1856

June 1 Went to Junetown & heard the Revd Mr preach in the afternoon a little rain in forenoon

2 Mr C. E Jones sent for the Bull painted the Buggy Jock & boys drew dung to the turnip Ground

3 Jock plowed the turnip ground & made the wood of deel for to work the corn

4 Jock drew some plank & slabs from Mcs I made the teeth for the deel hevy rain

5 helped to whitewash

6 draged & fured & sowed the the turnip Washed the sheep water is very cold

7 hoed the early potatos painted the buggy

8 Went to Brockville to the conference heavy rain

9 I helped Robert Armstrong at his Barn

10 Jock & Margret went to Brockville

11 Jock & Granpa shered part of the sheep

12 finished the Sheep

13 Began to work at the corn

14 Do Do Do I worke with Rob 5 1/2 Days at the Barn this week

15 heard the Revd Mr Benning preach

16 began to work on the roads fine day

17 Do Do Do

18 went to Brockville with the boys for to let them see the orngemen walk they were chose then Grandmaster it was A Grand posestion the head officers were all dressed in scarlet robes

19 finished the Road work warm Day

20 howed some of the potatos A hive of bees come of A very large swarm

21 went to Brockville to an Agriculture Meeting & got 13s per 100 for flour & 3 1/2 per lb for Butter

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