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Donald Alexander Murray Diary, 1887-1899
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1889
| Wed | 26 | Coilling hay in the morning cutting wheat afternoon |
| Thur | 27 | Finished cutting wheat, cutting barley after tea |
| Fri | 28 | Finished cutting barley, cool this even'g |
| Sat | 29 | Putting up hay, raining, Alex went to Maplewood |
| Sun | 30 | went to Burns Church in morning stayed in at home for dinner |
| Mon | 31 | Fine, drawing wheat |
| Tues | 1 | Aug: Drawing wheat all day. |
| Wed | 2 | High winds finished drawing wheat |
| Thur | 3 | Very warm, threshing at Alex McKays forenoon, threshing at Joseph Bigham afternoon |
| Fri | 4 | Sultry, drawing hay |
| Sat | 5 | Drawing hay forenoon, drawing barley afternoon |
| Sun | 6 | Went to Burn Church in the morning drove mother home in the evening |
| Mon | 7 | Threshing at Bob Bickle's forenoon drawing barley afternoon, went down to Hickson in the evening |
| Tues | 8 | Very dry weather. cutting oats, Alex went to St Paul's this afternoon |
| Wed | 9 | Horse-rakeing wheat stubble |
| Thur | 10 | Raining this morning, hoeing turnips |
| Fri | 11 | Horse raking forenoon, pulling peas. afternoon, thunder storm this afternoon |
| Sat | 12 | Pulling peas all day. very warm. |
| Sun | 13 | Attended Burns Church morning and evening |
| Mon | 14 | Cutting oats, drawing oats after tea |
| Tues | 15 | Finished cutting oats. |
| Wed | 16 | Finished pulling peas. |
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