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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886
William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 9.pdf
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1883
| June | 16 | I raked & {illegible} 2 rows of carrots on the {illegible} of parsnips on the east side we {illegible} of Erely Roses then rolled of {illegible} we then sowed & drills peas with the winter {illegible} turned this {illegible} |
| 17 | Revd Mr Shane preached this morning | |
| 18 | we finished the planting of the western corn we put in drills covered it with the cultivator upsides down finished with our {illegible} corn I planted 4 rows of beans it rained in the afternoon | |
| 19 | very hard rain last night the ground is very wet I planted some popcorn & more beans that finished the field back of the Barn then drew some wood for Reverend Mr Shane & piled some of the lumber | |
| 20 | we worked on the roads some showers | |
| 21 | Do Do Dan worked in the forenoon I worked all day that finished our 5 days Dan got a big plow from Bruce & began to plow in summer follow in the North field near the {illegible} | |
| 22 | Dan plowed at the {illegible} plow it plows well | |
| 23 | we planted 1 bushel of Black potatos & 1 1/2 of the Erely Rose on a piece we got of J. Purvis Bruce plowed him & William planted there too Dan went to {illegible} rest of line {illegible} | |
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| 25 | Dan plowed at the sumac rest of line {illegible} | |
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