August 24, 1850 - September 7, 1850

1850 August 24th Choping in new ground - Henry
Plowing in big second yrs Land Tobacco

25th. Began to Rain last evening & last night it ^rainedtremen
=dous Hard, all night ground very wet, —

26 Henry gone to mill 2 Bus wheat
1 Bbl Corn, Fed & 2 Horses at Mr Lewis -
Balance worming & choping new^Tobacco ground
clear & little cool - wrote to Col
Smith to get Harry to work for me

27 clear pretty day. worming succoring & toping
new ground Tobacco, & big second yrs —
Fed & my 2 Black [horses] went to Mr Lewis yesterday
morning federick come back in evening & went
this morning

28 Fed Still at Mr Lewis worming & succoring^Tobacco
Toped all over yesterday & to day

29 getting up & Beeting apples this morning
Fed Still at Mr Lewis s about wheat & my horses

30 Hilling up big second yrs Land Tobacco

31 Hilling up D^o D^o D^o
cloudy & foggy this morning

Sept 1st Rained this evening warm

2. Rained very hard again last night
Sent 1 Bbl Corn to Mr Peake by Mr Fitzgerald
Toping worming & succoring Tobacco at new ground

3 Toping & succoring & worming Tobacco, -

4th. Sent waggon & Cart to saw mill & Grass mill
½ Bbl Corn for meal 1 Long Log for 1 Inch Plank & 1
for Hh^d Staves cloudy & like for Rain

5. Sent ½ Bbl corn & got 1 Bbl meal & carried 2
more Logs 1 Long & 1 short [This?] one for squared
edged the other for flooring — 10 Inches
cloudy & like for Rain finish hilling up big
Second years this & began to Pull fodder
in fresh ground corn, succoring new ground

6th worming & succoring new ground

7th same work Pull off boards on mountain
field Barn this day ——————