1883 July 18th we turned over the heavy Clover & shook it out then I raked up with Mr McLaughlin horse Dan & his father Drew in 7 loads it is very good order 19 we put nearly 2 more loads the stock when it began to rain we filled up the midle & had to quit they hole in the garden 20 we finished the stock this afternoon I turned over the windrows & top of the stack in the forenoon they hold 21 Dan went to Kingston to see the show this father & me raked & cocked up what was left in that field we had 50 cocks Mr the Norman went home at noon I gave him $5 for his work & 1 for this son William he worked 4 days going 22 Revd Mr Shane preached at night 23 I mowed in the Midle Field about 1/4 of it Dan cut round the fences & hold 24 Dan went with the cultivator through the potatos that we planted on burns place in the forenoon we then raked & cocked what I mowed in the Satterfield 25 I got Mr Watts to help we began a stock in the midle Field put 2 loads in the bottom of the clover hay from the Northfield & 4 from the midle field that was all we had cut there is over 150 Cox in it 26 I mowed the Northeast quarter of the center field then finished holding the potatos on burns Place 27 I mowed part of the center field & Dan cultivated some of the potatos in the Eastfield in the forenoon we raked & cocked what I cut on Wednesday 28 Mr Watts began to work this morning a wet day we cleaned up 10 bushel of wheat & 20 of Oats Dan took them to Escott Mill Watts bored post holes for the line fence 29 Revd Mr Jordan preached this morning Dan took him to Fairfax 30 we took the hay that was wet of the stock & stirred up the Cox this morning after dinner we got nearly 3 loads on the stack when it began to rain we filled up the midle 31@odtimes Watts board post holes in the north side of the lain Dan & me nailed on the fence boards to day Watts picked up the old stock bottom east of the old Barn no hay weather