1856

May 1 Sowed 4 bushel of Peas & crofsdrged part 9 bushels of pees in all Sowed cabage seed at the end of the house

2 went to John Yonges to the funeral of one of his sons his Name is Benjamine A very wet day

3 let the water of the peas in the forenoon fine day Sowed 3 bushel of Peas & oats Davie draged

4 The Revd Mr German Preached in caintown

5 sowed 3 bushel of peas & oats & 2 1/2 of oats John Ackland & Danual Nowland worked in graden {sic} Mrs Bradley was buried at caintown

6 cross crofs draged the peas & oats & oats Danuel Nowland worked in the graden

7 Sowed 3 1/4 Bushel of wheat the Peas the Peas & oats the oats & the wheat were all sowed in the field below the Bull paster it was meadow last year

8 plowed at Cristies place in the forenoon went o A bee of L.B.Bailes in the afternoon with the Drag brought home the Buggy box from Anders gave him 140 lbs of flour box is to be 9 dollors

9 plowed at cristie place A fine rain most of the Day the woods look red

10 Jock finished plowing the cristie place in the forenoon the boys drew some dung to the field below the little orchard & Jock began to plow in it I helped John Armstrong to finishe the Buggy

11 11 no meeting to Day Granpa went to Lyn yesterday to the Quartly meeting Woods look Green fine Day

12 Sowed 8 bushel of Scotch wheat on the cristie place the ground in faine order draged with both teams {in margin} Bushel's wheat in all

13 finished draging & furing sowed timothy gave it one stroke of the drag after sowing the grafsseed

14 drew dung to the field below the little orchard Jock plowed in the same field

15 Do Do Do Do Do Do

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