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Day in the Life

Aug 9, 1859

Journal Entry

August 09, 1859 ~ Tuesday

9th to 13 I spent the week mostly Harvesting I laboured
vary Hard. I had 7 acres of wheat, 1 of Barlrey 1 3/4 of oats
1 1/4 of Hungarian grass I washed wmy wheat clean & put
about 2 quarts of lime & 1 1/2 of salt to the bushel & mixed
it all up on a floor let it stand 24 hours I then sowed
two bushels to the acre I had heard strong brine recom
mended for seed wheat to cure smout so I tried it &
I put on 2 bushels to the acre in the spring so that it might
be thick enough but when it came up it was vary thin
not as thick as I have had it with one bushel I am
of the opinion that the salt killed a good deal of the wheat
so it would not grow. I Judge the crop to yeaild about
30 bushels to the Acre. I have had 40 with one bushel of
seed what I did have was good it contained No smut

Aug 9, 1859