1855 October 18 thrashed A stack at the New Barn of wheat & oats they were put into green it was heated so that was spoiled the wheat was black & the oats brown A little rain last night

19 healped Wm Hogan at thrash Buckwheat

20 Jock went to Farmersville with the Widow Seaten she was hear on A visit. I picked Appels A fine Day warm Jennet McIntosh is down on A visit from Ancaster

21 went to Caintown & heard the Rev Mr German preach fine day

22 worked at the potatos A few rotten

23 Do Do Do Do Do

24 picked the Spitzenburg appels had 4 barrels began to Snow this afternoon & snow hard

25 snowed about 5 inches last night & is still snowing A very stormy Day worked in the Blacksmith shop

26 made A crout box very sloppy with the snow the roads very bad

27 gathered appels the snow nearly gone

28 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr Throop preach roads bad

29 worked at the potatos William Hagan helped I am to make A Lathe for Janis loom fine Day A little frost last night

30 worked at Hoggan Lath Jock & the boys worked at the Potatos

31 worked at the Potatos Rob Armstrong & David Ackland helped fine weather

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