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1850
March
21st Thur. Commenced sawing slabs at the buzz saw. Cold north west wind.

22nd Fri. Commenced sawing fire wood at the saw mill.

23rd Sat Continue working at the wood

24th Sab Publick meeting at meeting house

25th Mon Continue working at the wood

26th Tues. Continue sawing spliting & piling wood.

27th Wed. Finished sawing wood at the mill except a few sticks

28th Thur. Continue working at the wood

29th Fri Finished drawing the wood from the sawmill except some of the slabs

30th Sat Finished sawing slabs and drew most of them up to the woodhouse, L. Shaw
has continued to work inthe Shoe Shop for several days.

31st Sab. No publick meeting

April
1st Mon. Continue working at the wood

2d Tues. Wood business continues

3rd Wed, Finished sawing spliting & piling fire wood. Made the Hot Bed.

4th Thur. Rainy day not much done outdoors. Put up some seeds in the shop.

5th Fri. Not much business done in the Seed Shop.

6th Sat. Drawing hay & straw from the sheep barn to the other barns.

7th Sab. The Ministry attend meeting with us this afternoon.

8th Mon. Commence whitewashing in the Second House. Sowed the hot bed as follows:
Large Bed, comm. East Side Small Bed , commencing East Side
4 rows Bell Pepper 1 row Sage & pepper
4 do Squash do 1 Drumhead Cabbage
2 do Sweet do 1 Early York do
6 do Large Tomato 1 Celery
4 Large Tomato

9th Tues. Commenced whitewashing and cleaning house. Drew some horse manure into
the hogyard. Put up some seed in seed shop.