1851

August 1 drew in from the field below the little orchard a little showr this afternoon

2 mowed in the 2 field frount of the house wattie cut the fall wheat that was winter killed

3 bound & stook the fall wheat in forenoon went to Mallorytown to the Election voted for Mr Benjamin Tett in preference to Mr Delong

4 mowed in the cons field Robert Armstrong helped A little rain this afternoon

5 finished the con field & raked part of it

6 no meeting to Day

7 mowed the Thompson place

8 made A stack at the New Barn and cut the large oats below the Bull paster & the grass seed

9 cut the peas & oats & drew in the large oats & drew in the remains of the grass seed & that finished our haying

10 hooked the large peas bound the peas & oats yery very dry weather

11 cut the Scotch wheat on the Thompson place & part of the wheat in con field

12 finished the wheat in the con field & hook peas

13 Mr Fleatcher preached in caintown

14 hooked peas very dry wheaher

15 I began to cut the oats on the crister place rather green

16 worked at the peas

17 Do Do Do

18 worked at the oats

19 Do Do Do

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