April 5, 1850 - April 15, 1850

1850 April 5th Crossing in new ground to day
Plowing for corn began to Hill
cloudy & like for falling weather

6 Rained stop us yesterday morning &
it Rained hard all day nearly.
shoemaking for F.W. & mending making
Basket spining & shelling corn quite cool
Raining again this morning & same sort^{work as yesterday}

7th My wife & myself went to Mrs Hunts & Mrs Colemans
Tolerable good day quite cool

8th Fencing this morning Picking ^PotatoesSweet
Sent Henry to mill 10 Bus. corn & about
2 Bushels wheat & to bring back Our Plank
Wrote to Mrs Mary P McCullock sent letter by him

9th Planted Sweet Potatoes on Hill yesterday
also snaps & corn. Plowing for corn
coltering in new ground, Fencing in ^morning
Coltering & Plowing this morning —
scattering Plaster on clover lot by Lilas
House, put on some in march & balance now
Expect to Hill to day in new ground
Put Plaster on Plant Beds to day —

10. Began to Rain last evening Have not
done much for a 2 weeks snow & Rain
Keeps the ground so wet, Halling Rails
& fencing to day some spining —

11th cloudy & like for Rain cutting up
on the Path for fire wood Henry halling wood
alse Picking leaves off Plant Beds at new ground
I went to Mrs McCullocks yesterday

12th & 13. Coltering Hilling Plowing for corn

15. went to Court. Coltering Hilling & Plowing
for corn began to lay off a little first
way to Plant corn.