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William Beatty Diary, 1863-1864
Wm Beatty Diary 1863-1867 Wm Beatty Diary 1863-1867 13.pdf
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1864
| May rain | 16 | Made a cross fence in the paster east of the Barn to the line went to the station to the court of Revision there was a good many at it little rain |
| 17 | Ad plowed for J. Johnston fine day | |
| Plumb trees in full bloom | 18 | washed the sheep at John Bradley I took 13 bags of the flax seed that Mr Watson sent here to the station again & sent it to Ly to hime there is very few that will sow it fine day |
| X | 19 | began to plow & plowed a pece in the grardens in the forenoon then plowed at the east line between the ditches the ground rather wet but is geting rather late late & there has been no rain for three days |
| 20 | {in left margin} planted 2 1/2 bushel of potatos in the garden Ad plowed & draged in 1 1/2 bushel of spring Rye that is the first sowing we have done fine day | |
| rain | 21 | sowed 4 bushel of Barley East line between the ditches little rain in the afternoon fine growing time |
| 22 | the Revd Mr McCaull preached in the schoolhouse the Revd Mr Carrol in the church | |
| rain | 23 | Sowed 2 bushel of barley then 6 bushel of poll oats & 5 bushel of John Younges peas on the fall plowing North of the North ditch worked with the cultivator the ground is run together - did not get all finished heavy thunder & lightning with rain at sundown |
| 24 | fine growing morning finished the peas & oats & then plowed for more Barley sheared some of the Sheep | |
| rain | 25 | plowed for Barley dull with a little rain |
| 26 | sowed 4 1/2 bushel Barley little rain the ground is rather damp I cut potatos | |
| 27 | {in left margin} 15 bushel of Barly in all sowed 2 bushel Barley 2 of the ridges was plowed last fall all the rest was plowed this spring | |
| 28 | sowed 2 1/2 bushel of Barley & one bushel of oats between the barley | |
| 29 | the Revd Mr Gordon preached in the School house | |
| 30 | srowed the corn ground at the old Barnstead | |
| 31 | draged the cornground & sowed 3/4 bushel of flaxseed at the North of it chained for the corn & planted most of it Ad plowed north of the first ditch for wheat the ground is geting hard {illegible} |
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