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William Dixon Diary, 1854-1878
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1873
| 15 | July | ganging the folow at frunt of the Barn cool plesent |
| 16 | July | ganging att folow plesent day dry the wheat lowry |
| 17 | July | finished ganging the folow plesent day making |
| 18 | July | comenst cutting the wheat to day a shower |
| 19 | July | cutting wheat plesent day cool for work cutt 12 ackers |
| 20 | July | sounday cool and north wind hay worth 20 dollars out of field |
| 21 | July | finished cutting att home plesent day cutting roads att J place |
| 22 | July | cutting att J place plesent day cutt one field to day |
| 23 | July | finished cutting J wheat comenst A wehat on shorting farm |
| 24 | July | finished cutting wheat to day plesent day |
| 25 | July | comenst drawing in wheat plesent rain comenst |
| 26 | July | drawing in in the after noon plesent day mak |
| 27 | July | suntay cool cloudy wether som lik rain |
| 28 | July | drawing in wheat finished att home plesent day |
| 29 | July | helping J to cutt and draw in wheat to day |
| 30 | July | pulling the peas quite ripe cutting Barley to day Bite left |
| 1 | August | pulling peas warm and sultry with showers |
| 2 | August | finished the pulling of the peas drawin timothy seed in |
| 3 | August | sunday cool cloudy wether som loike rain |
| 4 | August | drawing in peas warm and plesent day |
| 5 | August | finished the peas cutting the oats to day |
| 6 | August | cutting spring wheat warm and sultry to day |
| 7 | August | cutting oats finished cutting for this season |
| 8 | August | Binding oats plesent day cool and dry |
| 9 | August | draw in spring wheat fixing horspower sold cattle six head $47 |
| 10 | August | sunday plesent day cool dry and sultry to |
| 11 | August | finished drawing in oats to day finished this season |
| 12 | August | helping J Beel to trash raning quite showery |
| 13 | August | comenst riging upp some rain to day I went in {illegible} # |
| 14 | August | riging upp to day plesent the dand in good order |
| 15 | August | riging upp showery wether plesent day cool |
| 16 | August | riging fast cool and plesent dary lotts spring croop yett |
| 17 | August | sunday cool and plesent day fares working att rail Bilding the rail road to milton |
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