Wednesday 28 June 1837

Up an hour before on John's calling me but lay on the bed - Fahrenheit 59 now at 7 3/4 and went out at the pools

Breakfast at 9 in about 3/4 hour - out

Had Mr. Womersley who brought Wood of Orange Street mason to estimate for building the new house at Little marsh - at the pools and about

Had Mercer the glazer about measuring for wash-house windows - then had Firth the glazer to lengthen and turn a little on one side the 2 one inch bore main pipes to the house

A little while in the house with Ann then out again at the pools and at meer till between 5 and 6 when met Mr. Pollett coming to me in the walk - had brought an estimate of the Listerwick corn mill machinery = about £1000 - for 5 pair of stones including all joiners work including floors doors and windows of the mill

Some time with Blythe in the China closet pulled down the plastering and laid bare the old stoothing

Dinner at 7 - Ann and little Mary and Mr. Gray and I out about (after) 8 and walked to the Lodge - sat a little while with Mary and home about 9

Mr. Gray had not been with us in at the Lodge, not seeing him on our return, Ann and I feeling weary with the heat, came upstairs - wrote the above of today

Talking to Mawson this morning before breakfast carting stuff from the front of the house, he calculated 12 tons (I said 10) of manure at 6/- and 1/6 carting and 6d spreading per Day Work every 2 years - should produce 2 tons per annum per Day Work Mawson thought the hay would average £4.10.0 a ton, and should be mowed made and stacked for 13/- per Day Work as the average for sheep - therefore annual expense = per Day Work

5 tons manure at 6/- = 1.10.0 supposing expense per Day Work = £.10.0 and
ditto  ditto and spreading =    10.0 2 tons hay 9.0.0
taxes at 10/-            10.0 fog 1.0.0
Hay making and housing at 13/- =    13.0      10.0.0
                  3.3.0       3.10.0
                              6.10.0 profit per Day Work on land in my own hands -

Edward began the laundry chimney this afternoon - Henry Rofe began yesterday preparing and putting on ceiling joists in the laundry a plasterer latticing the red room ceiling today - the York joiners preparing library passage ceiling

Robert Mann + 5 at the third (the new) pool today from about 11 a.m. when the wheel-wrights at the wheel-race took 3 of Robert's men for about 3 hours and kept one of them for the rest of the day

The gardener + 2 as usual at his garden wall wall-race digging.

Had Joseph Mann this afternoon - sent him to tell Holt to come and to consult him about my plan of putting up the gin to pump the engine pit water till the pit is bottomed

Mr. Samuel Washington here about 10 this morning measuring off stuff moved from the front of the house

Ann read me the City article &c. till 9 50/60 in my room - very fine day - and Fahrenheit 58 now at 10 55/60 p.m 

WYAS: SH:7/ML/E/20/0082

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