20th Day of Thrimidge
The number of stock upon the Carter Farmstead on the Twentieth Day of the Fifth Month:
Thirty and two cows and heifers, including calves. - 304 silvers
The bulls, Horace and Terry Edwards. - 26 silvers and 4 coppers
Sixty five ewes, including lambs. - 92 silvers and 1 copper
Fifteen rams ranging from short in the horn to long. - 25 silvers and 5 coppers
Eight goats, all females but one. - 11 silvers and 3 coppers
Sixteen chickens, and one rooster. - 5 silvers and 7 coppers
Six geese. - 3 silvers
Four pigs and one boar - 10 silvers
The horses, Drummer and Duke - 40 silvers
Total - 517 Silvers and 3 Coppers
Notes from the month:
Need to breed more dogs, Kim (bitch), is currently pregnant by Carn (dog), which should bring us up to Eight dogs upon the farm. With some training, they too shall be able to guard the sheep and cattle as wild dogs and wolves have become more desperate in their search for food.
Terry Edwards proving the better behaved of the two bulls as Horace remains stubborn.
More geese needed.
A loss in a pig, Beatrice (sow), was needed for her meat for a High Day Meal, in need of more.
Signed - Beverly Carter, Wife of Godwin Carter of Carter Farmstead.
