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John Jardine Sr. Diary, 1872-1879
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October the 24 1872
flour to notia the blacksmith two hundred of flour
| $ | cts | |
| at 3 50 a hundred | 7 | 00 |
| a cord of wood to the blacksmith | 1 | 00 |
| October the 24th | ||
| one hundred of flour to Godfaw | ||
| Trembly and a 11 pounds of pork | ||
| September the 22 1873 | ||
| seed wheat sowed this year | ||
| is 19 x 1/2 bushels at a $ 1 x 10 cts pr bus | $21 | 45 |
| 17 bushels of wheat sold | $21 | 62 1/2 |
| 26 this bushels of wheat taken and ground for flour $1 x 10 cts | $28 | 60 |
| took one load of wheat to Chatham and sold it there | ||
| was 39 x 49 bushels it fetched my | $43 | 75 cts |
| January the 13 --------- 1874 | ||
| I went to Chatham with a load of wheat & sold it for $1.80 cts a hundred | ||
| bushels 39.52 lbs came to | $43 | 05 |
| 12 1/2 bushels sold to St John came to | $13 | 75 |
| 20 bushels ground agin in flour for my one use at $1 x 10cts per f came to | $22 | {illegible} |
| 6 bushels of wheat sold to st John agin March the 31 1874 comes to | $7 | 20 |
| April the 28, 1874 ---- | ||
| 20 bushels of wheat I took to mill agin for my one use and got ground into flour | ||
| April the 28, 1874 | ||
| sold 4 bushels agin it came to | $4 | 38 1/2 |
| May the 19 1874 | ||
| I went to Chatham with a load of wheat & sold it for $ 1 18 per bushel | ||
| bushels 27.9 p came to | $27 | 85 cts |
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