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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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1854

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we ware ploughing thristles</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we ware binding oats and finished binding</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>17</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we finished ploughing thistles</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>18</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we comensed drawing out dung and laying the plough irons dry and plesent wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>19</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>of August we ware settling up the trashing machine</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>dry and cool and plesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we comensed rigging up for wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>very warm and sultry and dry</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we trashed some seed wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we trashed some oats for the horses</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we brought the cattle home for want of water</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>26</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>we have riged up thwenty foure ackers clening seed</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>sunday</td>
  <td>cool and dry and plesent and shmookey</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>we finished ploughing the field at the line thirteen ackers</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>29</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>comensed to sow wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>comensed finished sowing 13 ack</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>31</td>
  <td>of August</td>
  <td>comensed sewing in the field at the barn</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>hevy rains very graying wether</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>finished sewing the field at barn</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>sunday plesent and warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>we finished sowing at home</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>finished water furring at home very warm</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>I went down below warm and sultry</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>comensed to tow sowed thwelve bustle</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>sowing and harowing mor cool and plesent</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>rain comensed raised the lightning rods on the 6</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>sunday cool and windy the fields look green</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>of September</td>
  <td>we ware sowing and harowing</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>12</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>we comensed ploughing next to old Jo</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>13</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>comensed sowing in flat field</td>
 </tr>

<table>

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1854

15	of August	we ware ploughing thristles
16	of August	we ware binding oats and finished binding
17	of August	we finished ploughing thistles
18	of August	we comensed drawing out dung and laying the plough irons dry and plesent wether
19	of August	of August we ware settling up the trashing machine
20	sunday	dry and cool and plesent
21	of August	we comensed rigging up for wheat
22	of August	very warm and sultry and dry
23	of August	we trashed some seed wheat
24	of August	we trashed some oats for the horses
25	of August	we brought the cattle home for want of water
26		we have riged up thwenty foure ackers clening seed
27	sunday	cool and dry and plesent and shmookey
28	of August	we finished ploughing the field at the line thirteen ackers
29		comensed to sow wheat
30	of August	comensed finished sowing 13 ack
31	of August	comensed sewing in the field at the barn
1	of September	hevy rains very graying wether
2	of September	finished sewing the field at barn
3	of September	sunday plesent and warm
4	of September	we finished sowing at home
5	of September	finished water furring at home very warm
6	of September	I went down below warm and sultry
7	of September	comensed to tow sowed thwelve bustle
8	of September	sowing and harowing mor cool and plesent
9	of September	rain comensed raised the lightning rods on the 6
10	of September	sunday cool and windy the fields look green
11	of September	we ware sowing and harowing
12		we comensed ploughing next to old Jo
13		comensed sowing in flat field

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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878

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