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Farm Journal, 1853–1866
Friday 22 March 1861 verry cold Ther 24 peacher nearly all killed plowed in the Roberts Orchard Lack + Log sick verry windy yesterday
Saturday 23rd run 9 plows in field East 07 meadow Beaking the 2nd time of where we plowed last fall Big frost This morning
Saturday 30th March 1861 Been plowing The 2nd time all the week in field East of meadow + Barn field will take two of 3 days more to get done all the 2nd time Rained a good season last night + we plowed the orchard Levied to day Been cold + windy all the week
Monday 1st April 1861 Listed the Academy cornes and commenced planting corn in the afternoon quite cool + cloudy ran 7 plows breaking Bark field the 2 time
Teusday 2nd April 1861 Planted corn in Academy corners + run 7 plows breaking Bark field 2nd time warm + fine
Wednesday the 3rd April 1861 Cool + cloudy run 6 plows listing the Perry field at Fulford place run 3 plows in Barn field
Thursday 4 April 1861 Finished listing and commenced planting Perry field
Friday 5 April 1861 Finished planting Perry field at Fulford place
Saturday 6 April 1861 Cool + cloudy all day run 9 plows in field East of Meadow breaking the 2nd time
Monday 8th April 1861 Rained all day yesterday North East wind quite cool cloudy + cool to day burt Brush + halled 2 loads plank from mill at sheet town
Tuesday 9 April 1861 Rained a great deal last night Ground verry wet Scraped up manure in Barn lots
Wednesday 10th April 1861 Still too wet to plow scraped manure +6
Thursday 11 th Apl 1861 plowed at Jun Town breaking 2 lots of about 9 Acres to plant in corn
Friday 12th April 1861 Scraped manure halled 2 bow logs to mill + 6
Monday 14 Apl 1861 ground still too wet to plow except on the rocky Ridges run 5 plows in mud road feld east of the Branch 2 wagons halled manure + lhrowed it in piles in mud road field to put in the corn hilld commenced Raining in Wening + Rained all night
Tuesday 15th April 1861 Rained all last night + still pouring down this morning and continued to rain until noon + stoped ground verry wet no chance to plant corn this week
Wednesday 16th April 1861 Good deal of Frost this morning not enough to kill anything halled manure + sprouted sold or Wherton 300 Bu Wheat at 125 Bu delivered at Farming Tore
Thursday 17th April 1861 ground too wet to plough Healled manure + sprouted
Farmington Friday the 8th April 1861 commenced plowing with five plows the other Breaking potatoe patch
Saturday 20th April 1861 Commenced planting corn in Roberts orchard with one set of hands 7 plows listing Big Frost Frost this morning ground froze some Ther 33 perhaps it has done but little damage except to the may wheat which is inpured bally the fruit is not all killed the peaches had not shed the bloom is all that sand then sent 29 Goats to siwTaurn pasture we have 24 sheep then also and the Ewes + Sants in cassel pasture
Monday 21 April 1861 planted corn in mud road field East of Branch 1 set of hands listered in mud road field with 7 plows
Tuesday 22 Apl 1861 finished listing mud road field + commenced planting + manuereing in the hills
Saturday 26th April 1861 finished planting mud road field + have manured about 20 Acres of it in the hill some frost this miring
Monday 28th April 1861 listed + planted corn in west end of Bark field
Tuesday 30th planted corn in Barn field slight frost the 1st + 2 days of spring
Wednesday 1st May 1861 still planting corn in Barn field verry windy day sent shead of cattle to Germany pasture
Saturday 4th May 1861 finished planting Barn field except 2 of 3 Acres that is too hard manured 10 or 12 Acres in hill verry dry Negro Woman Cassa child at night a great lops to the negro family The Black Mare Old Poke had a mare colt on the 1st day of May the Colt is Blk with Stor in forward + a little white on the feet
Monday the 6th May 1861 Rained yesterday and all this day ground verry wet set out 4500 cabbage plants cleaned up wheat + 6
Friday the 10 May 1861 Finished planting corn + manuring in the Hills we have planted 150 in corn and manured abot 40 Acres in the hill replanted Fulford field + Academy borrow to day
Saturday 11 May 1861 Negros planted their patches of corn at lin town about 8 Acres
Monday 13th May 1861 Commenced breaking out middles + replanting corn finished Acase my lots + commenced in Perry fielt at Fulford place The linny had a jack colt yesterday shearing sheep to day Blk mare put to I I Eatons Horse
Tuesday 14 May 1861 finished breaking out middles in Perry field + commencd mud Road field
Wednesday 15th May 1861 finished 9 shearing sheep we sheares 41 sheep and got 86 lts wool we have 41 old sheep + 13 Lambs making 54 sheep and 32 goats all sent to the pasture at limtown Broke middles in mud road field
Thursday 16 May 1861 plowed in mud road field 8 plows
Friday 17 May 1861 finished breaking middle in mud Road field + commenced Barn field
Saturday 18 May 1861 the Jewel mare had a mule colt plowed in barn field
Monday 20th May 1861 rained verry hard last night set out cabbage
Monday 20th May 1861 rained verry hard last night set out cabbage plants + potatoe slips sprouted + thiued corn sent 1thed inney to ur Bittings Jack + Sher took him to day
Tuesday 21 May 1861 Too wet to plow sprouted in the corn + oats worked around the peach + Apple trees +6
Wednesday 22nd May crop plowed the Aeding lots too wet to finish breabing middles in Bark field commenced crop plowing Fulford fied ground verry wet yet
Thursday 23 May 1861 Finished crop plowing the Fulford field Friday 24th May 1861 broke middles + planted Peas in Barn field got done Breaking middles except the patches at line town
Saturday 25 May 1861 plowed + replanted Legrages patches
Monday 27 May 1861 crop plowed in mud road field
Tuesday 28 May 1861 crop plowed in mud Road field sent to RO Maman + Co Lan Yard 2 cow hides 23 1/2 ft + 1 goat 1 Kin to Yam for half
Wednesday the 29th June 1861 crop plowing in mud Road field planted 5 Acres in cow pead in old Roberts orchard
Thurday 30th May 1861 Finished crop plowing the mud road field and commenced in Barn field
Friday 31st May 1861 Plowed in Barn field crop plowing cloudy + cool
Saturday 1 June 1861 crop plowed in Barn field
Sunday 2 June 1861 Rain + wind washed sand verry bad creek verry lufe
Monday 3 June 1861 another verry hard rain in the afternoon washed the corn field verry bad ground verry wet commenced mowing in mud road meadow to day with 4 hands the others thined corn set potatoe slips + cabbage plants
Teusday 4 June 1861 mowed with 4 hands + the others thined corn
Wednesday 5 June 1861 mowed + skewed corn in the evening had another verry hard Rain wet our hay
Thursday 6 June 1861 finished mowing mud road meadow cloudy in forenoon the hay did not cure much all the hay on the meadow 9 Acres is now on it none dry enough to stack in the Eveing had another verry hard Rain
Friday 7th June 1861 cured + put up hay turned corn +6
Saturday 8th June 1861 6 ommenced cutting May Wheat cut Fulford place Raned in afternoon a light shower
Monday 10th June 1861 finished cutting may wheat we had 20 Acres in May Wheat + made 440 Dog the gaeens is goot but the straw short + in some places it was not good
Teusday 11 June 1861 plowed the Latew corners the 3rd time
Wednesday 12 June 1861 plowed in the barn field finished the 2nd plowing commenced cutting purple straw wheat in the House field with one cradle cutting the ripost Spats
Thurday 13th June 1861 run nine plows at Fulford place 3rd plowing until noon Then started 5 cradles cutting wheat in house field
Friday 14th June 1861 run 8 cradles cutting purple straw wheat in house field
Saturday 15 June 1861 run 8 cradles in house field got nearly sone that field
Monday 17th June 1861 Finished cutting the House field of purple straw wheat had 1560 Dag in Heat field quite cool
Teusday 18th June 1861 Finished cutting purple straw wheat by noon to day at had 390 Dog ow there the Fulford place + commenced cutting white wheat at Fulford place
The Cassel field was rather short but shop field + cherry orchar was verry good oats 85 Acres in all
Friday 5th July 1861 Rained moderately all day fine season
Saturday 6 July 1861 run 10 plows finished Fulford field in afternoon all hands took holiday
Monday 8 July 1861 run 10 plows in mud road field laying it bye
Teusday 9th July 1861 another good rain in afternoon ground too wet to plow
Wednesday 10 July 1861 ground too wet to plow until noon plowed in afternoon
Thursday 11 July 1861 run 10 plows in mud road field + one wagon halling wheat
Friday 12 July 1861 run 10 plows + one wagon halling wheat from Fulford place finished mud road field
Saturday 13 July 1861 run 9 plows in Barn field + one wagon halling wheat cool
Monday 15 July 1861 run 10 plows in Barn field + one wagon halling wheat verry cool
Teusday 16th July 1861 Rained all day and all night ground verry wet
Wednesday 17 July 1861 ground too wet to work in the corn fields set up over oats shock piled up manure +6
Thurday 18th July 1861 ground too wet to plow hoed sweet potatoes at noon it Rained a hard shower + made the ground too wet to work in corn field hoed some new ground corn in the afternoon some wheat and all our oats out set and it is ratting in the shock
Saturday 20th July 1861 ground still too wet to work in corn field in afternoon we finished halling in wheat but it was too fet + will Rot in the Barn if not thrashed soon
Monday 22 July 1861 Rained a great seal to day a regular norsh East Rain oats all out yet + nearly rotton
Teusday 23rd July 1861 cleared off Coal scraped out the fence cornes in orchard + done up other jobs ground verry wet Jax haping here to day
Wednesday 24 July 1861 Trashed our Bed May Wheat we had 144 Bu oats too wet to have
Thursday 25 July 1861 Halled in Oats with 4 wagons
Friday 26th July Halled in oats they apf verry badly damages by the wet
Saturday 27 July 1861 finished halling in oats sowed a patch of Turnig seed ino Garden
Monday 25 July 1861 Thrashed wheat purple straw
Teusday 30 July 1861 Thrashed purple straw wheat
Wednesday 31st July 1861 finished Thrashing purple straw wheat we made Bu of purple straw wheat
Thursday 1st August 1861 commenced mowing in shop meadow
Saturday 3 Aug 1861 mowed + halled hay in shop meadow
Monday 5 Aug 1861 finished shop meadow we got 27 4 horse loads of hay on that meadow warm + getting dry
Thursday 8th Aug 1861 finished mowning the cassel meadow we got loads of hay on that meadow mowed graps lag 4 the liggle meadow on left of the mud road Dry + warm
Saturday 10th Aug finished diging Irish potatoes made 75 or 100 Bu small in size Sowed turnip + Orchard crops seed on the Garden lot next the load about one Acre well manured with Barn lard manure + Ashes
Monday 12th Aug 1861 halled Rock + madf a way to drive in Bark Took perhaps 40 Loads of Rock + clint
Teusday 13 Aug 1861 mowed the girm town meadow Halled wood +6 ln the evening had a good shower of Rain wet the Ground 2 in
Wednesday 14th Aug 1861 plowed cow fun + sowed Turnip seed + orchard Graps seed ou lot north of corn cpob cloudy + verry cool
Thursday 15th Aug 1861 Thrashed White Wheat at Fulford Bark verry cool