February 4 - March 1, 1847

1847 Feby 4. Very cold & windy Fed malling
Henry helping Mr Lain & halling wood the
ballance cleaning out stables & raking leaves^etc

5 weather moderating halling wood &
sills etc for waggon House, malling etc

6th Malling Rails & cutting down corn
Stalks this morning, Mr. Lain framing
waggon shelter, weather fine & fair, -

13 this week burnt Plant Bed on Branch
above House striped Tobacco one day
malling Rails & Grubing on Johns Branch
Lila compla[in]ing & I [bleeding|[bled]] her Mr Lain
at work on waggon House & little house
this week — Pleasant putting latches on
Gates etc etc etc, no plowing down^{by us yet}

17 Sent waggon to mill 10½ Bushels corn
1 Log to be sawed into Railing 2 by
3 In. for yard & also 2 Bags seed Cotton
weighing 46 lbs 47 lbs 93 lbs^{bags in all}making new^{this day}ground fence

18 Striping Tobacco, Raining Mr Lain
at work in shop

19 striping Tobacco & prizing Lugs. nearly
done. Lady Jane Lame by a hurt.

20 Sent to Mr Lewis's to Roll Logs 2 hands
balance cutting in new ground & Piling wood,

20 Cloudy & Raining yesterday & to day
warranted E East JW this day

22 Haling Rails & fencing corn field

23 Same same & finished corn field^fence

24 began to Plow for corn in earnest

25. Plowing for corn ^{since we finished our fence}Fed malling

26. Plowing & malling & Pilling wood,

27 Raining this morning Fed shoemaking
Finished striping Tobacco this day
6 lambs to this day

March 1st Finished prizing Lugs Halling
wood & malling this day, weather cool
& windy