes (2) 19 bags potatoes 32 bags
15 Farquherson got 110 lbs hay seed
21 Farquherson brought 2 loads of turnips over 60 bush
Dec 28 Farquherson To bags 20. 10 cotton 10 linnen
29 55 buckwheat 56 oats
1898 March 14 19 1/2 bush oats (15) By 41 bush oats
15 {18?} bush (17.) 32 bush oats 1 * 40 on the 15 40 oats (19) To 1 gall syrup (21) good 2 gall) 19th
24 1 gall bad. P.M. 2 gall midling
26 2 " good. (28) 4 gall syrup . 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 = 12
April 52 gall syrup not very good boiled down to about 4 1/2 () 4 gall
April Gave Farquherson 1 1/2 bush wheat, 1 bush hay seed
* 80 bush only on the 15 {numbers in right margin opposite March and April} 69 66 / 66 1/2 + 40 + 38 + 1.40 + 40 = 218 1/2 + 135 = 353
2d Con. farm. Salway tenant 1897
May Gave Salwaty 5 bush potatoes oats He says he sowed 4 bush pease And 2 1/2 bush wheat. we did not furnish any yet. 17 sent the heifer to pasture
15 15 1/2 bush oats
22 Sent 2 bush pease. & 7 1/2 bush oats
July 27 1 load hay
August 6 By 1 load hay, August 9. by 1 load hay
" 14 By loads hay August 18 By 1 load hay 5 loads
Septe By. 1 bag small apples, 1 bush potatoes
" 25 " 2 " potatoes (28.) 9 bags potatoes
Oct 4 100 bush oats (5) 40 bush oats pease
7 69 1/2 bush oats 12 buckwheat 4 bush barley total ots 209 1/2 wheat 5 barly 4 buckwheat 12 pease

3 bush wheat 12 bush pease

To 1 load straw
Jan 10 1898 To a few bookfulls of poor straw
April 25 Gave Salway 1 bush wheat $1.50
April 30 1898 Gave Salway 15 bush of oats
May 21 Salway got 9 bush. oats
Aug. 5. Salway thrashing. brought 3 bush of pease
29. 37 bush wet oats. raining and they are thrashing oit (30. 37. bush oats) 31 (40. bus oats 114
Oct 31 Salways by. 2 bush buckwheat, 28 bush oats
Nov 2 35 bush oats, 3 bush pease, 9 bush wheat
3 63 " "

oats pease buck wheat

275 6 2 9 1/2 = 17 1/4 + 275 = 292 1/4 totl 13 = ) 292 1/4 = 22 1/2 bush totl
{written in left margin} Began to take milk from T Hunan on Dec 27. 1899 Rodericks boy fetch it 3 times a week for 10 cts pr week De 27. 2 qrts (30) 2 qrts from 1st 2 qrts (3) 2 qrts Jan (6) 2 qrts (8) 2 qrts 1902 Hay on village farm D.M Robertson 8 ton Aug. 9 4 loads 12 5 " Major 1902 Oct 1. 19 bush barley 24 oats in June gave 4 1/4 whear 2 1/2 buckwheat in May 9 1/4 barley 7 oats 26 lbs hayseed Appendicitis
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