THE DIARY OF WILLIAM SELLERS

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March 23^rd. Sowing barley. Weather fine & dry.
29^th. Coleman’s farm stock sale.Heavy rain. All stock is making big prices at farm sales this year. Good wagons & rullies to 90 pounds each. Binders to sixty pounds and all farm implements much higher prices than usual.
April 9^th. No field work has been done since the first. Rain every day.Mr. Sawdon from Langtoft has taken Manor farm.
15^th. Weather still wet. Rain every day. No field work possible. Mr Scrivener from Bridlington has come to take up work at Manor farm.
Flour has gone up I n price 1/- per stone.
20^th. Weather still wet. All sheep on seeds. Grass growing nicely.
30^th. Weather improving. Lot of corn still to sow.
We did not sow any from March 23^rd till the 29^th of April.
May 3^rd. Finished sowing corn, fine dry day. Strong West wind.
Eclipse of the moon visible at Speeton.
10^th. Weather much better but still cold. Banked a few potatoes
17^th. Mr Hall has left Butterworth’s for North Dale, his place being taken
by Mr Taylor from North Dale.
24^th & 25^th. Sowing Swedes. Weather fine. Land in good order. Mr Butterworth is still sowing corn. Two six week old calves were said to be sold for £11 each at Seamer market a week ago.
June. Fine & dry.
10^th. Finished sowing turnips.
This is the earliest date on which I remember finishing sowing turnips.
20^th. Raining today, land was very dry.
June 28^th. Finished hoeing Swedes.
July 2^nd. Have had a nice lot of rain during the last few days.
July 4^th. Very heavy rainstorm. Wind North. Cold. S.S. Anniversary
8^th. Found a cuckoo in a lark’s nest in home pasture.
Weather still wet but much warmer.
12^th. Sold three fat lambs at Brid for £6 .10 .0 each. A pen at Seamer made
£6 .15 .0. These are supposed to be record prices for fat lambs.
Weather still showery.
23^rd. Wet. Rain every day. Much hay wasted.