1884 September 1 Dan plowed this forenoon Ad turned over the oats that was left in the midle field they drew them in & I raked all the field & that finished all the oak crop they then drew in a load of peas fine day 2 I was taken with a cold chill in the night & could not get up Dan & Ad hooked & got in more of the peas Bessie & philia went to Kingston on the express Ad plowed Dan finished hooking the peas & they got them in that finished our harvesting expect the grass piece they are not fit to cut 3 Ad & Dan went out to the road & helped Bruce David came on the express from Perry Sound Vive met him here fine day for Dan helped Bruce all day Ad in the afternoon David & Vive went to Delta on Express strike through 5 Dan plowed Ad did George David & Vive went to Delta on the express fine day 6 Ad hooked the grass piece there is good crop of straw Dan plowed warm day Revd Mr Hyde came on the express Jay McMullen met him & took him to Stewart's 7 Revd Mr Hyde preached this morning Cochran came for him took he preached at Fairfax & Union 8 Dan finished the plowing for the fall wheat & began to draw down to it from the Barnyard 9 Dan drew dung this forenoon then he drew in the grass peas 1 of Bruce's boys helped him warm day Ad took Wm Scott Ellen & Bessie to Delta they took the wall to Lyndhurst to get it spun also 10 Dan is drawing done I took the cows to water this morning for the first time Monday week 11 they are drawing for the fall wheat very dry time 12 Wm Scott & Ellen went home on the express Ad went to Gananoque with Bessie in the afternoon Dan finished drawing done for the wheat 13 Ad is thrashing wheat for 2 Soul Dan is spreading dung for the wheat 14 I took Revd Mr Hyde to Fairfax & Sand Bay he preached here at night 15 September the ground is so ruff that they had to roll it before sewing it they then sowed it I went to Kingston on the merchant Express to Presbytery