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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886
William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 7.pdf
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1883
| May | 19 | Dan sowed 1 1/2 bushels of Barley on the West side of the Buckwheat ground then I sowed 3 lb of Black Barley on the south head ridge west end then 5 lb of {illegible} improved barley then the full of the wash basin of {illegible} all 3 kinds on the headridge that finished the field fine warm day |
| 20 | we had no meeting to day Mr Shane is at Morisburg | |
| 21 | rain this morning we left the cows out last night for the first time I put them in at 4 oclock this morning | |
| 22 | rain all day nothing done except some chores | |
| 23 | still raining this morning I worked at a gate for the lain & fixed some hinges for it we have the cows in most of the time | |
| 24 | Dan bored & we set some posts & nailed on some boards on them for a lain fence | |
| 25 | Dan took the young cattle out to the sixth Concession Wm McNeil went with them | |
| 26 | Dan is laid up with the quiney | |
| 27 | Reverend Mr Richards preached this evening Wm Cornett took him to Fairfax & Sand Bay | |
| 28 | I got Fred Johnston to help me for a few days he began at noon to day Dan is sick he drew dung into the garden that is the {illegible} | |
| 29 | rain most of the day we cleaned up the seed peas & wheat & 12 bushels of wheat for a grist 16 bushel of oats for feed | |
| 30 | Fred went to Escott with the grist Robert Beatty & Unkel Rob came up yesterday Rob got 2 pigs very heavy rain shower | |
| 31 | we took the potatos out of the cellar Unkel helped us |
