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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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<table>
 <tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>we ware ploughing down the tislels    1854</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>warm and plesent  wether misty and dry</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>plesent )16 thare is some wheat shot</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>ware ploughing down below very warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>we ware ploughing</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>we finished ploughing down below</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>we comensed drawing out the dung</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>we sold twenty bustle of oats 1 ton of hay</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>we finished drawing out the dung at home</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>cold and plesent those days lately</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>of June went to tooronto for money</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>we comensed coulturing and harowing</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>we finished cross ploughing and spieding don</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>comensed cutting the hay</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>of June</td>
  <td>we drilled the potatos and corn</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>we went to hamilton to get a mare</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>very warm and dry and sultry</td>
  <td></td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>we comensed drawing in the hay</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>thare came tow mares and tuck a Job</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>very sultry and warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>a storm of rain which knocked the wheat down</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>7</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>more plesent and cool  I finished the haying at home</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>very warm and sultry and showers</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>plesent and cool after the rain</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>we comensed cutting gras down below</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>we finished drawing in hay at home</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>12</td>
  <td>of </td>
  <td>comensed drawing in down below</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>13</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>finished mowing below</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>finished drawing in hay the bees swarmed</td>
  <td></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>we cut the barley built a seat upon the reaper</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>plesent and busey blasts</td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Jun 27, 2026, 8:47:18 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

16	of June	we ware ploughing down the tislels 1854
17	of June	warm and plesent wether misty and dry
18	of June	plesent )16 thare is some wheat shot
19	of June	ware ploughing down below very warm
20	of June	we ware ploughing
21	of June	we finished ploughing down below
22	of June	we comensed drawing out the dung
23	of June	we sold twenty bustle of oats 1 ton of hay
24	of June	we finished drawing out the dung at home
25	sunday	cold and plesent those days lately
26	of June	of June went to tooronto for money
27	of June	we comensed coulturing and harowing
28	of June	we finished cross ploughing and spieding don
29	of June	comensed cutting the hay
30	of June	we drilled the potatos and corn
1	of July	we went to hamilton to get a mare
2	very warm and dry and sultry
3	of July	we comensed drawing in the hay
4	of July	thare came tow mares and tuck a Job
5	of July	very sultry and warm
6	of July	a storm of rain which knocked the wheat down
7		more plesent and cool I finished the haying at home
8	of July	very warm and sultry and showers
9	sunday	plesent and cool after the rain
10	of July	we comensed cutting gras down below
11	of July	we finished drawing in hay at home
12	of	comensed drawing in down below
13		finished mowing below
14	finished drawing in hay the bees swarmed
15	of July	we cut the barley built a seat upon the reaper
16	sunday	plesent and busey blasts

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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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