1st Fr |
Rain a thunder cloud halling rails to the garden fencing it in etc Hackett has the boat key |
2nd Sat |
Showery I went to Carmel Bro Fox spoke went to T Castle in the evening – halling out manure from the manure pen by the kitchen on the garden for greens 16/ finished fencing in the garden. ploughed a squair in the garden & planted peas corn ield - |
3rd Sun |
Fair we went to Carmel Bro Harris was a meeting Frank Scott preached Text 3rd ct John 16 verse came up home Jessey ows 12 1/2 cts for leather |
4th M |
Fair ploughing for corn scattering manure etc I went to Sistern Cobbs to get 1 bu corn for seed halling manure 3 loads halling to the garden & watermellon patch sent my tobacco to Mr Gouldins 58 lbs good & 85 lugs |
5th Tus |
Fair warm planted watermellon seed red ones, made hills for tomatoes manured them etc brought 10 jugs & 5 bottles from the shop -. planted corn by ice pond ploughing – made a crow bline Hackett |
6th W |
Rain commenced at night Mrs Swann dined hear planted Marteno [Martino Roma tomatoes] seed – ploughing fallowing for corn – halling the houses & leaves off the land took out bee hive out house killed a crow - |
7th Th |
Rainy a hard rain – finished cleaning on the hill the manure shelters etc fallowing halled 10 loads manure set out some tomatoe plants got 23 lbs fodder of Mama – lent |
8th Fr |
Rainy day the heavyest Rain we have had for a long time – finished ploughing for corn halling manure to the garden 5 loads shelling corn pulling weeds out potatoes got 50 bundles fodder 23 bu |
9th Sat |
Rain or showery now poring down to night I went to the mill had horses shod a large fresh - - [swollen stream] halled 3 loads rails for the pen by the out gate malling rails etc etc Rain poring down swamps floteing |
10th Sun |
Rain hard showers I rode to the river very full - |
11th M |
Fair cool windy etc fencing on the pasture fence malling rails pd Winston, shop account of - - Mr Kean came by I owe W Swann $2.60 cts - - |
12th Tus |
Fair ree planted corn planted Irish potatoes 1/2 bushel & a little over – ploughing for potatoes halled 2 loads leaves to cover potatoes Mama Sister Sarah & Anna spent day quilting |
13 rd W |
Fair Planting potatoes 4 bushels red & 3 pecks Rohan potatoes etc Bob helped plant them Lewis came over to crow hunt Linnaeus came for 10 bu potatoes - |
14th Th |
Fair warm planting potatoes 1 bushel & a peck making 6 bushels – rakeing corn beds ploughed garden & rake in halling manure to garden 3 loads Bed went to S Cobbs for 1 bu corn for seed pd. 75 cts for it – Covering potatoes working the garden Thomasia went to Mrs Swanns |
15th Fr |
Rainy evening a heavy Rain planting corn nearly all the listed land Mama had a 1/2 bu potatoes picking them over got 22 lbs fodder of Hackett – Peter had 2 patterns leather |
16th Sat |
Rain a hard shower I went to the B Green to muster carryed Thad creeks are very full - - got 2 deeds covering irish potatoes with pine leaves halled 3 loads leaves. etc |
17th Sun |
Rain we went to T Castle I went to Carmel Bro Fox preached – we came up home |
18th M |
Fair very warm I sent Bob to T. Castle for greens set them out on new garden halling rails working the garden beets unions potatoes etc etc planted peas etc in new garden – sent W. Swann 5 bu potatoes |
19th Tus |
Fair cool north wind planted pumpkins & cymblings seed guinea corn [sorghum] in the garden set 1 do tomatoe plants & a few greens Jack came for some tobacco plants choping the corn bushes etc etc |
20th W |
Fair listing for corn finished planting sweet potatoes hilling etc wed over the irish potatoes in garden John Dickinson got some Tar Ann came over to Mamas, |
21st Th |
Fair finished planting corn & peas ploughing for potatoes etc I went to Hanover for straw berries carryed Mr Lane some peas |
22nd Fr |
Fair wed the cotton putting manure in potatoe patch cutting clover I planted water mellon seed & cymblings in the corn field Hackett & I went Hanover crow hunting in hanover killed 1 crow got some straw berries |
23rd Sat |
Fair we went to Bro Saml, in the evening planted potatoes 1 1/2 bu red potatoes halled 2 loads manure from the woods hogs got in corn field & ruted it up reeplanting etc halled 2 loads manure to potatoe patch |
24th Sun |
Fair very warm day we came home this evening. . . |
25th M |
Fair very warm day planting mercer potatoes – 1 bushel – halled 5 loads manure reeplanting corn the last corn planted is up 1 in high |
26th |
Fair very warm day planted 1 bushel potatoes comenced weeding corn on the swamp – planted broom corn seed [sorghum used for making brooms] wed 2 rows beets sugar B. sent a plough & cultivater to shop planted grown peas |
27th W |
Fair a fine rain last night sent to T Castle for collard plants sent the Dr some peas large set out greens & tomatoe plants weeding corn new ground - |
28th Th |
Cdy most of the day Mrs McLaughlin Mama Ella Linnaeus & wife etc dined here to day – weeding corn etc |
29th Fr |
Rainy evening weeding corn set out some cymblains fencing etc shelling corn |
30th Sat |
Cdy thining corn halling rails fencing etc we went to T Castle in the evening |
31st Sun |
Cdy I spent the day at T. Castle Livy had her 2nd calf to day – sent up to have her – milked - - - |