My great great great uncle John Bayliff Bowman lived at Summer Hill, near Monyash in the County of Derby.
The
Bowman family, who were Quakers, had three
farms, One Ash Grange [which John Bayliff
Bowman often referred to as O.A.], Cales and
Summer Hill [which he usually referred to as S.Hill or
S.H.]
"A Farm Journal" continues :~
7 - 1st - 12 Mo[nth] Very rimy frost white - finish[e]d leading swedes home etc - cov[erin]g up - calf dead of speed at S.H. - one at Cales with belly ache - but recov[ere]d - things doing pretty well - cheese 16 in every other day both places -
1st day 2nd Fine frosty
2 - 3rd Very wet
3rd - d[itt]o
4 - 5 Fair to M[onthly] Meeting] Chesterf[ield]
5 - 6 Fine early then very wet - bro[ther] W[illia]m came aft[ernoo]n - cows lie in
6 - 7 Fine morn[in]g - wet aft[ernoo]n - self with Wm. to Middleton then to Ashford to dine & tea - self & Wm to Longston [sic] to see ab[ou]t letting of a bit of land - Wm to Nott[ingha]m
7 - 8 Fine & frosty
1st 9 to 17 Very showery weather finish[e]d pit[tin]g turnips to Nott[ingha]m & 18 Lincoln Q[uarterly] M[eeting] & home
How does a calf die of speed? Did it's car hit a tree....
ReplyDeleteI think speed was the common name for a cattle disease ... :-)
DeleteAmphetamine overdose River... happened a lot in the sixties when Mod cows went to the seaside on their scooters
DeleteDon't encourage her highheavens ...
DeleteI was wondering how one leads swedes home, given they have no legs?
ReplyDeleteReal swedes do of course but turnips and mangeds are led in a wagon ... so, in other words, you lead them. Probably because you led the horse that pulls the wagon.
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