OCTOBER 1865.

18 Wednesday. James at home; Tom, Tooley & Moran fill & carry down 4 bags tatoes in morn:, then finish
take out; Jackson saw wood in morn:, help in
with 2 trips of hard water, then at tatoes; Griffin help X-cut wood in morn:, finish wheel earth on to straw-berry bed by dinner, then at tatoes; George about pigs &e, saw & split wood & at sundries in garden___ Self about tongue for stone-cart_ J.H.P. up & back by boat

19 Thursday. James at home; Tom at his tatoes; Tooley thrash oats in morn:, cart in 2 loads tatoes, at oats again; Jackson X-cut dry pine in morn:, fill up tatoes
in feild, saw & split soft wood, post a letter,
saw hardwood; Moran help X-cut dry pine in
morn:, help fill up tatoes, thrash wheat; Griffin
ill; George about pigs &e, churn, steam & mix
tatoes__ Self poorly, look about & do a little to
tongue for stone-cart, put cover to oran of stove__

20 Friday. James at home; Tom at his tatoes; Tooley thrash oats in morn:, help spread 1 st row of manure,
then plough it down; Jackson saw hardwood
in morn:, spread manure; Moran thrash wheat
in do_, do_ _ do_; Griffin ill, went
home; George about pigs &e, at sundries in
garden_____ Self about tongue for stone-cart__

21 Saturday. James at home; Tom, Jackson & Moran
fill up tatoes; Tooley help fill & cart in;
Griffin back by the boat, but did not work;
George about pigs &e, steam & mix tatoes,
pull wool, saw & split wood____ Self off
shooting till dinner, then about sundries___

22 Sunday. Church A.M.

23 Monday. James at home; Tom fill up tatoes in feild;
Tooley pile up tatoes in broken bin in morn:,
then help bag tatoes & cart ‘em in; Jackson to Aylmer; Moran help fix broken tatoe bin in morn:, then
fill up tatoes in feild; Griffin split wood in morn:, then do_ do_ do_ do_; George about pigs &e, steam & mix tatoes, saw & split wood, trim asparagus bed__ Self repair tatoe bin, take out the Furs & about sundries__

24 Tuesday. James at home; Tom shift tatoes from one bin to another in the morn:, help ring big pigs, fill up
tatoes till about 4 o'C, then draw in 2 trips dry pine; Tooley thrash oats in morn:, help ring pigs, cart
in tatoes; Moran thrash wheat in morn:, help ring
pigs, fill up tatoes till 4½ o'C, fall some dry pine;
Jackson not here; Griffin help shift tatoes in morn:, then fill up tatoes in feild; George about pigs &e,
church cut down asparagus & about sundries____ Self at sundries till dinner, look about, help fall dry pine__

25 Wednesday. James at home; Tom bring in a trip dry pine in morn:, dig & snag carrots; Jackson not here; Tooley thrash oats in morn:, dig carrots till dinner, then cart ‘em in; Moran & Griffin X-cut dry
pine in morn:, dig & snag carrots; George about
pigs &e, steam tatoes, saw & split wood___ Self at sundries till dinner, repair 2 flails & about sundries__

26 Thursday. James at home; Tom at home; Jackson at home; Tooley finish dig carrots in morn:, plough in dung till dinner, bring in a load carrots (the last) upset ‘em in garden, plough again; Moran help finish dig carrots in morn:, help put up & ring Spring pigs, finish snag & house carrots, spread manure; Griffin after
ribs for baskets in morn:, help ring Spring pigs,
finish snag & house carrots, spread manure;
George about pigs &e, churn; take out Hamnett's
crop of tatoes, saw wood & about sundries_____
Self ring up larger place for carrots & about sundries_