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John Jardine Sr. Diary, 1872-1879
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| 3 | Friday moring we are all siting in the house it is raining pretty heavy it fairs up about 10 Oclock it turns out abutful day I harrowed in the field by the barn sowed 3 bushels barley this afternoon |
| 4 | Satuerday I sowed 4 bushels of Oats and 2 bushels of barley in he field by the barn and I furrowed about half of the field it is a butful day I have finished sowing grain this spring |
| 5 | Sunday went to church to day at half past 10 |
| 6 | Monday I sowed my flax and finished furrowing the field by the barn and shoveled the furrowes and took my patoes out of the pit |
| 7 | Tuesday forenoon I planted my patoes in the afternoon I went down to detroit I went to Mary {illegible} |
| 8 | Wednesday in detriot and sandwich to day |
| 9 | Thursday I came home to day this eving I began to plow in the new field east side of the barn for corn |
| 10 | Friday plowed in the barn field to day for corn |
| 11 | Satuerday I plowed in the new pice of ground east side of the barn for corn |
| 12 | Sunday we went to church in the forenoon at half past ten Oclock |
| 13 | Monday plowed in the barn field for corn |
| 14 | Tuesday plowed again for corn it is very dry |
| 15 | Wednesday plowed in the forenoon in the afternoon it is a butful rain |
| 16 | Thursday I plowed agin |
| 17 | Friday in the forenoon I finished plowing in the east field by the barn for corn in the afternoon Archey Gracy and I planted corn James harrowed for me to day |
| 18 | Satuerday Archey and I planted corn till about 4 Oclock it began to rain James finished harrowing the corn ground for me in the forenoon went and got dan shod |
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