March 31, 1849 - April 6, 1849

1849
march 31st. I went to Mrs Lovelaces Coltering Raking
Sewed flax Patch & Sewing Oats, fine day

Aprl 1 A little cloudy but fine weather
Bit Had a Bull Calf 29th or 30 march

2nd Red Cow Called Rose had a cow calf
this day or night, - fine weather
Halling Barn Lugs out of new ground
coltering & Raking. Plowing for Oats
& sew flat above House ——

3. Henry gone to mill with Large
Log for Paling & Hh^ds stairs & ^{off side}Plank
to Doct Millers mill, carried
7½ Bus. Corn for meal 3 Bus for
chop also 1 Bus for A Neale &
a peck for abram Bushing in
Oats back of Garden, Raking
nearly done, Fed croping little^groundnew
Planted ^ButterBeans Snaps & Simblings
Still fine weather, & clear

4 Laying off drill corn to Bed
Finished sewing Oats about upwards
of 30 Bushels - Lila Plowing for Corn

5 Taking middle House good
Tobacco, - to prize, down
Finished prizing Lugs & put under a Hh^d
good Tobacco out of middle Barn -
Halling out manure on Sweet Potatoe Patch

6 Hilling & Coltering nearly done Hilling
little new ground & coltering one way big
new ground Plowing for Corn & fixing
Sweet Potatoe Patch by prize Barn