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1880

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>Sept</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>Ezra finished drawing the straw in the forenoon he then began to rake where he plowed</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>Ezra drew 7 loads of sand for Wallaces house. and 4 for Singelton I helped Revd Mr Mathewsto move to S Johnstons house very warm day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>Ezra drew 4 loads of sand for Wallace he then rolled where he plowed very hot day I got the clason & silver chaff wheat at the station paid 57 cents as fraight</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>Ezra rolled & then cultivated the wheat  ground</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td></td>
  <td> Revd Mr Garrat preached this morning Mr Matthews at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>Ezra cultivated and & then rolled the wheat ground I am not able to anything in bed had a cold chill & dirahaea</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>Ezra <s>is</s> rolled and cultivated the wheat ground he sayes he is geting the turnips conquerd I am better</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>8</td>
  <td>Bruces thrashing machin came to day they had to get J Stace to fix it thrashed fall wheat had  bushel  &    bushel s of sping Wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>9</td>
  <td>thrash the grass seed had a bushel   of Abs ats &    bushel of other oats</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>10</td>
  <td>Ezra <s>scraped a ditch acroos to side  {illegible}</s>  helped Wallace to clean out there well we cleaned up 10 bushel of the fall wheat </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>11</td>
  <td>Wallace & Ezra fought fire on his place where the GTR set the ground afire I went to Gananoque with 10 bushel of wheat I got a bag of salt Sugar 2 24 oatmeal  46 c tacks 15 c dinner 25</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>12</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Revd Matthews was at palmerston on mission town Mr Staunton preached at night</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>13</td>
  <td>Ezra scraped the ditch across the south half of west center field</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>14</td>
  <td>Ezra rolled the center field in the forenoon John G{illegible} came this morning to load dung he is to bring it out of the sheepbarn Ezra is drawing in the afternoon with 2 wagons</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>15</td>
  <td>Ezra & {illegible} is at the dung I intend to go to young this afternoon for to get seed wheat</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>16</td>
  <td>I went to young yesterday Stoped {illegible} night went to {rest of line illegible}</td>
 </tr>

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1880

Sept	1	Ezra finished drawing the straw in the forenoon he then began to rake where he plowed
	2	Ezra drew 7 loads of sand for Wallaces house. and 4 for Singelton I helped Revd Mr Mathewsto move to S Johnstons house very warm day
	3	Ezra drew 4 loads of sand for Wallace he then rolled where he plowed very hot day I got the clason & silver chaff wheat at the station paid 57 cents as fraight
	4	Ezra rolled & then cultivated the wheat ground
5		Revd Mr Garrat preached this morning Mr Matthews at night
	6	Ezra cultivated and & then rolled the wheat ground I am not able to anything in bed had a cold chill & dirahaea
	7	Ezra is rolled and cultivated the wheat ground he sayes he is geting the turnips conquerd I am better
	8	Bruces thrashing machin came to day they had to get J Stace to fix it thrashed fall wheat had bushel & bushel s of sping Wheat
	9	thrash the grass seed had a bushel of Abs ats & bushel of other oats
	10	Ezra ~~scraped a ditch acroos to side {illegible}~~ helped Wallace to clean out there well we cleaned up 10 bushel of the fall wheat
	11	Wallace & Ezra fought fire on his place where the GTR set the ground afire I went to Gananoque with 10 bushel of wheat I got a bag of salt Sugar 2 24 oatmeal 46 c tacks 15 c dinner 25
12		Revd Matthews was at palmerston on mission town Mr Staunton preached at night
	13	Ezra scraped the ditch across the south half of west center field
	14	Ezra rolled the center field in the forenoon John G{illegible} came this morning to load dung he is to bring it out of the sheepbarn Ezra is drawing in the afternoon with 2 wagons
	15	Ezra & {illegible} is at the dung I intend to go to young this afternoon for to get seed wheat
	16	I went to young yesterday Stoped {illegible} night went to {rest of line illegible}

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