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John Francis Quinn Diary, 1897-1905
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1903 The 10 Month October 31 Days 1903
| Thr | 1 | I Had Tom Bryan Helping Me at the Minure all day the Month Begins showry But Warm |
| Fri | 2 | Tomas Bryan and I went to Lyndhurst Fare |
| Sat | 3 | I was working on the crusher a Very Warm Day |
| Sun | 4 | Miss H and I went to Fred Latimers |
| Mon | 5 | I was on Crusher all Day Very Hot Day I Had Tom Bryan on crusher to Day |
| Tus | 6 | We Crushed all Day at Marten Crosses Pile |
| Wes | 7 | We finished Crosses Pile and to Will Cooks We got 57 Bushels of Oats from A Willsey Crushed to Day |
| Thr | 8 | a Very Heavy Rane all Day Nothing Done |
| Fri | 9 | |
| Sat | 10 | another Wet Day Nothing Doing |
| Sun | 11 | A nice Drying Day Very Cool |
| Mon | 12 | We crushed some at Cooks to Day Mudy Old Mr Keating Died |
| Tus | 13 | We Crushed all Day at Cooks {illegible} We went up to Farefax to Pull W.BW seperator out Stormy |
| Wes | 14 | We crushed some at John Lappens Old Mr RV Keating was Put in the Vault |
| Thr | 15 | We crushed all Day at J Toppens |
| Fri | 16 | We finished at J Lappins and Mooved to Ezery McKays We thrashed Here to Day 400 Bushels 100 of wheat |
| Sat | 17 | A Terible Big Rane again to Day |
| Sun | 18 | A Nice But Cool Day |
| Mon | 19 | We crushed sum at McKays to Day A Nice warm Day Very Soft |
| Tus | 20 | We was fixing up crusher to Day |
| Wes | 21 | We crushed sum to Day |
| Thr | 22 | We crushed all Day terible Wind all Day |
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