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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 51.pdf
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1888
| May | 1 | rain most of the night & this forenoon Ad & me cleaned or rather put 4 bags of Thimaty chaff that he sowed at home cold rainy day |
| 2 | Ad sowed dragged in the North Center field I worked in the garden there is frost in it yet | |
| 13 1/2 bushel | 3 | Ad finished the north part of the center field he sowed 13 1/2 of oats peas & B Barley fine day |
| 4 | there was heavy rain last night the ground rather wet to drag we fixed hog pen & stable gate I dug in the garden for a straberry bed | |
| 5 | Ad finish sowing the white oats that he brought from Red Deer he sowed them very thin he sowed 4 bushel of our own mixture they are sown North East end of the southeast field | |
| 6 | Revd Mr Millard preached this evening Philo draged | |
| Sal has 6 pigs | 7 | Ad sowed 2 1/2 bushel of peas in the North field Southeast quarter alongside of the Fall wheat Philo & he took the colts up to Ab McNiels |
| 8 | Ad is drawing dung to the North field George Mathews loaded they had the 2 waggons | |
| 9 | Ad & Matthew is at the dung this forenoon Mathew is spreading the dung they drew & Ad took 3 bushel of wheat with him at noon to sow fine warm day everything looks fresh we mulched the trees we planted out on Friday last there was four of the Haas & two Golden Russet side note fine rain last night | |
| 10 | Ad is dragging & sowing wheat in the North field fine day | |
| 7 bushel of wheat | 11 | Ad finished sowing the wheat he has sowed 7 bushel in all this forenoon he is going at the garden in the afternoon he spread dung & plowed 2 ridges next the house & dragged them |
| the woods look green a nice shower | 12 | Ad took 3 calfs to John Follies the old Joseph Cook farm to paster Philo rolled the West midle field & the East South field Granmma sowed 3 beds of beets 2 of carrots & 2 of parsnips I dug & helped to fix the {illegible} |
| 13 | Revd Mr Millard preached this morning |
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