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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 39.pdf

1887

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  <td>Nov</td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>Jo & Freeman finished the North field this morning & brought their plows up to the house after dinner they went to South East field & began to plow there in the N. East half </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>Jo plowed in that field Freeman is drawing from the station home fine day frost last night </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>Jo & Freeman is plowing in the S.East field I covered up the grapvines at Ads & here fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>Jo & Freeman plowed in the same field in the forenoon it began to blow & snow at noon snowed less or more all the afternoon Freeman went home at noon Jo plowed till near night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard  preached at night snowed About 4 inches</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>stormy day most of the time Jo got the Colt home from Bruces</td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>snow is about 5 inches this morning Jo & Philo went Abs for the 2 yearling Holstens that was there this summer & brought them home Rob brought L Wat here this morning he is going to look & get machinery for his Factory</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td> Jo  drew banking from the pit to bank the house with the slaugh fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>X Let the ram to the sheep</td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>Jo plowed in the South East field Philo & me breaked the 4 Ewe lambs & then we let Ram out to the Sheep fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>Jo took cair of the horses & split wood for Abia very hard frost last night </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>rain last night & this morning Jo drew 2 loads of dung with the slaugh to the little field near the milk shed he helped Bruce to thrash in the afternoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>Jo helped Bruce to thrash to day fine day they finished</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Mr Millard  preached this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>plowed in the Southeast field </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>I sold the yearling Ram to James McDonald for $5 he looked very bad with the snow & rain</td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td> there was rain & snow last night & most of the day I shoveled up part of the Barnyard I shoveled up a place to get to the Barn door it is most knee deep he shoveled from that to the new stable door</td>
 </tr>

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  <td></td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>Jo  drew a few loads of dung to the little field we killed the hogs or rather the pigs there was 3 Bruce & Eddie helped stormy day or rather very windy </td>
 </tr>

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Revision as of Apr 28, 2025, 12:51:01 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1887

Nov	16	Jo & Freeman finished the North field this morning & brought their plows up to the house after dinner they went to South East field & began to plow there in the N. East half
	17	Jo plowed in that field Freeman is drawing from the station home fine day frost last night
	18	Jo & Freeman is plowing in the S.East field I covered up the grapvines at Ads & here fine day
	19	Jo & Freeman plowed in the same field in the forenoon it began to blow & snow at noon snowed less or more all the afternoon Freeman went home at noon Jo plowed till near night
20		Revd Mr Millard preached at night snowed About 4 inches
stormy day most of the time Jo got the Colt home from Bruces	21	snow is about 5 inches this morning Jo & Philo went Abs for the 2 yearling Holstens that was there this summer & brought them home Rob brought L Wat here this morning he is going to look & get machinery for his Factory
	22	Jo drew banking from the pit to bank the house with the slaugh fine day
X Let the ram to the sheep	23	Jo plowed in the South East field Philo & me breaked the 4 Ewe lambs & then we let Ram out to the Sheep fine day
	24	Jo took cair of the horses & split wood for Abia very hard frost last night
	25	rain last night & this morning Jo drew 2 loads of dung with the slaugh to the little field near the milk shed he helped Bruce to thrash in the afternoon
	26	Jo helped Bruce to thrash to day fine day they finished
27		Revd Mr Millard preached this morning
	28	plowed in the Southeast field
I sold the yearling Ram to James McDonald for $5 he looked very bad with the snow & rain	29	there was rain & snow last night & most of the day I shoveled up part of the Barnyard I shoveled up a place to get to the Barn door it is most knee deep he shoveled from that to the new stable door
	30	Jo drew a few loads of dung to the little field we killed the hogs or rather the pigs there was 3 Bruce & Eddie helped stormy day or rather very windy

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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

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