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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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1854

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>we gatherd the barley and acked it</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>we comensed cutting the wheat with the reaper</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>very warm and sultry and rain</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>raney and hot blincke  down</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>21</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>very warm and sultry heat the wheat is all </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>22</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>very rany wether very little done</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>dry and d</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>very warm and sultry cutting lying wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>25</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>reaping with the mashine eight acers</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>we cut a hundent stook very warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>we cutt seven ackers with the reaper</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>went down to below to cutt finished cutting</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>comensed drawing in not so warm as Thurs</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>plesent and cool</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>31</td>
  <td>of July</td>
  <td>we were cutting wheat rany</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>August</td>
  <td>drawin in wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we ware drawing in</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>very unplesent rany wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>rany and storms and blinck</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we finished cutting wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>sunday cool and plesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we comensed bilding a stack of wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we went down below to draw in the wheat and cutt the barley finished the wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we comensed cutting the oats and peas</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>10</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>we finished binding the oats dry and plesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>comensed stacking the peas and finished</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>121</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>we comensed stacking the barley and finished at home warm and sultry  dry and misty</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>sunday cool and plesent and windy</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>comensed ploughing the thisels and cutting the oats down below</td>
 </tr>

<table>

Revision as of Jun 27, 2026, 9:34:05 PM, edited by 10.0.2.100

1854

17	of July	we gatherd the barley and acked it
18		we comensed cutting the wheat with the reaper
19	of July	very warm and sultry and rain
20		raney and hot blincke down
21		very warm and sultry heat the wheat is all
22		very rany wether very little done
23	sunday	dry and d
24	of July	very warm and sultry cutting lying wheat
25		reaping with the mashine eight acers
26		we cut a hundent stook very warm
27	of July	we cutt seven ackers with the reaper
28	of July	went down to below to cutt finished cutting
29	of July	comensed drawing in not so warm as Thurs
30	sunday	plesent and cool
31	of July	we were cutting wheat rany
1	August	drawin in wheat
2	of August	we ware drawing in
3	of August	very unplesent rany wether
4	of August	rany and storms and blinck
5	of August	we finished cutting wheat
6	of August	sunday cool and plesent
7	of August	we comensed bilding a stack of wheat
8	of August	we went down below to draw in the wheat and cutt the barley finished the wheat
9	of August	we comensed cutting the oats and peas
10		we finished binding the oats dry and plesent
11	of August	comensed stacking the peas and finished
121		we comensed stacking the barley and finished at home warm and sultry dry and misty
13	of August	sunday cool and plesent and windy
14	of August	comensed ploughing the thisels and cutting the oats down below

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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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