1856

Sept 1 Began to sow the fall wheat sowed 2 bushel of blue stem next the west line first frost our popular A little hurt then 2 bushel of bearded wheat both was old wheat that took the premium

2 thrashed 2 bushel of new seed & sowed it Elen & me went to Maitland on A visit to Mr James Halls fine Day

3 begun to cut the poll oats worked the forenoon at them then went to A dung Bee of Bobs Jock & the boys went in the forenoon

4 finished cuting the oats Jock & the boys rake & bund them that I cut yesterday & drew stones of the Thompson place to the east line & laid them 4 feet wide for A fence

5 drew stones this forenoon Jock & the boys bound the oats I went to Yonge Mills with 50 flour barrels

6 Jock drew in the oats & drew stones

7 the Revd Mr Binning preached at caintown

8 drew dung to the Thompson place Margret put to bed of A son

9 helped John Ocklane at the thrashing Machin

10 began to plow on the Thompson place

11 Jock plowed I drew dung

12 Do Do Do Do & finished the plowing & dunging

13 Sowed 3 1/2 bushels of the Muticala Rye

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