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William Beatty Diary, 1886-1889

William Beatty 1886-1889 Diary 72.pdf

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1889

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>April </td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>Ad & Wallace  drew 2 loads of dung on the stone boat to the garden this morning then they went to his place to plow with the iron plow a heavy fog this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>21</td>
  <td>Mr Cameron a student this evening</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>22</td>
  <td>Ad angled draged the oats that he in the north half of the center east field fine day </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>23</td>
  <td>Ad sowed 3 1/2  bushel of wheat in the North field west side</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>24</td>
  <td>he sowed grass seed on it this morning & is draging in he then plowed the garden </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>25</td>
  <td>Ad sowed & draged in the northwest in it there is a drizzling rain all the forenoon fine afternoon I went to the station & voted for the Scot Act</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>26</td>
  <td>Ad plowed for Wallace in the afternoon I worked in the garden planted out some gooseberry setts rain in the forenoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>27</td>
  <td>Ad plowed for Wallace this forenoon he went to a raising of Charles Armstrongs in the afternoon fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>28</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Mr McFail a student preached this morning</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>29</td>
  <td>Ad was at home the ground is very wet there was heavy rain last night & this forenoon</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>30</td>
  <td>Ad commenced to drag away this afternoon </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>May {illegible side note}</td>
  <td>1</td>
  <td>Ad sowed 4 Bushel of Wheat in the north field fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>2</td>
  <td>and 4 bush more of wheat all in North field</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>3</td>
  <td>he brock in and sowed peas oats & Black barley in the East center field 3 bushel </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>4</td>
  <td>{blank}</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td>5</td>
  <td></td>
  <td>Mr McPhail preached this evening </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>6</td>
  <td>Ad sowed 4 bushel of Peas & B barley in the East midle field fine day</td>
 </tr>

<tr>
  <td></td>
  <td>7</td>
  <td>Ad took Watt to the outlet this morning he came from Gananoque last night he draged in the center East field fine day</td>
 </tr>

<table>

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1889

April	20	Ad & Wallace drew 2 loads of dung on the stone boat to the garden this morning then they went to his place to plow with the iron plow a heavy fog this morning
	21	Mr Cameron a student this evening
	22	Ad angled draged the oats that he in the north half of the center east field fine day
	23	Ad sowed 3 1/2 bushel of wheat in the North field west side
	24	he sowed grass seed on it this morning & is draging in he then plowed the garden
	25	Ad sowed & draged in the northwest in it there is a drizzling rain all the forenoon fine afternoon I went to the station & voted for the Scot Act
	26	Ad plowed for Wallace in the afternoon I worked in the garden planted out some gooseberry setts rain in the forenoon
	27	Ad plowed for Wallace this forenoon he went to a raising of Charles Armstrongs in the afternoon fine day
28		Mr McFail a student preached this morning
	29	Ad was at home the ground is very wet there was heavy rain last night & this forenoon
	30	Ad commenced to drag away this afternoon
May {illegible side note}	1	Ad sowed 4 Bushel of Wheat in the north field fine day
	2	and 4 bush more of wheat all in North field
	3	he brock in and sowed peas oats & Black barley in the East center field 3 bushel
	4	{blank}
5		Mr McPhail preached this evening
	6	Ad sowed 4 bushel of Peas & B barley in the East midle field fine day
	7	Ad took Watt to the outlet this morning he came from Gananoque last night he draged in the center East field fine day

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