1855

Oct 1 went to Farmersville with the cloth to the fulling mill broke the tire of the waggon got A wheel from W Barington

2 went to Brockville to the cattle Show took the 2nd on fall wheat 2nd on oats 2nd barley fine Day

3 Samuel Inis came & set the waggon tire & turned 8 horse shoes

4 went to Lyn to the cattle show took the first premium on the yearling Bull 2 on 2 year old heffer 2 on 1 year old 1 on fall wheat 1 on oats

5 the Revd Mr Throop & Mr McNish came here on A visit Jock & the boys was at Granpas at threashing machin & shod the colt fine Day

6 went to Lyn to A Pomological meeting was chosin President of the Pomological socitie there was a fine show of Apples

7 went to Caintown heard the Revd Mr Bening preach

8 went to Lyn with 60 flour barrels for Colmans

9 went to Brockville gave Henery McDonald 2 barrels of Snow apples 8s 9d per Barrel sold I & S Rags 1 tub of Butter 84 lb 10 per lb

10 began to pull the corn Jock helped Samuel Innis to iron whipeltrees for Littlejames

11 finished the corn poor crop the boys helped John Ockland at thrashing Machin

12 went to Charleston with 20 pork barrels & 10 to {illegible}

13 Shod the old horses heavy rain all Day

14 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Throop preach in the forenoon

15 began to Dig the potatoes some of them rotten ground very wet

16 went to Brockville with 8 Barrels of Apples got 7s.6d per Barrel snows

17 Innises came to thrash & thrashed the Peas fine Day

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