April 22, 1851 - May 3, 1851

1851 April 22nd Halling wood cart & waggon
cleaning up fresh ground on mountain
no frost to hurt any thing, this morning

23. Hilling in new ground from 10 Oclock
till night, Sent to Mill this morning
1 ½ Bbls Corn, Hilling in new ground
Henry going to Sew Oats where we intended for
flax & then Break some Land which has
been too wet for Corn, overseer & myself
making draw Bars – – –
weather more moderate & no rain yet,

24th went to Mrs McCullocks Set up ^{Tobacco Hdds this day} 2 ^Hdds
Hilling coltering finished sewing oats on Branch
where we intended to put flax Harrowing Corn
Set up One Tobacco Hh^d for ourselves

25 Coltering Hilling Harrowing corn, prizing
Our Second rate Tobacco - fine weather

26th Harrowing Corn coltering Hillling new
ground, setting up Bars,- manured Plant Beds
weather very dry & warm – about this time

27th went to meeting at St. Andrews clear fine day
coltering & Hilling in new ground, Henry

29th Finished Harrowing mountain field coltering
& Hilling in new ground

30 Planted 2 squares greens in our garden
Prizing our Second rate Tobacco –
a Fine Rain this evening taking down
Tobacco at Mrs McC, & Packing etc etc

May 1st Prizing Tobacco fencing shelling Corn
etc Shoemaking etc — very cook, fencing
& Halling Rails more than ½ the day –

2. Fixing cotton & Pea ground, coltering
& Hilling in new ground weather very cool
Planting Cotton Peas watermellons cucumber
simbling seed etc,- etc - mrs mcCullocks

3rd Coltering & Hilling in new ground, went to
Henry Coltering Second years new ground —
at mountain field