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William Beatty Diary, 1880-1883

1881

		{top third of page is too faint to decipher}
	4	{illegible} where Ad cultivated {illegible} day the ground is hard and damp {illegible} we have had no rain I might say this spring yet
	5	I dug a little more in the {illegible} and planted some {illegible} the ground is very hard very hard frost last night
	6	fixed more of the garden {illegible} some dung to the gooseberrys and Rubarb and cleaned {illegible}
	7	Sifted some of the peas that Ad got at Lydenhurst they were thrashed with the Machin and were a good deal broken
8		there was no church here this morning Revd Mr Garrat and Mr Huston preached at night
	9	Ad came here at noon they have got done at the Road he plowed in the North field south west corner for peas Wallace came and draged I sowed 3 bushel of peas in the afternoon Ad went to the {illegible} to look for {illegible} Sowed 3 1/2 bushel of peas they are all the {illegible} peas I sowed better and {illegible}
		{in margin - fine shower at night about 11 {illegible}
		{rest of page too faint to decipher}

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