Josiah Jackson's diaries 1882-1904: index and snippets

straw

Date Snippet
Wed 5 Apr 1882

Fanny helped Mr Smith load straw Bniham Street.
Bniham (132), Fanny (6), helped (265), load (292), Smith (175), straw (106), Street (121)
Wed 17 May 1882

Bought New Straw Hat myself Brother Joe, Joe's /- mine /.
bought (1410), Brother (200), Hat (19), Joe (27), Joe (27), mine (26), myself (111), New (159), straw (106)
Sat 19 Jun 1886

Search Farm Mr Joseph Harding's bough* tons Wheat Straw @ / per ton.
bough (1), Farm (548), Harding (371), Joseph (333), Per (696), Search (14), straw (106), Ton (184), tons (300), wheat (475)
Tue 22 Jun 1886

BJohn saying send straw .
BJohn (556), saying (947), send (792), straw (106)
Wed 23 Jun 1886

B. House mowing sent John White load Straw, called cwt.
Called (1514), cwt (322), House (1200), John (2874), load (292), Mowing (493), sent (4043), straw (106), White (580)
Fri 25 Jun 1886

Sent John Jefferies Mr Harding's Straw.
Harding (371), Jefferies (78), John (2874), sent (4043), straw (106)
Sat 26 Jun 1886

Sent John Jefferies Load Straw.
Jefferies (78), John (2874), load (292), sent (4043), straw (106)
Fri 8 Oct 1886

B. House drove Mr Janey Treasure Mr Groom's Higher West Bam Farm straw.
Bam (58), drove (356), Farm (548), groom (12), Higher (28), House (1200), Janey (244), straw (106), Treasure (959), West (94)
Tue 16 Nov 1886

Bill straw Mr Harding.
Bill (484), Harding (371), straw (106)
Wed 17 Nov 1886

Mr Joseph Harding straw.
Harding (371), Joseph (333), straw (106)
Sat 20 Nov 1886

He shot Rabbits c. W. Lear paid straw Tithe settled /cs.
Lear (669), paid (1944), Rabbits (148), settled (208), Shot (112), straw (106), Tithe (626)
Sat 20 Nov 1886

Reed, receipts Mr J. Harding Cheque straw.
cheque (1456), Harding (371), receipts (81), Reed (3327), straw (106)
Wed 15 Dec 1886

L BJohn Mr Treasure Durslade Farm Sale (Feed, Hay, Straw, mangel Ac).
BJohn (556), Durslade (36), Farm (548), feed (53), hay (1122), mangel (528), Sale (282), straw (106), Treasure (959)
Wed 15 Dec 1886

bought acres Feed, Rick Rick clover Hay, Rick Wheat Straw i am mangel sold arc cleared Total amount Hay feed, straw bought today ? .
Acres (100), amount (28), arc (1), bought (1410), bought (1410), cleared (32), Clover (101), feed (53), feed (53), hay (1122), hay (1122), mangel (528), Rick (353), Rick (353), Rick (353), Sold (374), straw (106), straw (106), today (1127), Total (19), wheat (475)
Wed 15 Dec 1886

bought acres Feed, Rick Rick clover Hay, Rick Wheat Straw i am mangel sold arc cleared Total amount Hay feed, straw bought today ? .
Acres (100), amount (28), arc (1), bought (1410), bought (1410), cleared (32), Clover (101), feed (53), feed (53), hay (1122), hay (1122), mangel (528), Rick (353), Rick (353), Rick (353), Sold (374), straw (106), straw (106), today (1127), Total (19), wheat (475)
Thu 16 Dec 1886

Came Bruton, Dr Stockwell's Annie, Messrs Dyne MulJer insured Hay Straw Durslade.
Annie (251), Bruton (758), Came (596), Durslade (36), Dyne (44), hay (1122), insured (6), Messrs (1565), MulJer (1), Stockwell (187), straw (106)
Sat 21 Dec 1889

Put Shelter (Hurdles Straw) Ewes lambs Orchard.
Ewes (140), Hurdles (69), Lambs (228), orchard (95), Put (210), Shelter (4), straw (106)
Tue 3 Jun 1890

J. Rex bundle straw Mr John Day's brought Loads manure.
brought (899), Bundle (15), Day (95), John (2874), loads (143), manure (256), Rex (2123), straw (106)
Tue 25 Nov 1890

Miss Maddock's visit Mr Norton sent straw cwt ().
cwt (322), Maddock (2), Miss (918), Norton (56), sent (4043), straw (106), visit (35)
Wed 14 Oct 1891

Mr B. Stroud straw.
straw (106), Stroud (1409)
Sat 19 Dec 1891

Dr Mr RJones sent Sks, Gave Mr Ridley bit Straw dogs lie upon.
bit (50), dogs (7), Gave (523), lie (8), Ridley (34), RJones (4), sent (4043), Sks (576), straw (106), upon (64)
Wed 30 Dec 1891

Men thatching straw Ricks; hauling thorns Stc.
hauling (1627), Men (1554), Ricks; (1), Stc (75), straw (106), thatching (154), thorns (62)
Fri 23 Sep 1892

Mrs Peel paid bill ? - - service Bull asked straw.
Asked (386), Bill (484), Bull (301), Mrs (1554), paid (1944), Peel (171), Service (131), straw (106)
Wed 28 Sep 1892

heard Mr Clegg preach, Saw Messrs Shackleton Temple agreed Search Farm straw.
agreed (1355), Clegg (78), Farm (548), heard (404), Messrs (1565), preach (203), Saw (1040), Search (14), Shackleton (284), straw (106), temple (11)
Fri 14 Oct 1892

We picked straw Hyde.
Hyde (177), picked (81), straw (106)
Sat 15 Oct 1892

Reed Notice Barley sent J. Rex others hauling straw Hyde helping clear .
Barley (522), clear (13), hauling (1627), helping (61), Hyde (177), Notice (252), others (707), Reed (3327), Rex (2123), sent (4043), straw (106)
Tue 22 Nov 1892

Hook gale told B. John Mr Sprays coming agreed Search farm today Men finished cutting old Wheat Straw, dirt hauling c. T. Hisgrove Bag Crushed Cake Mr W. Bennetts.
agreed (1355), Bag (67), Bennetts (40), cake (715), coming (271), crushed (17), cutting (421), dirt (294), Farm (548), Finished (341), Gale (10), hauling (1627), Hisgrove (299), Hook (319), John (2874), Men (1554), old (289), Search (14), Sprays (1), straw (106), today (1127), told (1155), wheat (475)
Fri 23 Dec 1892

answered sent postal Order = Christmas present Men Chaff cutting Pulping, doing Straw Rick Thatching .
answered (138), chaff (195), Christmas (48), cutting (421), doing (146), Men (1554), order (100), Postal (19), present (103), pulping (48), Rick (353), sent (4043), straw (106), thatching (154)
Sat 24 Dec 1892

Frank thatched straw, cows house.
cows (394), Frank (462), House (1200), straw (106), Thatched (43)
Mon 2 Jan 1893

Men cutting straw chaff cows.
chaff (195), cows (394), cutting (421), Men (1554), straw (106)
Wed 25 Jan 1893

Cut grown straw today.
Cut (17), grown (5), straw (106), today (1127)
Fri 17 Feb 1893

J. Rex Ernest wait Greenscombe straw Mr Creed's Rick.
Creed (190), Ernest (94), Greenscombe (1), Rex (2123), Rick (353), straw (106), wait (26)
Wed 17 May 1893

J. R St J. M Heifers cows Cooks Farm ( heifers, cows) Sc brought heifer nose allright Brothers John, Joshua, Sc Joseph straw today Mr Hasseys.
allright (11), Brothers (40), brought (899), Cooks (43), cows (394), cows (394), Farm (548), Hasseys (1), heifer (239), heifers (325), heifers (325), John (2874), Joseph (333), Joshua (343), Nose (12), straw (106), today (1127)
Wed 14 Jun 1893

Mr Hussey's (Godminster) St arranged Load straw thatch.
arranged (18), Godminster (10), Hussey (128), load (292), straw (106), thatch (62)
Thu 15 Jun 1893

James Meaden Mr Hussey's straw.
Hussey (128), James (591), Meaden (261), straw (106)
Tue 15 Aug 1893

J. Rex T. Hisgrove working seed Mr Reads Threshing Tackle Threshing wheat stacked straw.
Hisgrove (299), Reads (17), Rex (2123), seed (208), stacked (3), straw (106), Tackle (38), Threshing (86), Threshing (86), wheat (475), working (184)
Mon 18 Sep 1893

Mr Huntleys settled bill Repairing Harness, paid crop Oats straw grew Portion (Burrowfield).
Bill (484), Burrowfield (217), crop (13), grew (4), harness (45), Huntleys (14), oats (360), paid (1944), portion (41), repairing (37), settled (208), straw (106)
Fri 29 Dec 1893

Others cutting Wheal oats straw com Victor Bank Edgar Bruham whey B. House.
Bank (1010), Bruham (767), com (68), cutting (421), Edgar (357), House (1200), oats (360), others (707), straw (106), Victor (1058), Wheal (13), whey (52)
Mon 8 Jan 1894

Men Chaffcutting Wheat straw.
Chaffcutting (44), Men (1554), straw (106), wheat (475)
Wed 28 Feb 1894

Asked Mr Temple straw spare .
Asked (386), spare (15), straw (106), temple (11)
Wed 4 Apr 1894

Mr Stroud sent Sc Waggon fetch straw.
fetch (30), sent (4043), straw (106), Stroud (1409), Waggon (230)
Thu 5 Apr 1894

Sent calf Mr Harding killed self calf Mr AStroucTs, J. Rex Mr John Hillard's Waggon load straw (Wheat).
AStroucTs (1), calf (367), calf (367), Harding (371), Hillard (29), John (2874), Killed (143), load (292), Rex (2123), self (33), sent (4043), straw (106), Waggon (230), wheat (475)
Tue 24 Apr 1894

Men chaffcutting, oats straw.
Chaffcutting (44), Men (1554), oats (360), straw (106)
Tue 7 Aug 1894

J. Rex mowing Burrowfield J. Rex waggon load Iron Hurdles fbr George waggon Mr Husse/s fbr straw.
Burrowfield (217), fbr (94), fbr (94), George (265), Hurdles (69), Husses (5), iron (64), load (292), Mowing (493), Rex (2123), Rex (2123), straw (106), Waggon (230), Waggon (230)
Wed 8 Aug 1894

J. Rex Mr Hussey*s straw.
Hussey*s (4), Rex (2123), straw (106)
Tue 9 Aug 1894

J. Rex Mr Stroud cwt qrs Foreign Straw thatching.
cwt (322), foreign (7), qrs (252), Rex (2123), straw (106), Stroud (1409), thatching (154)
Thu 30 Aug 1894

We thrashing Wheat stacking straw top HilL Lumber Mr E. Creed Waggon.
Creed (190), Hill (955), Lumber (781), stacking (1), straw (106), thrashing (56), top (281), Waggon (230), wheat (475)
Sat 8 Sep 1894

Frank thatching oat straw, others making thatch.
Frank (462), making (235), oat (25), others (707), straw (106), thatch (62), thatching (154)
Wed 12 Sep 1894

A, Mr F. J. White straw OVheat) burned Hard tonight.
Burned (11), Hard (12), OVheat (1), straw (106), tonight (250), White (580)
Fri 14 Sep 1894

J. Rex Lumber straw .
Lumber (781), Rex (2123), straw (106)
Sat 15 Sep 1894

Mr White (Cards Farm) asked Wheat straw ( burned) thatch Beans Barley.
Asked (386), Barley (522), Beans (230), Burned (11), cards (64), Farm (548), straw (106), thatch (62), wheat (475), White (580)
Mon 17 Sep 1894

Mr White Sent waggon loads straw weighed Mr Buckley's Bridge.
Bridge (115), Buckley (203), loads (143), sent (4043), straw (106), Waggon (230), Weighed (277), White (580)
Mon 24 Sep 1894

Mr George Atkins Sc straw /- worth toward paying Road sidings Dropping lane season.
Atkins (11), Dropping (30), George (265), Lane (72), Paying (15), Road (219), season (61), sidings (9), straw (106), toward (129), worth (34)
Sat 13 Oct 1894

Called Mr White asked cwt straw Waggons Mr Stroud borrowed.
Asked (386), borrowed (86), Called (1514), cwt (322), straw (106), Stroud (1409), Waggons (20), White (580)
Tue 16 Oct 1894

Mr Hussey settle /cs straw.
Hussey (128), settle (80), straw (106)
Wed 17 Oct 1894

Sent P. C Mr F. White asking sent straw Mr Stroud's.
asking (671), sent (4043), sent (4043), straw (106), Stroud (1409), White (580)
Wed 31 Oct 1894

Mr W. Dredge today Frome told cost / waggon repaired stallion kicked , promised Bundles straw (Wheat) cider .
Bundles (32), Cider (5), cost (59), Dredge (3), Frome (614), kicked (8), promised (658), repaired (51), stallion (2), straw (106), today (1127), told (1155), Waggon (230), wheat (475)
Tue 6 Nov 1894

Mr Dredge's son Tom straw damage horse done waggon.
damage (27), done (281), Dredge (3), horse (444), son (269), straw (106), Tom (2187), Waggon (230)
Fri 4 Jan 1895

Hillard straw.
Hillard (29), straw (106)
Thu 9 May 1895

Mr F. White promised send loads straw course fortnight.
course (15), fortnight (34), loads (143), promised (658), send (792), straw (106), White (580)
Sat 18 May 1895

Had Dorothys likeness St weight Straw Mr White sent .
Dorothys (2), Had (431), likeness (9), sent (4043), straw (106), weight (156), White (580)
Tue 11 Jun 1895

J. Rex mowing Mr White sent load straw .
load (292), Mowing (493), Rex (2123), sent (4043), straw (106), White (580)
Fri 29 Nov 1895

Reed John telling Civil Service stores Queen Victoria Street Reed Mr Hussey straw.
Civil (12), Hussey (128), John (2874), Queen (34), Reed (3327), Reed (3327), Service (131), stores (18), straw (106), Street (121), telling (115), Victoria (9)
Tue 10 Dec 1895

Wrote Mr John Bryant straw sent Cheque Messrs Chard Cake, Sent Victor Mr Payne.
Bryant (15), cake (715), Chard (97), cheque (1456), John (2874), Messrs (1565), Payne (369), sent (4043), sent (4043), straw (106), Victor (1058), Wrote (2470)
Wed 11 Dec 1895

Messrs Peel Salway sent cwf straw.
cwf (1), Messrs (1565), Peel (171), Salway (23), sent (4043), straw (106)
Thu 23 Jan 1896

Frank thatching Wheat straw.
Frank (462), straw (106), thatching (154), wheat (475)
Fri 8 May 1896

J. Rex helped C. Gulliford upset load straw.
Gulliford (47), helped (265), load (292), Rex (2123), straw (106), upset (7)
Wed 13 May 1896

Mr G. Alkins promised straw Sep Sep .
Alkins (2), promised (658), Sep (42), Sep (42), straw (106)
Fri 12 Jun 1896

Mr T. O. Bennett asked bit straw Hay Rick thatched .
Asked (386), Bennett (682), bit (50), hay (1122), Rick (353), straw (106), Thatched (43)
Sat 13 Jun 1896

Rex Sc straw, Bundles, sent Lumber Mr T. O. Bennett Hay Rick J. Rex thatch .
Bennett (682), Bundles (32), hay (1122), Lumber (781), Rex (2123), Rex (2123), Rick (353), sent (4043), straw (106), thatch (62)
Sat 27 Jun 1896

agreed straw Sc wheat.
agreed (1355), straw (106), wheat (475)
Tue 7 Jul 1896

Victor straw (thatch) Mr T. O. Bennett Ride, Bank.
Bank (1010), Bennett (682), Ride (31), straw (106), thatch (62), Victor (1058)
Tue 21 Jul 1896

Tom St Bert Green Sc wheat straw thatch.
Bert (34), Green (576), straw (106), thatch (62), Tom (2187), wheat (475)
Tue 4 Aug 1896

Alice Green Sc Miss Flower agreed Friday (D. V. ) Victor takes Bundles Straw.
agreed (1355), Alice (44), Bundles (32), Flower (154), Friday (128), Green (576), Miss (918), straw (106), takes (7), Victor (1058)
Fri 7 Aug 1896

Victor Bundles straw Sc Barb wire Lottisham Tom.
Barb (9), Bundles (32), Lottisham (79), straw (106), Tom (2187), Victor (1058), Wire (159)
Sat 2 Jan 1897

Wrote Mr N. Read Thrashing machine Wheat straw.
Machine (183), Read (279), straw (106), thrashing (56), wheat (475), Wrote (2470)
Mon 8 Feb 1897

This afternoon threshed wheat straw chaff.
afternoon (245), chaff (195), straw (106), This (35), threshed (8), wheat (475)
Mon 12 Apr 1897

Men chaffcutting Straw (wheat).
Chaffcutting (44), Men (1554), straw (106), wheat (475)
Sat 14 Aug 1897

Victor, G. James, E. M St straw Sc done fenced Rick South Down.
done (281), Down (124), fenced (34), James (591), Rick (353), South (357), straw (106), Victor (1058)
Sat 18 Sep 1897

Others putting hay Rick thatching straw Rick.
hay (1122), others (707), putting (152), Rick (353), Rick (353), straw (106), thatching (154)
Tue 31 Jan 1899

Men getting odd straw Thatching Ricks.
getting (220), Men (1554), odd (17), Ricks (111), straw (106), thatching (154)
Sat 5 Aug 1899

Sent Willie Stanley Frith straw Thatch Rick.
Frith (253), Rick (353), sent (4043), Stanley (703), straw (106), thatch (62), Willie (383)
Wed 8 Aug 1900

J. Rex thatching, others making straw.
making (235), others (707), Rex (2123), straw (106), thatching (154)
Wed 17 Oct 1900

Mr Pearce Drilled Winter Beans top Hill drilling Burrowfield Men straw (Bean ftc) Calf stage.
Bean (25), Beans (230), Burrowfield (217), calf (367), drilled (27), Drilling (29), ftc (833), Hill (955), Men (1554), Pearce (265), stage (5), straw (106), top (281), Winter (172)
Wed 5 Dec 1900

Tom called Mr L. Hannam's bought Rick Barley straw.
Barley (522), bought (1410), Called (1514), Hannam (150), Rick (353), straw (106), Tom (2187)
Fri 7 Dec 1900

J. Rex Thatching Bean Straw Rick.
Bean (25), Rex (2123), Rick (353), straw (106), thatching (154)
Mon 24 Dec 1900

Men dung hauling, J. Rex Thatching straw.
Dung (719), hauling (1627), Men (1554), Rex (2123), straw (106), thatching (154)
Wed 2 Jan 1901

G. J hauled straw covered lower heap Swede.
covered (15), hauled (709), heap (58), lower (22), straw (106), Swede (96)
Wed 24 Apr 1901

J. A working Roots, others hauling straw manure ground Baker Cary milk.
Baker (329), Cary (351), Ground (382), hauling (1627), manure (256), Milk (1238), others (707), Roots (28), straw (106), working (184)
Sat 28 Sep 1901

Willie Mr N. Read's twine tie wheat straw.
Read (279), straw (106), tie (7), twine (5), wheat (475), Willie (383)
Sat 5 Oct 1901

G. James Thatched Straw Rick.
James (591), Rick (353), straw (106), Thatched (43)
Wed 20 Nov 1901

Men cutting oats straw chaff Wrote Edmund Green.
chaff (195), cutting (421), Edmund (70), Green (576), Men (1554), oats (360), straw (106), Wrote (2470)
Thu 21 Nov 1901

Men cutting oats straw.
cutting (421), Men (1554), oats (360), straw (106)
Tue 17 Dec 1901

Men oats straw ( straw) dung hauling.
Dung (719), hauling (1627), Men (1554), oats (360), straw (106), straw (106)
Tue 17 Dec 1901

Men oats straw ( straw) dung hauling.
Dung (719), hauling (1627), Men (1554), oats (360), straw (106), straw (106)
Wed 18 Dec 1901

Men cutting straw.
cutting (421), Men (1554), straw (106)
Mon 10 Nov 1902

Men thatching straw, mangel pulling Ac.
mangel (528), Men (1554), pulling (72), straw (106), thatching (154)
Thu 4 Dec 1902

Men cutting oats straw.
cutting (421), Men (1554), oats (360), straw (106)
Fri 5 Dec 1902

Men cutting oats straw Chaff.
chaff (195), cutting (421), Men (1554), oats (360), straw (106)
Fri 3 Apr 1903

GJames Thatching straw Rick.
GJames (21), Rick (353), straw (106), thatching (154)
Thu 10 Mar 1904

wrote Sisters Ruth Sarah Mr E. Sims Sims Lower Shepton Montague straw bedding purposes.
bedding (3), lower (22), Montague (87), purposes (4), Ruth (36), Sarah (50), Shepton (200), Sims (17), Sims (17), Sisters (44), straw (106), Wrote (2470)
Wed 27 Apr 1904

bought Mr George Hussey Tons wheat straw @ /- per Ton agreed send Waggons thrashes .
agreed (1355), bought (1410), George (265), Hussey (128), Per (696), send (792), straw (106), thrashes (1), Ton (184), tons (300), Waggons (20), wheat (475)
Mon 30 May 1904

J. Rex Mr Charles Howes, Round Hill waggon load wheat straw.
Charles (157), Hill (955), Howes (1), load (292), Rex (2123), round (264), straw (106), Waggon (230), wheat (475)
Thu 9 Jun 1904

P. C Mr Hussey saying straw.
Hussey (128), saying (947), straw (106)
Fri 10 Jun 1904

Reed P. C H. Waiwin re Bulls meet train * A. M. Sent J. Rex load straw (Mr Hussey^).
Bulls (31), Hussey^ (4), load (292), meet (154), Reed (3327), Rex (2123), sent (4043), straw (106), Train (184), Waiwin (35)
Thu 15 Sep 1904

Tom sent load straw.
load (292), sent (4043), straw (106), Tom (2187)

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