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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 39.pdf
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1887
| Nov | 16 | Jo & Freeman finished the North field this morning & brought their plows up to the house after dinner they went to South East field & began to plow there in the N. East half |
| 17 | Jo plowed in that field Freeman is drawing from the station home fine day frost last night | |
| 18 | Jo & Freeman is plowing in the S.East field I covered up the grapvines at Ads & here fine day | |
| 19 | Jo & Freeman plowed in the same field in the forenoon it began to blow & snow at noon snowed less or more all the afternoon Freeman went home at noon Jo plowed till near night | |
| 20 | Revd Mr Millard preached at night snowed About 4 inches | |
| stormy day most of the time Jo got the Colt home from Bruces | 21 | snow is about 5 inches this morning Jo & Philo went Abs for the 2 yearling Holstens that was there this summer & brought them home Rob brought L Wat here this morning he is going to look & get machinery for his Factory |
| 22 | Jo drew banking from the pit to bank the house with the slaugh fine day | |
| X Let the ram to the sheep | 23 | Jo plowed in the South East field Philo & me breaked the 4 Ewe lambs & then we let Ram out to the Sheep fine day |
| 24 | Jo took cair of the horses & split wood for Abia very hard frost last night | |
| 25 | rain last night & this morning Jo drew 2 loads of dung with the slaugh to the little field near the milk shed he helped Bruce to thrash in the afternoon | |
| 26 | Jo helped Bruce to thrash to day fine day they finished | |
| 27 | Revd Mr Millard preached this morning | |
| 28 | plowed in the Southeast field | |
| I sold the yearling Ram to James McDonald for $5 he looked very bad with the snow & rain | 29 | there was rain & snow last night & most of the day I shoveled up part of the Barnyard I shoveled up a place to get to the Barn door it is most knee deep he shoveled from that to the new stable door |
| 30 | Jo drew a few loads of dung to the little field we killed the hogs or rather the pigs there was 3 Bruce & Eddie helped stormy day or rather very windy |
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