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Donald Alexander Murray Diary, 1887-1899

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1889

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Wed</td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>Coilling hay in the morning cutting wheat afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Thur</td>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>Finished cutting wheat, cutting barley after tea</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Fri</td>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>Finished cutting barley, cool this even'g</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sat</td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>Putting up hay, raining, Alex went to Maplewood</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sun</td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>went to Burns Church in morning stayed in at home for dinner</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Mon</td>
  <td>31</td>
  <td>Fine, drawing wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Tues</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>Aug: Drawing wheat all day.</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Wed</td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>High winds finished drawing wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Thur</td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>Very warm, threshing at Alex McKays forenoon, threshing at Joseph Bigham afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Fri</td>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>Sultry, drawing hay</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sat</td>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>Drawing hay forenoon, drawing barley afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sun</td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>Went to Burn Church in the morning drove mother home in the evening</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Mon</td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>Threshing at Bob Bickle's forenoon drawing barley afternoon, went down to Hickson in the evening</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Tues</td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>Very dry weather. cutting oats, Alex went to St Paul's this afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Wed</td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>Horse-rakeing wheat stubble</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Thur</td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>Raining this morning, hoeing turnips</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Fri</td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>Horse raking forenoon, pulling peas. afternoon, thunder storm this afternoon</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Sat</td>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>Pulling peas all day. very warm.</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Sun</td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>Attended Burns Church morning and evening</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Mon</td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>Cutting oats, drawing oats after tea</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>Tues</td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>Finished cutting oats.</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Wed</td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Finished pulling peas.</td>
 </tr>

<table>

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1889

Wed	26	Coilling hay in the morning cutting wheat afternoon
Thur	27	Finished cutting wheat, cutting barley after tea
Fri	28	Finished cutting barley, cool this even'g
Sat	29	Putting up hay, raining, Alex went to Maplewood
Sun	30	went to Burns Church in morning stayed in at home for dinner
Mon	31	Fine, drawing wheat
Tues	1	Aug: Drawing wheat all day.
Wed	2	High winds finished drawing wheat
Thur	3	Very warm, threshing at Alex McKays forenoon, threshing at Joseph Bigham afternoon
Fri	4	Sultry, drawing hay
Sat	5	Drawing hay forenoon, drawing barley afternoon
Sun	6	Went to Burn Church in the morning drove mother home in the evening
Mon	7	Threshing at Bob Bickle's forenoon drawing barley afternoon, went down to Hickson in the evening
Tues	8	Very dry weather. cutting oats, Alex went to St Paul's this afternoon
Wed	9	Horse-rakeing wheat stubble
Thur	10	Raining this morning, hoeing turnips
Fri	11	Horse raking forenoon, pulling peas. afternoon, thunder storm this afternoon
Sat	12	Pulling peas all day. very warm.
Sun	13	Attended Burns Church morning and evening
Mon	14	Cutting oats, drawing oats after tea
Tues	15	Finished cutting oats.
Wed	16	Finished pulling peas.

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Donald Alexander Murray Diary, 1887-1899

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