1855

June 19 went to McElhennys Mill with 4 bushel of wheat that we got from bob bought 100 of flour p{illegible} 4S.3 Jock & the boys began to hoe the Corn

20 rain last night & this forenoon bottome chairs

21 hoed corn the corn cut with the grub

22 heavy rain last night & still raning

23 finished hoeing the corn Jock went to Brockville with 1 sheep 1 calf alive & 1 calf dead got 12.6 for the sheep 10S for the calf & 15 for the dead one got 3d per lb for the hind quarters & 2 d for the fore quarters

24 no meeting to day it rained all day

25 I fixed a spare & hooks to cut the thistles out of the wheat Jock let the water of corn & potatos

26 worked on the roads for colmans commutation money

27 put ashes on the turnips & some on the corn at the lower end of the field peeled hemlock bark on the T land

28 very heavy rain & thunder last night & this morning peeled Bark

29 very warm day peeled Bark

30 peeled Bark very warm day

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