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William Beatty Diary, 1874-1877
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1876
| May the woods look red to day | 17 | Vest got a load {rest of line illegible} to day he want {rest of line illegible} Ad got a telagram about {rest of line illegible} to Delta with Bruce McNiel Wallace helped with {illegible} all day sowed part of the old house field with the White see wheat worked the two teams cultivated with the wheel coulter first then with {rest of line illegible} |
| 18 | finished the old house field 4 1/2 bushel of the White See Wheat on it Vest & Ad got home at night | |
| 19 | Ad & Vest went out to the road & finished what was to do there & began the southwest part of the north field sowed some peas there fine day | |
| the wood begin to look green | 20 | worked in that field we sowed 8 bushel of peas & about a bushel of oats |
| 21 | 21 | I went with Revd Mr Walker to Fairfax he preached here in the morning Mr Mathews at night |
| 22 | rain this morning most of the day no work fixed the wheel of the cultivator there was very heavy rain yesterday morning | |
| 23 | very cold this morning Vest & Ad the south west half of the north field I dug a little in the garden sowed some Beets & planted |
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| 24 | they sowed 5 bushel of oats & 2 bushel of peas in the North west half of the north field & cultivated the part that he intends to summerfallow I was in bed most of the day | |
| 25 | Vest went to Delta this afternoon he took Davids things & the children with him fine cold day I planted Halls beens in the garden next to the house | |
| 26 | I planted 3 bushel of E |
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| 27 | planted some sweet corn in the garden & 4 rows of parch corn Ad plowed East of the Barn he has been picking stones of yesterday & part of to day cold day ground dry | |
| 28 | Revd Mr Walker preached in the morning Mr Stewart at night | |
| 29 | planted 3 bushel Erely Roses potatos in the garden | |
| 30 | Sowed about a pailfull & a half of Millet seed behind the Barn where Ad plowed & picked stones he draged & cultivated the ground there | |
| 31 | John McDonald with Mrs Torrance & Mrs Frank Hall Margret Hall & Jennie Gedin came here on {rest of page cut off} |
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