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March 14th G.Reid & Bob winnowed up last of corn 11/2 qrs for seed still stormy. R. Simpson says Muckle Jock has over 30 of his sheep dead with poverty, a perfect shame to keep beasts and hunger them & himself well able to buy meat, but perfect greed will not let him, the old miser. 18th Friday Still a very forcy fresh, water very big today. Cow set off to Bracklach to the Bull herself She swam the water it was so big, like to take her down. So she got two jumps. 21st Bob thatching little house back of stable, took mare down to Auchmair at night. John Smith here tonight. a fine day. 22nd fine day. Foal followed Ligerwood to Blackhills, Bob went after him at night, both stopped there all night, Auchmair plowing match today. Plowing. 23rd Bob home with colt from Blackhills 9am. Spreading mole heaps today, fine fresh day, every one plowing. ...Mrs Clark delivered of a Son about 11pmjust my mother and Mrs Fettes with her child born an hour before Dr Grant arrived
25th This is a very fine day. Bob spreading mole heaps finished; cleaning out ditch while afternoon ...Muckle Jock has sent the strongest of his sheep away to the hill to look for munth and the Invalids are put in the Hospital. This is the night of the Concert for guide poles. 26th Saturday storm again 31st ...A.G. went down with Love to Powneed for another load of lime April 1st ...the Dillet all in a blaze; sent old coins to Mr Nicoll 2nd ...Draughts between Upper & Lower Cabrach... 4th ..hoggs...very ill with foot rot 6th A.G. sowed all our lea 31/2qrs of Scotch birley 4 ewes lambed 9th (Sat.)... Bob &JL driving peats... 12th ... Mrs Duncan Pisgah here... 14th Brother 7 Alfred his son here 18th ... brought up McDonald's glass to examine clover seeds.. 21st ... five ewes died with a weed last night.. 23rd Brother & son left this morning by 5am. I not up.. 26th ...traction engine up with manure today..ewes corn done today cannot get any here about to buy; a fine day 27th ...snowing this morning... 28th always snowing very bad day forenoon. Bob and James took hay to hill to the hogs; among sheep all day. Bracklach ironing withers. Thompson brought Clover seeds, Red 7lb. White 4lb. Alsike 1lb. Meadow Fescue 1lb. Cocks 1lb. 29th April v. frosty, to Gartly for sheeps food, locust beans ground 3cwt. Cotton Cake 3cwt. oilcake 1/2cwt. lamp glass from Ligertwood, from Mitchell 2lb pease, 1lb writing paper, fresh afternoon, Bob dinner 1/- from Murray 1doz rhubarb pills 30th other swarm of bees dead. So they are all dead now all loss and no gain ...Mrs Gordon of Bracklach delivered of a son May 4th Rolled clean ground put on 6 bolls of lime harrowed. Sowed grass seed, harrowed sowed clover harrowed with grass seed harrows and started to roll again. A.G. that sowed it. Rather rough and cold today. Sheep got nothing today. 5th James Law sowed and harrowed Reid's farm 7th ..dipped hoggs with High 65 dip 6 of them awanting 9th Bob carting off stones and finished rolling... 10th finished cross plowing of turnip ground..,. 12th ..breaking clods 13th James Dawson & Bob at Blackhills fiddling tonight Bank got down their potatoes 14th (Sat.)...James and Bob in garden forenoon planting kale cabbage & potatoes 18th opened dunged and planted 4 drills of potatoes gave them 6 loads of dung & 1/2bag each of mixed bones & mineral Stag 7 manure 20th ..old Annie McHardy buried today aged 81 years 21st James to Peter McWilliam's funeral his age 84 years 23rd feed Wiliam wilson by the week 8/- per week 27th James Beattie started to cut peats. auchmair sowed about 1 acre turnips today first in place, Milton sowed today 28th ...James left at dinnertime gave him his fee ú12 and 2/6 for faithfullness...Wilson came home tonight, fine day 31st Love served tonight with Jock o'Bogie. Wm Kellas carted Bodiebae's young mare tonight June 2nd ...Eben Innes up for wire strainer 4th Bob...he feed tonight to Bodiebae for ú10 7th Sent ú20 to Bracklach to pay rent.. a fearful heat 98 degrees in shade 8th James Dallas & Alex Scott here, I insured colt against accident & disease and risk of cutting for 25s 10th Mr Morrison & son round cutting colts Cut J. Robertson's and ours here with a new instrument an American invention; it is very quick work besides the sticks 13th stormy shower half snow half rain 17th David Morrison here looking at colt.. 22nd ...Wilson cleaning out mid byre.. 27th Dawson drilling at Howbog, A. yeats man drilling at Powneed; clipped yeld sheep. A. Gordon,James & Johnnie Smith, W. Dawson, P. Gordon Mearns, M.Giles, Bill Gordon, Jane Daun,Mary Reid, Wilson & myself 28th mare served 2nd time JoB 30th Cabrach fast day, Clova shepherd bidding to clipping on Saturday (July 2nd) July 4th terrible rain, Wilson cleaning henhouses 6th St Sair's Fair, G. Robertson here asking blBright 7th ..fearful hurricane, Wm Robertson Gentle shepherd up with bitch & got her lined with Bright dog 11th very fine day, Towenreef clipping today. Bank started hoe 13th John Gordon Shepherd's Gaugh's wedding 16th M. Dawson Haddoch operated on in Rhynie by Dr Gordon 18th clipped ewes, tarred lambs 12am to 4pm; Mrs Reid, Mary Reid, Jane Daun, Mr&Mrs Law, Mary Giles, Wm Duncan & A. Gordon packing wool and Wilson taking. gave Mrs Reid 2 fleeces, Mrs Nicoll 2,Mary Reid 1, Mrs Law 1, A. Gordon 1 20th Wilson left. i gave him his wages in full 21st Very fine day. Thomson has a new horse today. Mrs Law sent fresh herring our first of the season. every body hoeing but us no one to hoe or do anything 22nd vfd, engaged John Grant drafts player @ 1/- per day per day...I started to poultice leg today 25th V.fine dya all day; man hoeing turnips all day, did 4 drills;A Gordon came up and after 6.45pm set up potatoes and ran 14 drills of turnips. Bracklach here afternoon. Forsyth left Howbog today. john souter started hoe. 26th Tues. man hoeing all day. Helen of Auchmair up with Annie & Maggie & Peter III here. ..Wilson over for his kist offered to come back to hoe turnips and drive peats; very fine day. 27th ..Jeannie Reid to Elrick to se if Jane Gordon would come to hoe; she is to come...A. Gordon engaged a girl Maggie Menzie 15 years from now to term, wages ú3"10 and 5/- more if she does well. 28th Very strong heat today. Miss Jane Daun & Jane Gordon hoeing today. Cabrach Market 29th just man & Jane Gordon at turnips today; Jane Daun at Back of hill setting peats; day...I think hottest we have had. 30th James Dawson for riding saddle & bridle going to Glen Rinnes 1st Aug. rather wet & cold forenoon ...hoeing finished 7pm. time taken in hoeing 111/2 acres 9 days of one man 2nd Man in moss all day setting up peats; Wm. Beattie cutting hay afternoon. Our woman came home to- night. Nice like girl will do if she is as good as she looks 3rd Man in moss forenoon, heavy rain before dinner- time. Wm. Beattie finished hay forenoon,time he took cutting 11/2 acres 8 hours, all three in moss afternoon Willie, John & Maggie; paid Wm Beattie 5/- for day & half. A.G. Scott & Mr Richie here & James Law with petition. 8th ...Wilson wanting back; to take him 1/- a day 12th Fri Wilson at Dufftown for lime (21/2 bolls), took fleece of wool to Jane Peadie, brought home Maggie's kist 15th ...marking ewes to sell, 39 broken mouthed & 63 whole mouthed...Wm. Kellas taking measure of trough going to put in a diper to A.Yeats 19th Wilson boiling arsenic and prepering for dipping lambs 22nd mare & colt to smiddy, mare 1 remove, colt fet pared 23rd James Smith, Wilson & Dawson at Lonach games 24th Wilson mending road for driving peats. James Reid cutting rashes to himself in back park. James Smith, Lizzie and Jane Sharp landed here between 4 & 5pm from games. Lizzie looking very white in face. A very warm day. 25th Wilson driving peats(and following days) 27th Bracklach's lambs came home, about 450. Bob won Bicycle race at Rhynie prize 2/6 & he paid 14/- for hire of Bicycle.That's making money fast. 29th Driving & rashes to James Reid. James law & him thatching Reid's house... Loads of peats today 10. 30th ...Wilson at Lodge 31st Wilson at Lodge for Alex Gordon who was at Culsh taking pasture, did not succeed 1st Sept Cutting bent. ..J. Reid sent away 43lb clean wool & patterns to Galashiels 3rd ...took plow to smiddy of Howtown 5th forenoon Wilson took inover 122 ewes & wedder hoggs and left 185 in back hill 7th Wilson flauchtering divotts for peat stack which fell all down last night, building at it afternoon Barbra to Auchmair Alex. Gordon came up & builded up hay John McDonald & Isa Innes here. John Souter dipping at Bracklach J. Mearns dog muzzle, wrote to Petrie and Alexr Roberts 8th carted up divotts and thatched peat stack forenoon, to smiddy with mare hind shoe off, afternon Mrs Beattie & Helen Henderson here, Barbra at Rhynie. Bracklach at Lanark sales. Very fine warm day. 9th cutting crested dogs tail for rapes forenoon. Barbra came home by 11am 10th Wilson driving peats to Jane Daun all day 13th Reach Greenloan buried 14th Mains of Elrick seeking 2 loads of rashes, Barbra pulling berries 15th Rhynie market, Kirkton ú16"10 for his stots, J. Robertson ú14"15, Bob bottle whisky from Mitchell 16th 2 rams ú2"10 each and 1 ú1"10 20th Maggie took mare to smiddy to get on a shoe. Smith away on hill shooting dia not get her shod. 21st Maggie took mare to smiddy got on her shoe 22nd Gillan came by 1pm engaged him for a week at 9/- 23rd Wm. Kellas up plastering windows 28th .. Maggie & Mary Reid away to their harvest today 29th ...I took a very severe pain in bowels a sort of cramp...Gilling left tonight I paid him 10/- 30th most of them harvesting, Mary Giles over; Nelly delighted with bees feeding, eaten 4lb already 3rd Oct ...I ill last night with pain in bowels poulticing all day not better yet 5th a terrible day of rain had to give beasts meat in house. Snow afternoon. Very cold 6th fine day. Mr Spence Finglenny & his shepherd here for ewes 60 whole-mouthed... our corn very green yet afraid it wont ripe 10th Alexr kellas here seeing about feeing. John Sharp here saying I am to get their grazing pasture the same as before; wrote to M.Lumsden & Brother 14th James reid & Wilson at Dillet road all day. Very fine day. Cabrach market. Milton sold 10, Bracklach 5, Pisgow 5, Redford 4 cattle 15th Sat ...Bracklach begging for Dr Galloway.. I clipped Bob's head. Mary Giles over with trout & milk 17th a great storm on country, all white and snowing all day...Alex Scott here for fire insurance 18th James Reid & Wilson cleaning out water pipes, very full of growth 19th ...put some lime in cistern 20th carting stones & gravel to road afternoon; 4 days of 2 men & afternoon of horse 7 cart. Most of them cutting afternoon, fine day. 21st ground covered with snow, corn laid flat. Wilson to smiddy new blade & scythe hung and scythe stone, put lime in duck house, cleaned up cart shed. Wilson for away. 24th want 10 sheep, afrad they are smored 25th Wilson got 9 of them, left them in the broad Saugh 50. He says Clova is wanting 100 & that he saw a fox on K(R)ibbock
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