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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

William Dixon 1854-1878 (7).pdf

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>comenced harowing the folow</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>comensed turning the dung at patricks</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>we planted some potatos down below</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>comensed to wed red root</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>washed the sheep</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>we raised the sheep hous And cut the lambs</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>21</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>growing and showry wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>went to finished closing in the barn in a squay</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>wacol commensed drawing out wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>we went up to the saw mill for lumber</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>we comensed shingling the sheep hous</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>we comensed shering the sheep and finished on Wed</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>comensing siding the sheep hous</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>great groth in those days</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>we finished shingling the sheep pens</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>we finished siding the sheephous</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>31</td>
  <td>of may</td>
  <td>we comenced drawing out dung shold three s{cut off}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>drawing out dung fine drie weather graz{cut off}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>comensed ploughing f across {illegible} 4 Dees ward</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>cut the colts I maid a shuvel handle</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>sunday warm and plesent with cool breeze</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>we comencsed the road work down below</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>6</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>andd finished the road work below</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>we finished the road work</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>it rain graying wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>we went out to the street to plough</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>we goot a point upon the plough</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>plesent and growing wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>comensed drawing out dung</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>we comensed cross ploughing down below</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>dry and plesent warm and misty</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>of june</td>
  <td>we molded the potatos and corn</td>
 </tr>
<table>

Revision as of Jun 27, 2026, 5:13:03 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

15	of may	comenced harowing the folow
16	of may	comensed turning the dung at patricks
17	of may	we planted some potatos down below
18	of may	comensed to wed red root
19	of may	washed the sheep
20	of may	we raised the sheep hous And cut the lambs
21		growing and showry wether
22	of may	went to finished closing in the barn in a squay
23	of may	wacol commensed drawing out wheat
24	of may	we went up to the saw mill for lumber
25	of may	we comensed shingling the sheep hous
26	of may	we comensed shering the sheep and finished on Wed
27	of may	comensing siding the sheep hous
28	sunday	great groth in those days
29	of may	we finished shingling the sheep pens
30	of may	we finished siding the sheephous
31	of may	we comenced drawing out dung shold three s{cut off}
1	of june	drawing out dung fine drie weather graz{cut off}
2	of june	comensed ploughing f across {illegible} 4 Dees ward
3	of june	cut the colts I maid a shuvel handle
4	of june	sunday warm and plesent with cool breeze
5	of june	we comencsed the road work down below
6		andd finished the road work below
7	of june	we finished the road work
8	of june	it rain graying wether
9	of june	we went out to the street to plough
10	of june	we goot a point upon the plough
11	sunday	plesent and growing wether
12	of june	comensed drawing out dung
13	of june	we comensed cross ploughing down below
14	of june	dry and plesent warm and misty
15	of june	we molded the potatos and corn

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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

William Dixon 1854-1878 (7).pdf

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