A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 30th April 1868

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.]

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4 - 1st 4 Mo[nth] harrow[in]g - fine day

5 - 2 Ditto Drill[e]d Kiln close S.H. & Ridge Piece bl[ac]k tartars 

6 - 3 Drill[e]d Winkerley & part Pewet Knobs

7 - 4 Ditto weather har[rowe]d & drill[e]d 3 ac[res] in Watricle

4 - 5 Fine

2 - 6 Ditto little rain in night harrow[in]g took Kitty in basket gig to B[akewe]] & back hogs home from B[akewe]ll

3 - 7 Fine weather W.E.frosty nights & sunny days to 

2 - 13 Fine ditto lambing gone on well many couples

3 - 14 Showery at times W. North

4 - 15 Ditto

5 - 16 Fine Thrash[e]d at Cales & lost 2 sheep with inflam[matio]n 35 E & L in Cales dales 26 D[itt]o Intake

7 - 18 Mare from Nott[ingha]m

2 - 20 Showery W.West to Nott[ingha]m Fine growing weather Q[uarterly] M[eeting] Nott[ingha]m very harmonious

4 - 22 Showery day self home plough[in]g Stone pit close S.H. for corn & seed down Roll[e]d Long close & Barn close etc 35 sheep in Croft to lamb yet

5 - 23 Showery winnow[e]d oats parted ewes 22 ewes to lamb yet left off sitting up

6 - 24 fine day fetch[e]d bones etc from P[arsley] Hay

7 - 25 Showery early then fine tho[ugh] thundery looking - Thrash[e]d last stack at Cales - took 5 q[uarte][s] w[eigh]t Poland oats to Longnor C.Cundy

1 - 26 Fine

2 - 27 Very stormy thunder rain sow[e]d 6 cwt p[e]r ac[re] Stone pit close for corn & seeds

3 - 28 Fine but showery at  times winnow[e]d oats at Cales & took to B[akewell] 339 st[ones] @ 1/1

4 - 29 Fine windy day West drill[e]d Stone pit close twice over 4 [word indecipherable] to ac[re] Poland - Rice meal from P[arsley] Hay 16/- p[e]r sack cotton cake 5£ & 6.5/- in L[iver]pool Dobell & Co

5 - 30 Fine weather but windy very N.W. & cold lead[in]g manure to Watricle for potatoes 

I'm not sure what "35 E & L in Cales dales 26 D[itt]o Intake" on the 16th April means. 'E & L' may well have been my great great grandfather Ebenezer ... and someone ... shooting in Cales Dale but what is the relevance of the '35' and the '26'. We may never know.
  

'C.Cundy' [referred to on the 25th April] could well be Charles Cundy who was a Butcher and farmer of 20 acres according to the 1871 Census Return. 

Sorry about the spacing ~ Blogger is playing up. 

A Farm Journal ~ from the 16th to the 30th April 1867

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.]

In this photo John is fourth from the left. My great great grandparents, Ebenezer and Hannah Bowman, are the third and fourth adults from the right. John and Ebenezer were brothers and their parents are the elderly couple in the middle, Henry and Mary Bowman.

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3 - 16 Showery Q[uarterly] M[eeting] home at night

 

4 - 17 Fine harrow[in]g N[ethe]r Intake for drilling

 

5 - 18 Little rain but fine har[rowin]g & sow[in]g 3 cwt p[e]r ac[re] bone dust

 

6 - 19 Ditto

 

7 - 20 Very showery all day plough[in]g broke cake & gr[oun]d at Cales & strained the breaker - Very hindering weather for sowing grass grows well lambs come slowly some die of inflam[matio]n Hog dead 

 

1 - 21 Fine

 

2 - 22 D[itt]o B[akewe]ll Fair no cattle sheep very low Hogs selling at 30/- worth the money last latter end - pigs large show & very low good stores at 20/- to 25/- cheese 50/- to 68/- 

 

3 - 22 to 6 - 26 sow[e]d broadcast Far piece & Kiln close S.H. & harrow[e]d in very wet state [Over the top of this entry John Bayliff Bowman had written] Martin Milligan came - 7/6 & meat p[e]r week

 

7 - 27 Very showery & thundery - put 40 hogs in lane yesterday for first time one of Jesse's lads to tend them @ 2/6 p[e]r week - 10 cows on seeds at S.H. began mid of week & all out at Cales - 20 sheep to lamb yet - a fine one dead in Intake -

 

1 - 28 Fine

 

2 - 29 Fine

 

3 - 30- Fine growing day showery SA & I to Heanor  

A Farm Journal ~ from the 1st to the 18th December 1866

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