1856

Febuary 1 worked at the cleaning of the wheat a little snow

2 finished cleaning the wheat had 111 bushel of scotch wheat & 36 1/2 of black see

3 no Meeting to Day

4 cleaned the tailing & pufsey seed had 19 bushel

5 went to Charlestown with Elingham & wife, had 4 pork barrels & took 19 bushel of pufsey seed to mill

6 worked at A bed stead Jock worked at trunelbed

7 made A scive for John Yonges faning mill snowed most of the Day

8 drew 3 loads of wood roads very bad

9 went to Brockville & heard the Revd Mefunes Morison &

10 went to Brockville to the Scacrement

11 finished the Bedsted for the kition & put it up

12 drew some wood snow very deep

13 helped Wm Hogan at the thrashing machin

14 Do Do at Colmans place

15 Do Bob Armstrong to thrashing machin in the afternoon very cold wheather

16 drew some wood roads very bad A little snow with heavy winds & drift most evry day

17 no Meeting to Day high winds with some snow & heavy Drift

18 drew some of the tan Bark out of the woods snow very deep

19 went to Brockville to see Mr Buiel why he had not advertsed the Annual Meeting of the County Agricultural Socitie

20 Jock drew A load Bark to Lyn Roads very bad

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