1st Sat |
Fair & mild I finished setting out my apple trees this evening set 62 in all I went to Carmel Bro H preached Revelations 2nd last part of the 10th verse Anna runing her fence across the road halling straw fodder & wood etc |
2nd Sun |
Fair & mild very windy evening I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached text Ephesians 4 ct 1 verse - - Edmond C Taylor & Mary L Taylor dined hear to day |
3rd M |
Fair mild winday etc sent corn to the mill for chop got 10 lbs. of cotton from the mill Sowing oats sowed 6 bushels from the cherry tree down towards Canfields oats oats oats etc etc etd pd Sarah T Redd 109.$ in part for land tomatoes up in the box. |
4th Tus |
Showery day sowed 2 1/2 bu oats finished on the right side of the road as you go to Canfields. halling wood this evening working on the shop half of the day Mr Martin handling a plough for Ma |
5th W |
Rainy morning fair the balance of the day very winday had a chil halled a stack of hay in the barn to get the seed halling slabs wood etc etc grybing etc |
6th Thur |
Fair & fine day I had the beef killed rakeing oats I carryed a stock to mill sowed 2 1/2 bls of oats ploughing with the mule cocklering my wheat etc Anna & sister came over this evening Mr Martin worked on the shop made a doar & a window |
7th Fr |
Fair & warm finished sowing clover seed Mr Terrell dined hear. he had 1 bu of potatoes Mr Martin & I put up the rafters commenced slabing it over sent to the mill after laths sowing oats 3 bu rakeing etc |
8th Sat |
Fair. & a very warm day Finished covering the shop halled the balance of the slabs sent Miss B Hill a hine quarter of beef it weighed 83 1/2 lbs at 5 cts sent Mama one weighed 77 lbs cut out my beef sowing oats 3 bu by Canfields sent a clevvy to the mill twice to be mended [clevy is a piece of metal bent in the shape of an oxbow, the two ends perforated to receive a pin – used on the end of the tongue of a plow to attach it to a draft chain] I have peas up & tomatoes |
9th Sun |
Cdy cool evening I went to Bever Dam to meeting Bro Harris preached Text John 3 ct part of the 11 ver We speek that we do know etc went to Bro Saml & dined got a book for Llewellyn - - Molly & Betty came over to Mama, to go to school A temperance sermond |
10th M |
Rainy day finished beeting out the hay seed halled a lode or 2 of wood diping candles 200 to day |
11th Tus |
Fair cool day sent Bob to the Depot for a 1/2 tun of plaster carryed it to T. Castle to be ground halled a lode of straw & fodder stuck the butter beens to day mended up the little cart sent corn to mill |
12th W |
Fair fencing by the shop Anna, I went to W Harris, for timber got 5 trees 3 oaks for spokes 2 hickeries for axel trees. sowed 1 bu of oats rakeing the oats by Canfield patched up the pin at the stack |
13th Thu |
Cdy sowing oats sowed 3 bushels rakeing I sowed a bag of herds grass seed by Canfields in the corner on the road cockleing the wheat lost a large steel trap [Herd's grass is timothy grass, good for horse feed] |
14th Fr |
Rainy morning halling wood feed etc cockleing the wheat I carryed llewellyn to T. Castle this evening got my paper from T. C. |
15th Sat |
Fair halling wood sent to T Castle for my plaster got it home 12 or 14 bushels malling rails to make a fence around stable etc I planted some apple & peach seed cockleing my wheat had Tom shoes nailed on & pointed. |
16th Sun |
Fair and cool day we went to T Castle & I went to Carmel Bro Harris preached Text John 5th Ct 28 & 29 verses Bro Saml & man dined at T. C. Trainham married to Miss M England |
17th M |
Fair very winday, a flake or 2 of snow this morning sowing oats sowed 3 bu rakeing a little went to mill for meal Bro Saml came up to Mama this evening |
18th Tus |
Fair cool day very windy sowing oats 3 bu ploughing in my peach orchard |
19th W |
Fair & cool. Dr M Anderson & Tom dined hear to day went back to T Castle sowed 7 bushels of oats. rakeing them in ploughing in the peach orchard burning brush halled a lode of wood etc etc etc 34 bu of oats sowed in all |
20th Th |
Fair & very col windy rakeing finished the peach orchard sowed 3 bu of oats commenced fallowing for oats by walnut tree halled 2 lodes of wood burning brush etc |
21st Fr |
Fair a cool day I carryed my rake to Canfields to be mended got my double plough from the mill pd Jessey for shoes Fallowing |
22nd Sat |
Fair cool We went to T. Castle in the evening had my cart tire cut & rake mended finished about 1 ock finished fallowing commenced ploughing the cotton patch I pd Milly $1.00 the balance dew her |
23rd Sun |
Cdy very windy evening I spent the day at T. C. |
24th M |
Fair I went to Thackers to se a mule we came up home Mr Noel & M Anderson & Tom are at T Castle |
25th Tus |
Fair milder to day sowing oats on the fallow land sowed 10 1/2 bushels fallowing back of the grave yard for oats – I caught a mink burning brush |
26th W |
Plaster Sowed Fair mild sowed about 2 bushels of plaster on my wheat. sowed 4 1/2 bushels of oats & finished sowing sowed a bag of hirds grass seed next to the black bottom I offered John Dickinson [40?] $ for Fitzhugh house & 5 or 6 acres of land Tom dined hear went home a night grubing by Cobbs. {I have sowed 52 ["bu" lined out] bushels of oats in all & finished to day |
27th Thu |
Corn Fair & mild Commenced planting corn by Anna, fence Turners corn rolled it in plaster & ashes finished rakeing in oats opened some water furrows in the out patch etc sent corn to the mill |
28th Fr |
Fair warm I sowed a bag of plaster – planting corn I cut Mr Terrells hair in barn saw N Luck rented some out land of him for the 4th part of the crop he brought his sow to the Boar |
29th Sat |
Fair warn[m] sowed a bag plaster finished the wheat down by Canfields. planting corn finished up to the barn halled a load of fodder I gave in a list of my property to day |
30th Sun |
Fair warm day I went to Cty Line Bro Lewis preached Bro harris preached in the evening |
31st M |
Rain a little this evening finished planting corn about the house I planted 3 rows in the 2.3 & 4 rows from the apple trees nearest the gate in corn that was not prepared. the corner from the apple tree to the fence was planted in corn not soked sent 2 ploughs to mill pointed them etc |