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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883
William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 5.pdf
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1880
| April | 17 | rain most of the day Ezra helped Wallace to {illegible} I finished a pair of sliper that I was at yesterday |
| 18 | Revd Mr Houston preached this morning Mr Matthews at night | |
| Ad went to going on the Express with Rob & 3 {illegible} | 19 | Ezra went to the south west corner of the farm I was with him for to bore post holes & put in posts for a board fence after seting the stakes we put in 3 posts the ground is so wet that we could not set the posts for the lane fence |
| 20 | Ezra & me made the lane fence from the road to the house Ad got home on the Mixed | |
| 21 | Ezra & me made the lane fence from the house to the Barnyard a good job | |
| 22 | I planted out over 100 Strawberry plants in the garden heavy rain this forenoon the ground wet again it will stop us from begining to sow Ad intended to begin this {illegible} | |
| 23 | they all worked at there fenced at the road Billie is working at the Wallaces house | |
| 24 | Ezra & Ad is working at there fence Billie went to Delta this afternoon | |
| 25 | Revd Mr Matthews preached this morning Mr Garnet at night | |
| 26 | they are working at there fence at the road yet | |
| 27 | Ad began to sow and sowed 12 bushel of oat at the road the ground is in fair order | |
| 28 | they finished the draging & cutlivating the there and out here at noon Ad sowed 3 1/2 bushel of oats in the midle field where {illegible} brock up last fall | |
| 29 | Ad sowed 1 1/2 bushel of peas same field {illegible}worked his colt and Ads draging Ezra at {illegible} with the old horses he sowed about of oats that he got of {illegible} a {illegible} it is on the East side of the {illegible} here rain most of the afternoon | |
| 30 | the ground is too wet for {illegible} work today Ad & Ezra is helping {illegible} |
