September 20, 1853 - October 7, 1853

1853 Sept 20th Nannie & Sallie gone to Mr F.
this morning in Rain
21st Cutting tops & working In Fodder to day

22, Henry gone to D P Millers to raise barn
make ready to cut tobacco worming & succoring third
Thirds Ground cloudy & like for Rain —

24 Began to Cut tobacco in new ground
Yesterday cutting to day & yesterday all
Finished Fodder except Tops fine weather

26. Housing^{new ground} Tobacco in Prize Barn Fair fine
weather, worming & succoring –

28th Peter Died yesterday Buck, Sometime ago
Brown another young steer sick with Postul
lost 8 Cows Heifers Steers etc- to this day
had to stop halling Rocks for under Pening
of Barn on a/c of Browns being sick
worming & succoring second yrs ground
Skinning Logs for Tren Poles in Barn gather=
=ing Peas Cotton etc etc

29th Raised Our prize Barn on Road Brown
Died, wormed & succored over thirds yrs ground

30 Lost 10 Head cattle in 12 months
all my work steers but one young one
Cutting Tobacco in Second yr ground to day
Some frost last night, one of our Hogs Dead
Ann & alse came to me yesterday morning
very soon to go with them home but
was raising my barn & Capt E. Fitzg went

Oct 7th We have stack Our Tops worming
& succoring Cutting & Housing Tobacco
we have filled prize Barn new Barn at
fresh ground & new Barn back of Garden
have Cut upwards of 3500 Stacks & a good
deal standing in Lot & fresh ground yet
wrote to Pallison Boxley this morning & sent to
Doct Whites Mill 10 Bushel Corn for meal
when Capt Fitzgerald carr^d Ann & alse home
arch ran away next morning