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Thursday the 22 Jany 1857 Still cold
the Snow not melted any Ther this
morning one Deg below zero

Friday the 23 Jany 1857 verry cold
all day Snow not melted any to day
Ther this morning 5 Deg below zero

Saturday 24th January 1857 quite cold Ther 5 Deg above zero

Tuesday The 27 Jany 1857 Turned warmer and
in the Evening commenced raining Slow & Kept on
all night Ther 35

Thirsday the 29 Jany 1857 raned until noon
yesterday & stoped the Snow melts verry slow
piled up yet in some places 4 to 6 ft deep
the mill Lane is impasable the Snow being
4 to 6 ft deep they are going through my
fields to get to the mill the roads are almost
impassable in some places the mud is so deep
Killed a Beef to day weighing 742 nett lbs his
hide weighed 90 lbs Fallow 30 lbs Amounting
to $44.33 in all the beef at 5 cts hide 64 cts & Fallow
12 1/2 cts lb we have been feeding him since
the 1st of Novr it was a Bull 6 years old
Short horn (Sambo) that took the preniun on
Short horns at the Fair in the fall

Friday 30th January 1857 Commenced Snowing
about 8 oClock this morning Ther at 35 but
went down to 31 by 2 oclock and then
commenced Hailing & hailed until night it
then rained & sleeted all night the snow hail
& sleet is 3 or 4 in deep the trees loaded with
ice Terrible bad getting about

Saturday the 31 Jany 1857 Cleaned up the bal
of our wheat to day we made in all 474 Bu
wheat last year