JULY 1856.
19.Saturday. James mow till dinner, rake with horse
for about an hour, then mow again, John
morn g , Tom mow, Payne help finish hoe tatoes,
about hay & at sundries, O'Neil hoe tatoes, mow &
about sundries, Fred help at tatoes, about hay &
mow for a little while ___ Self about sundries___
20Sunday. Church P.M. Self not very well all day___
21Monday. James mow till about 9 ½ o 'C. rake with horse
till about 3 ½ o 'C, then help put up some into [eacks],
& mow again, John mow till about 9 ½ o 'C. then off
home ill, Tom mow, & at hay till about 10 o 'C. then draw in,
Payne at sundries in morn.., make hay load hay
O'Neil mow & about hay, Fred grind & rig up scythe
till about 9 ½ o 'C. mow till dinner in 16 Acre_field, help
at hay till 5 o 'C. then mow again___ Rider & George at
hay after breakfast__ Self kill a lomb & at hay__
22Tuesday. James mow in 16 Acrew_field, John at home,
Tom & Fred mow g .., Payne mow in morn..,
then make & help house hay, O'Neil mow in do,
about hay till 6 o 'C., & mow again___ Rider help
make hay & draw in, George at hay___ both of them
from breakfast_time___ Self at sundries in
morn.., then about hay__ 6 load from 12 Acre_field__
23Wednesday. James mow in morn.., work horse_rake
till about 5 o 'C, then mow new land, John ill ,
Tom sundries & mow in morn.., cart hay till about
5 o 'C, then mow again, Payne mow in morn.., then
make hay for a start & draw in, O'Neil mow & at hay,
Fred mow in morn.., at hay till 5 o 'C, then mow again__
Rider at hay till about 5 o 'C, then cart in, George at
hay, both of them from breakfast_time__ Self at hay__
24Thursday. James mow till 10 o 'C, finish rake up in 16 Acre__
field by dinner, then mow up big drain & rake up
in new land, John mow & at hay, Tom mow &
at hay, Payne mow in morn.., make & cart hay,
O'Neil mow in morn.. then at hay, Fred mow & at
hay___ Rider make hay till 10 ½ o 'C, then draw in___
Self about hay___ 1 load from new_land__
25Friday. James & John mow thistles in morn.., then at hay,
Tom at sundries in morn.., then cart hay,
Payne mow thistles in morn.., then load do____
Self about hay___ 4 load from new land ___
26Saturday. James , John , & Tom at John Baskin's___
Self to Wainman's with Charly, & to [treher's]
about a young mare___
27Sunday. Church A.M. M r .. Greene dined with us___
28Monday. James about sundries & help repair wagon,
John dress & level hay in the large barns,
about sundries & began to clean out sheep_house,
Tom not here __ Self take horse_rake apart,
attend Crop_viewers, at repairs about waggon_
29Tuesday. James sundries in morn.. then at dung_
__heap, John get horses & waggon ready in
morn.., then about dung_heap, Tom not here__
Self to Ottawa in waggon, and Miss Dyer also__
30Wednesday. James cart dung from grain stable to
dung_heap, John about dung_heap, Tom
not here___ got back a little_before 10 o 'C__
31Thursday. James at sundries in morn.., cut & pile
[bunr]_bushes & wheel some dung from sheep_
yard till dinner, then grind scythes& began to
mow peas, John about dung_heap & at sundries
till dinner, then grind scythes, [bunt] out T. Read's
pigs & mow peas, Tom not here___ Self about
sundries, bottle water____
August 1856.
1Friday. James at his brother's, John about
house in morn.., mow peas, Tom came,
after dinner, mow peas ___ Self about boats
till dinner, then look about & put vine windows in our__
2 Saturday. James mow peas till 4 o 'C.
then house peas, John mow peas, Tom at
sundries in morn.. mow peas till 3 o 'C, then
after cattle & draw in 2 ½ loads___
Self wedge up 2 axes, show George & Rider where to
cut cedars for ice_house till dinner, then at sundries__
3Sunday. Church P.M. Ralph did not come__ M rs .. Greene to
dinner, Anna & the cousin to tea___
