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yard, and there topped and cleaned; the fvvine 'at» 

 tended the workmen, and ate many of the tops^ 

 but many were alfo trodden down with the dirt. 



November the 4th, took in the horfcs. The 

 1 8th, tied up the cows under their flieds, littering 

 them firft with a good bed of fern, but afterwards 

 they wafted ftraw enough to keep themfelves well 

 littered. — Six horfes, two large cOws, tvVo Alderney 

 ditto, a ftcer 3 years old, a heifer coming Sj and 

 3 calves of the preceding fpring; in all 15 head. 



Dec. 14th, made a foundation for a divilion of 

 the hill, with twenty loads of earth. 



Upon taking the cattle in, I began threfhing; 

 but forefeeing that I ftiould not have a fufEciency 

 of ftrawj I purchafed four loads the 8th of January. 



Jan. 27th, Ttiade another foundation of forty-fix 

 loads of earth. The 30th, purchafed two loads 

 more of ftraw. This is a commodity fo very fcarce 

 this year, owing td the cheapnefs of cattle, that I 

 am forced, for the fix loads I have bought, to pay 

 14s. a load, and to fend ten miles for it. 



Feb. ioth, two loads more from the fame place, 

 one at 1 4s. and one at 1 7s. Much of this was peafe 



C 2 ftraw. 



