MAY 1865.
27 Saturday. Tom about horses in morn:, help pile stumps
till 9 o'C, finish plough in 16 Acre-feild by dinner,
then plough in Old Pigfeild; Jackson about horses in morn:, plough new land; Tooley at home; James
clean up for fence in morn:, pile stumps till 10½ o'C, draw home 3 cedars for gates & at sundries till dinner, pick stones off place for turnips & work sawmill;
Griffin clean up place for fence in morn:, help pile stumps till dinner, cart stones off turnip land & at sundries; George about cows &e in morn:, hoe paths, saw wood____
28 Sunday. Church P.M. W m Berry & Anna teaed with us__
29 Monday. Tom about horses in morn:, harrow oats in
16 Acre-feild S o end; Jackson about horse in
morn:, plough new land; James saw in morn:,
cart oats to the feild; pile boards for a start, then
saw till dinner, pick roots on new land; Tooley
at home; Griffin at sundries in morn:, sow oats
till dinner, pick roots off new land; George
about cows &e, finish clean up the paths, saw wood___
Self file & set mill-saw & about sundries____
30 Tuesday. Tom about horses in morn:, pick roots off new land &e; Jackson do_ do_ do_, finish plough new land by 10½ o'C, then plough for turnips till dinner, harrow new land; James saw in morn:, pick up roots on new
do_ &e till near 5 o'C, saw again; Tooley at home; Griffin nag tatoes in morn:, pick roots off
new land &e; George about cows &e, saw wood___
Self see to things till 10½ o'C, then to Ottawa___
31 Wednesday. Tom dig up stumps No side creek till
about 9½ o'C, then dig corners of turnip land by
dinner, roll it, then level sods on new land;
Jackson about horses & sundries in morn:, finish
plough & harrow land for turnips by dinner, then
harrow oats in new land; James not here; Tooley at
home; Griffin at stumps in new land & sow oats
till dinner, turn down sods on do_ do; George about
cows &e, saw wood & about sundries_____
JUNE 1865.
1 Thursday. Tom & Griffin about sundries till
about 9½ o'C, then saw turnips; Jackson
about horses & help finish turn down sods
on new land in morn:, drill for turnips &
roll it; Tooley at home; George about sundries__
Self see to things till near noon, dined at Berry's
started for Aylmer in sail boat, went on in small boat__
2 Friday. Tom, Jackson & Tooly finish sow turnips
about 9½ o'C, then brand up on No side creek;
Griffin at Th s Read's; George at sundries in
garden & about house ill 4½ o'C, clean & put away
hall pipes, sweep hall & dining room chimneys___
3 Saturday. Tom, Jackson & Tooley stumping in
new land; Griffin about sundries in
morn:, then shear sheep; George saw wood,
help catch sheep & about sundries____
Self to Power's after breakfast for a remove on Spring.
4 Sunday. Church A.M.
5 Monday. Tom & Griffin grind axes & about sundries
in morn:, then at drain N o side creek;
Tooley began drain; Jackson help at drain in
morn: harrow tatoes
George saw wood & about sundries in garden____
Self & Kate to the Interior in buggy
6 Tuesday. Tom at drain in morn:, draw trip of wood
for Geo :, at do_ again; Tooley & Jackson at drain;
Griffin at do_ in morn:, help in Gristmill till dinner,
at sundries till 4 o'C, at drain again; George about sundries in morn:, at wood for himself for about 2 hours, then hoe tatoes___