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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

William Beatty 1880-1883 Diary 36.pdf

1881

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Ad helped Bruce with his horses  Wallace went to help Ab with his  hay is all done</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>Ad {illegible} part of the hay to the east stack  & asked hands to help him to thrash tomorrow</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>Dan McNeil Mr Landon came this morning with the machin they thrashed over 100 bushel of fall wheat D Cowan & Cornett & Richardson 
 Curie helped.  Cowan Cornett & Richardson had ther horses</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>finished thrashing had 135 bushel of fall wheat 15 of spring wheat 220 of oats  20 of barley 29 of peas they did not thrash all the peas I went to Gananoque with Sam Cook to see Mr Greave on church business</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>21</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Crage Preached in the morning Mr Shane at night </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>Ad went to Gananoque with 5 bags of peas oats & barley  got them ground for the  horse I cleaned the barn {illegible}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>Ad & Wallace began to draw dung to the north field for fall wheat dry & very warm </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>Ad and Wallace drew dung to same field </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>they finished drawing what dung we have except what is in the sheep house it is so dry it is of no use to plow in the first time they scraped a hole in the pit for the cattle</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>Ad & Wallace drew dung from Charles Stewarts to Wallaces place in the forenoon they then began to cross plow in the north field the ground is very dry </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>Ad went to Gananoque with Bessie & to lay out a road at South Lake Wallace helped D Cowan to thrash with the team</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Shane preached this morning Mr Houston at night </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>Ad plowed in the north field I took Jennie to her school very hot day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>Ad helped Alex Cornett to thrash with his team </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>31</td>
  <td>helped him this forenoon that was ll that he had in the Barn he then plowed in the afternoon in the north field  I took 6 bushel of wheat the Escott mill got it ground </td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Nov 13, 2024, 2:46:37 AM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1881

August	17	Ad helped Bruce with his horses Wallace went to help Ab with his hay is all done
	18	Ad {illegible} part of the hay to the east stack & asked hands to help him to thrash tomorrow
	19	Dan McNeil Mr Landon came this morning with the machin they thrashed over 100 bushel of fall wheat D Cowan & Cornett & Richardson Curie helped. Cowan Cornett & Richardson had ther horses
	20	finished thrashing had 135 bushel of fall wheat 15 of spring wheat 220 of oats 20 of barley 29 of peas they did not thrash all the peas I went to Gananoque with Sam Cook to see Mr Greave on church business
21		Revd Mr Crage Preached in the morning Mr Shane at night
	22	Ad went to Gananoque with 5 bags of peas oats & barley got them ground for the horse I cleaned the barn {illegible}
	23	Ad & Wallace began to draw dung to the north field for fall wheat dry & very warm
	24	Ad and Wallace drew dung to same field
	25	they finished drawing what dung we have except what is in the sheep house it is so dry it is of no use to plow in the first time they scraped a hole in the pit for the cattle
	26	Ad & Wallace drew dung from Charles Stewarts to Wallaces place in the forenoon they then began to cross plow in the north field the ground is very dry
	27	Ad went to Gananoque with Bessie & to lay out a road at South Lake Wallace helped D Cowan to thrash with the team
28		Revd Mr Shane preached this morning Mr Houston at night
	29	Ad plowed in the north field I took Jennie to her school very hot day
	30	Ad helped Alex Cornett to thrash with his team
	31	helped him this forenoon that was ll that he had in the Barn he then plowed in the afternoon in the north field I took 6 bushel of wheat the Escott mill got it ground

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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

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