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William Beatty Diary, 1883-1886
William Beatty 1883-1886 Diary 38.pdf
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1884
| Sept | 1 | Dan plowed this forenoon Ad turned over the oats that was left in the midle field they drew them in & I raked all the field & that finished all the oak crop they then drew in a load of peas fine day |
| 2 | I was taken with a cold chill in the night & could not get up Dan & Ad hooked & got in more of the peas Bessie & Phillia went to Kingston on the Express Ad plowed Dan finished hooking the peas & they got them in that finished our harvesting expect the grass piece they are not fit to cut | |
| 3 | Ad & Dan went out to the road & helped Bruce David came on the express from Perry Sound Vive met him here fine day | |
| 4 | Dan helped Bruce all day Ad in the afternoon |
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| 5 | Dan plowed Ad did George David & Vive went to Delta on the Express fine day | |
| 6 | Ad hooked the grass piece there is good crop of straw Dan plowed warm day Revd Mr Hyde came on the express Jay McMullen met him & took him to Stewarts | |
| 7 | Revd Mr Hyde preached this morning A Cochran came for him took he preached at Fairfax & Union | |
| 8 | Dan finished the plowing for the fall wheat & began to draw down to it from the Barnyard | |
| 9 | Dan drew dung this forenoon then he drew in the grass peas one of Bruces boys helped him warm day Ad took Wm Scott Ellen & Bessie to Delta they took the wool to Lyndhurst to get it spun also | |
| 10 | Dan is drawing dung I took the cows to water this morning for the first time Monday week | |
| 11 | they are drawing for the fall wheat very dry time | |
| 12 | Wm Scott & Ellen went home on the Express Ad went to Gananoque with Bessie in the afternoon Dan finished drawing dung for the wheat | |
| 13 | Ad is thrashing wheat for to sow Dan is spreading dung for the wheat | |
| 14 | I took Revd Mr Hyde to Fairfax & Sand Bay he preached here at night | |
| 15 | help to clean the seed wheat Dan is cultivating the dung that he spread on the wheat it is very ruff |
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