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 :~
2 - 16 Fine & mild self to Middleton & onto B[akewell ?] with W[illia]m to Nott[ingha]m even[in]g
3 - 17 Ditto weather to Lincoln Q[uarterly] M[eeting] small - the Freedmens aid agents address @ us after the business meeting W.F.Mitchell of America Arthur Albright of Birmingham also the freedmen are all employed at Good wages the relief is solicited to aid the widows & orphan children - 3 hogs dead of redwater - want dry food I think
4 - 18 home bo[ugh]t doG [sic] at Bakewell snow[e]d most of day gr[oun]d cov[ere]d over wind N.W
5 - 19 tied bullocks up Frost & snow
6 - 20 Ditto
7 - 21 Drizzly wet day snow mostly gone got stack in & thrash[e]d at Cales
1 - 22 Fine & mild
2 - 23 Fine frost B[akewe]ll market came by Ashford home bo[ugh]t bull calf of Milnes 15/-
3 - 24 Dull & misty
4 - 25 Christmas Day Fine bright frosty day - very quiet day no company Alice Bonsall left us - began to give ewes & thieves corn pitting turnips in Stonepit close S.H. ploughing Ridge piece ley -
5 - 26 Ditto Ditto
6 - 27 Misty no frost
7 - 28 Fine day rather frosty morn[in]g
1 - 29 Fine
2 - 30 Fine
3 - 31 Fine frosty plough[in]g etc
The End of 1867 not so profitable as its forerunners by a good deal beef kept up pretty well till Autumn sheep very low indeed wool 30/- p[e]r [next word indecipherable] cheese 40/- to 60/- crops of corn & hay pretty good & well got good crops of turnips not made so much cheese as usual quite trade dull & things uncertain
For information on the Freedmens Aid Society click here
For information relating to Arthur Albright click here
Red Water disease is referred to here
