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June 1st.Raining all day. Cold. Wind North. Big sea.
5th. Have not yet sown any Swedes.
9th. Whit Monday. Nice day. Visitors to Speeton seem to get fewer each year. Been to market. Beef & Mutton good trade. Pigs cheap. 
June 10th. Drilling a few Swedes, land in nice condition.
11th. Raining.
July 22nd. Finished cutting clover & Grass. Weather very unsettled.
New potatoes cheap 1/6 wholesale.
Nice crop black currants & strawberries, gooseberries very poor.
24th. Big thunderstorm. Lot of rain are quite ready for fine weather again.
Grass & clover cut but cannot get on with it owing to the wet.
28th. Been to Seamer market. Raining all afternoon. Sold the first fat lambs 86/- each. Very big show of sheep nice trade.
Aug 4th. Bank holiday. Been to Brid market. Light show of cattle & sheep. Cattle slow trade. Sheep good. Fine day. The storm of last monday has laid a lot of corn inland. Only a little is laid at Speeton.
Aug 18th. Raining. Corn still more laid.
Messrs. Coleman & Watson each cut a little corn on the 15th & 16th.
23rd. Gathered a few brambles. Fine berries. Weather unsettled.
Sept 1st. Started harvest. Weather still unsettled.
3rd. Today has been a real nice day.
It is so long since we have had such a day that I am making a note of it.
21st & 22nd. Big gale. The corn stooks are blown down more than I ever remember seeing them.
George Marr of Muston who is at present Mr Sawdon’s wagoner has been presented with the Royal humane society’s silver medal for rescuing a dog which had got down the cliff and was not able to get back again to the top without assistance.
Oct 1st. There is still some corn to cut at Speeton.
The weather has been a little better but we had some rain during the night.
5th. Raining all day.         6th. Weather still bad.

 

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