George And Son Sell All Their Sheep

Saturday, July 19, 1851: Quite rainy today. I called to Mr. Clark’s, that takes care of the town paupers, to get my pay for three bushels potatoes, 3 dol, he gave an order on the town. I took tea with him. Today Walker the blacksmith came and got two bushel new potatoes on account at one dollar per.
Monday: This morning my two sons and hired men dug a one horse load of 14 bushels of Geo P. potatoes on Wm B. Maxon’s land and then at nine o’clock I started for market with them to Williamstown. I called to Herman Hands and took dinner with him and he paid me eight dollars for fruit trees for Geo P. I then went on to Williamstown College and sold part of my load. I stayed to a farmer near North Adams and paid 19 cents for my supper and lodging.
Tuesday: This morning I went into North Adams village and sold the remainder of the load of potatoes, all at one dollar per bushel.
The next three weeks is a steady round of farm work, harvesting & selling potatoes, planting turnips, and haying.
Friday, August 15: Today two men from Chatham, one by the name of Hicks, and the other name I did not learn, came and bought all my sheep, 20 of them and all of Geo P., he had 32, and paid us  one dol 62 cts per head.
Tuesday: Today an Irishman worked for Geo P. by the name of Thomas Macnautine and Geo P. paid him  88 cts cash and today old Mr. Perkins finished binding up Geo P. oats and bound wheat a spell, towards paying for a pig.
Wednesday: Mr. Perkins bound wheat part of the forenoon and quit unwell. Today Geo P. and his two sisters went to Commencement to Williamstown.