1855

Sept 17 drew in the oats from the Harper field in the forenoon heavy rain in the afternoon

18 heavy rain most of the Day C{illegible} our Books

19 went to Brockville the Widow Ferguson went with me & got the Will of her Husband recorded I was A witness to it I make {illegible} to it took 3 barrels of American got 10 & 8s per barrel Jock finished cuting the wheat

20 cut the Poll oats went to Malorytown a made the returns of road work

21 Jock & the boys drew in 3 load of wheat & bound the oats I went to Charlestown with 32 pork barrels to Bews & brought 60 flour b{illegible} back

22 Stacked the oats & wheat Granpa helped that finished the Harvest work

23 went to Caintown & heard the Rev W. German preach

24 went to Lyn with 60 flour barrels for Elingham & got for him $19.59 units

25 went to Brockville to an Agricultural Meeting

26 Jock began to plow the Thompson place for Rye

27 cleaned grain for the Show Jock plowed

28 went to Mr Moorehouses for seed Ry got 2 1/2 bushel & threashed the Mulicolic had nearly 1 bush Jock finished the plowing

29 Sowed the Muticolic Rye on the first seven ridges East line the first ridges twelve pace ther a pile of stones at the end of the ridge the half of the eight ridges is sowed with the Mulicolic, sowed the 2 1/2 Bushels that I got from Morehouse on the rest of the field Jock went to Brockville with chickens got 7 1/2 each

30 the Revd Mr Throop preached in caintown

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