1875

23 August finished drawing in peas and oats to day

24 August gathering som thistles to day plesent and warm

25 August diging som clay out of the seller warm

26 August comenst Bilding stone work again warm

27 August went to Toronto to day plesent warm 2 smuts

28 August Barley past got sown new seed wheat 2

29 August sunday plesent warm sultey very little grass

30 August harowing the folow to day plesent day

31 August harowy went to Moore’s funeral to day

1 September comenst sowing to day dry and plesent

2 September sowing wheat with drill to day rain come

3 September raining fast to day making ditches to wash

4 September finished them sowing the folow

5 September sunday cool and plesent day windy

6 September shurfy the wheat to day 17

7 September comenst Bilding stone woork to day

8 September Bildig to day plesent day dry sultey

9 September comenst diging the potatoes to day

10 September finished the potatoes diging

11 September helping old Bradley to thrash som frost

12 September sunday cool and plesent day windy

13 September diging clay out of seller to day

14 September diging making a ganse plesent dry

15 September diging clay to day warm cloudy

16 September drying som clay making gangway

17 September comenst plowing in the field frunt

18 September plowing fast dry and cool to day

19 September sunday raining fast to day

20 September plowing fast smoky cold

21 September cold and unplesant day plowing east

22 September plowing fast dry cold helping John to tree

23 September plowing fast cold and plesent som frost

24 September plowing fast som frost at night

25 September plowing dry and cool to day

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