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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889
William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 59.pdf
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1888
| Sept | 1 | Ad went to a bee of T Burnss to draw bricks from Gananoque fine day uncle Jonnie came from Lyn to get Ellen & me to sign Uncle Robs property to Jane we did |
| 2 | Revd Mr Millard preached this morning | |
| 3 | Ad drew dung to the North field fine day | |
| 4 | Ad finished the drawing the dung & began to plow for the fall wheat this afternoon | |
| 5 | Ad is plowing for the fall wheat fine day | |
| 6 | Ad finished the plowing & got Bruces seeder & began to sow | |
| 7 | Ad finished the fall wheat he sowed 5 1/4 five bushels and a peck the ground is in good order | |
| 8 | fine rain last night & this morning Ad thrashed peas for the hogs & shoveled the furrows & ditches in the fall wheat ground | |
| 9 | Revd Mr Millard preached this evening | |
| 10 | Ad plowed in the southeast field East Side in the forenoon he helped A Cornett to thrash in the afternoon | |
| put the Ram & Lambs from the Sheep | 11 | Ad helped A Cornett to thrash this morning then we took the Ram & Ram Lambs from the sheep |
| 12 | Ad & Abia went to the funeral of Mrs Miller to Gananoque she was buried at the Ebenezer Church | |
| 13 | Ad thrashed peas for the hogs in the forenoon & began to cut the corn frost last night | |
| 14 | Ad cut corn with the syth it is {illegible} there Philo came home on the Mixed from Brockville | |
| 15 | Ad & Philo worked at the corn they it with the mower & gathered up in there arms & put in stocks it is a good crop | |
| 16 | Revd Mr Millard preached this morning there was very few out rain most of the day | |
| 17 | raining still ground very wet Philo went to Brockville to the school on the Mixed | |
| 18 | Ad went to Gananoque to get Rye to sow in the midle west field he got 8 bushel from a Mr Cowan above Gananoque paid 85 cents a bushel fine day |
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