July 4, 1822

July 4, 1822

Dear Diary,

Ever since the war got over, mama has going out to work in the fields again. She seems to be doing alright but now I have to work in the fields with her as well. We normally come in to nap at around 5 pm but I am going to write instead. (And just because I’m writing, doesn’t mean I’m not tired, so I’m going to write some things in point form).

I never got to finish some of the stories from the news stand but I will do my best to get one done today. So when I was at the news stand, I read a story about agriculture and I thought it was quite interesting. So I will tell you that story today and hopefully I will get the chance to tell you the other ones soon. Agriculture was important to Upper Canada and Lower Canada.

[Ok, I’m going to start writing in point form now]

In Upper Canada

• Farms were more developed.
• They planted crops in between tree stumps.
• When the stumps rotted, they could remove them and plant other crops like oats. (I don’t get why they couldn’t remove them in the first place but…whatever…they probably know what’s best.

In Lower Canada

• Many families had been on their farms since New France.
• British settlers farmed around them.
• And I think that’s it.

Ok Diary, I really have to go because I m so tired I can barley keep my head up and write. So I guess I will see you next time.

Bye for now :)

Love,

Samantha Jones