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William Beatty Diary, 1854-1857

for 1854

the Quantity of Grain ground of the crop of 1853

1853

Dec	9	took 5 1/2 bushel of fall wheat to Mill
	23	Do 4 bushels of s wheat & 2 bushel of corn
	26	Do 12 1/2 Do of F wheat & 10 bushel of S wheat
1854
Jan		4 Bushel of corn
		10 Bushel of scotch wheat
Feb	24	6 Bushel of scotch wheat
March	10	24 Do Do D & 4 Bushel of corn
1857
April	1	Granpa setted with Robert Armstrong and we are endue him at this Date L . 7.6 off this money that I got for Walter yet
May	13	got 4 cwt of hay from Robert
	15	he got 1 1/2 bushel of Peas from us

take 1 grain of Digtalis 1 grain of oxide of zink 1 dram of fine flour or A teaspoonful for 20 or 100 pils take from 1 to 6 per Day cure all Deases

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