1855

Nov 16 heavy rain last night & to day with thunder banked the house in the afternoon geting very cold

17 hard frost last night gathered the cabbage fine crop

18 went to Caintown & heard the Revd Mr German preach the ground hard frozen

19 thrashed 30 shaves of oats for straw for to make cider. Jock & the boys cleaned some of the peas John Yonge came hear

20 made A Shaving Horse for John Yonge he went home to Day bad roads

21 finished cleaning the peas had 57 1/2 bush snowed about 3 inches George Two brought the thrashing

22 made cider for Rob Armstrong Wm Daves & James Evens about barles

23 made cider Rob Armstrong George Two Wm Hazelwood & 1 barrel for ourselves in all about 5 bar

24 went to Lyn bought 22 1/2 lb sole leather 1s.6d per lb got 4 lbs of upper leather which made 13 3/4 lb that we had got from Henry McDonald at 2 per lb he got 2 barrels of snow Apples at 8s.9d pr barrels made 17s.6 & I paid A Hanary 10s which makde 27s.6d

25 25 went to caintown & heard the Rev Mr McGee preached he is just come from Inland roads very slippy

26 made our own cider fine Day rain some snow in the afternoon

27 Jock took 3 Ewes to George McNish fine Day in waggon

28 made cider for David Tennent & the Widow Phillips & A Armstrong fine Day

29 went to Henery Manharts with 7 Ewes to the Southdown Ram

30 drew some wood & made an axe helve hard frost

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