1857

April 18 Moved the fence on the west side of Jock house making the cabbage pach agreat deal larger this forenoon sowed cabbage seed tomattoes & pepers in the hot bed very hard frost last night

19 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr Benning preach roads very bad

20 drew some leached ashes to the orchard in the forenoon then Joseph Davis came & worked in my place & I worked at A drag for him & he drew chip dung to the orchard hard frost last night

21 the boys drew stones in the field North of the road in the forenoon I cleaned out the ditch frount of the house or in the field frount of the house the boys drew stone & filled {illegible}

22 drew stones of the 2nd field & put in the Ditch

23 went to Mill with 8 bushel of fall wheat & 1 1/2 of corn Danuel Nowland worked in the garden

24 Jock & Granpa went to Brockville Dr Reynolds says liver is afected the boys & me went to McCormacke raising

25 began to plow & plowed in the field below the house the ground is very wet it is stuble ground

26 went to caintown & heard the Revd Mr McMurry preach

27 rain this forenoon plowed in the hay Harper 2 field in the afternoon Mr Roth from Mitchel came here with Mr Lillie

28 plowed in the Harper 2nd field horses go very fast

29 went to Lyn for A land side then plowed

30 plowed the boys drew stones to the Dich Jock plowed his garden with the old horses

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