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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 12.pdf
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1886
| October | 1 | Ad plowed this morning Hugh McKay came at noon to build Ads chimnie they worked all the afternoon Jonnie finished the potatos |
| 2 | Ad is at his chimnie with Hugh Jonnie & Philo is gathering Apels fine day | |
| 3 | Revd Mr Millard this morning fine day | |
| {illegible} came from Perth on the Express & {illegible} Armstrong from Lyn | 4 | Ad plowed this morning he was fixing things at home Jonnie split some wood |
| 5 | we are all fixing for our fair fine morning there is a good turnout Ad 2 old ewes 2 yearling 2 ewe lambs & 2 Ram lambs cows 1 2 year old heffer 1 heffer calf & Bull calf citterans & Beans | |
| 6 | I've been in the Hall all day to day & yesterday there is a great crowd of people both in & out of the Hall it is a grand success | |
| 7 | Ad was geting fixed after the Fair 1 of our ewe lambs got killed I skinned it to see what killed could see nothing wrong with it the blood was all around its heart | |
| 8 | Ad is plowing in the North field Jonnie is cleaning & shoveling the head ridge of the fall wheat | |
| Jennet is very poorly is not able to come down in house | 9 | the trashers came last night they thrashed out what was in the old Barn we had 51 bushels of wheat and 185 of oats fine day |
| 10 | Revd Mr Millard preached this evening fine day | |
| 11 | they thrashed peas the grass peas & the others 30 bushel there was 201 bushel of oats we had 467 bushel of all kinds of grain there was 2 {illegible} & Bruces Boys | |
| 12 | Ad is fixing up things about about the Barn we cleaned up 8 bags of wheat & he took to Tennents mill | |
| 13 | Ad got home from the mill he brock the spring of the Buggy he stoped at Robes all night got home this afternoon | |
| 14 | Ad plowed in the midle South field Jonnie & me fixed fences | |
| 15 | Ad is plowing in the midle field South very high wind fences is blowed down Jonnie & me has been fixing them up most of the day |
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