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George for rations

1 lb tea__

 

 

 

 

Sow d about

12 bush: oats S o
end 16 Acre-feild_

 

George 15 lbs pork bal ce rations_

 

 

James 10 pork_

Do_ 50 flour_
at Bate's

5 lbs green tea @ 2/3_

20 “ moist sugar @ 6 d

12 “ C.A. do_ @ 7½ d

1 “ gr d ginger 1/4

1 Blue–
at Jennings

4 lbs turnip seed @ 1/6.

2 “ chip log-wood @ 4 d _

Sowed about

3½ bush: oats on
Acres new land.

2½ bush: oats
to Poultry__

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


at Ramsays

A p r boots Self ½ soled

A boot, Arab's 1 patch _

 

 

 

Tom for rations_

60 lbs flour_

16 “ pork.

 

 

 

Tom for rations

1 lb tea_

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___

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collins 8/– by order
on Th s Jerdon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jackson 9/6_

P d O'Martin as ac t
by Cheque $13–25

Exp d in Ottawa_

Workman sheep shears 3/9

Steamer –/3

1¼ yds bl k 5/–
Cobourg @2/3 is 2/10
for Anna___

 

Jackson 9 yds factory @ 10½

2 spools @4½

 

Collins 7 lbs pork.

& ¼ “ tea_

 

George ½ lb tobacco_

Griffin ½ lb do_

& 8 yds shirting @1/3

 

T.A. Cumming as
ac t for cartage $1–35

 

Griffin 10/–

 

 

Collins 50 lbs flour.

 

George 100 lbs flour.

Jackson ½ lb tobacco.

 

George 1 bush: cups.

& 1 lb candles__

 

Barlow 5/– of bal ce
on piano tuning

 

E l O'Hara 2/3
bal ce on 1½ lbs

 

Jackson ½ lb tea

& 50 lbs flour_

 

Tooley ½ lb tobac: