August 17

Posted by sydney on Aug 17th, 2008
  • 1791: August 17, 1791 – Holt White, & Harry Woods came from Fyfield.
  • 1789: August 17, 1789 – Cool air.  Wheat gleaned.
  • 1785: August 17, 1785 – Few mushrooms to be found.  Sowed second crop of white turnip-radishes.  Abram Loe came the second time
  • 1784: August 17, 1784 – Farmer Spencer, & farmer Knight are forced to stop their reapers, because their wheat ripens so unevenly.
  • 1782: August 17, 1782 – Cranberries, but not ripe.
  • 1781: August 17, 1781 – The small pond in Newton great farm field, near the verge of the common, is full nearly of good clear water! while ponds in vales are empty.  One swift!  The crevice thro’ which the swift goes up under the eaves of the church is so narrow as not to admit a person’s hand.
  • 1780: August 17, 1780 – Fell-wort blows on the hanger.
  • 1779: August 17, 1779 – Much wheat housed.  Drank tea at the hermitage.
  • 1777: August 17, 1777 – White butter-flies settle on wet mud in crowds.  *No swift seen after August 14: so punctual are they in their migrations, or retreat!  The latest swift I ever saw was only once on Aug. 21, but they often withdraw by the 10.
  • 1775: August 17, 1775 – Rabbits make incomparably the finest turf, for they not only bite closer than larger quadrupeds; but they allow no bents to rise: hence warrens produce much the most delicate turf for gardens.  Sheep never touch the stalks of grasses.
  • 1774: August 17, 1774 – Wheat harvest general.  Large sea-gulls.
  • 1773: August 17, 1773 – Swifts seem to be gone; very early.  Vast clouds on the horizon.  Wheat bound.

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