Notes on Logs 1855-1856

1855 Augt 25th Sent 3. large Logs to Mr E Dews
Saw Mill to day - 2 for weather boarding
& 1 for Sheeting plank 2 . 12 feet long
& 1 Bigest 14 feet – Sent by waggon
Jordan carried 2 small ones 10 feet
long 1 short sheeting one for square Edge
plank - making 5 logs in all

Oct. Sent 2 to Yates saw mill one for
square edged Plank Inch thick
Sent to Yates 4 more Logs. 6 in all –

10th Sent one Log for sheeting to Ezekiel Dews
saw mill & got 150 feet square edged Plank

15 Sent another Log to mr Dews & got 150 or 60
feet Bark Edged sheeting

29th Sent 2 more Logs to Yates Saw mill for
Granary Shed floors for meal & flour

3rd Decr Cart Car^d one more for Hh^d staves
waggon Carr^d 2 more logs for Yates one
Long & 1 short ^{last Thursday} The one Carr^d this morning
to be sawed into Scantling 3 by 4 for
Tobacco House – – making 13 logs
up to this time - 4th waggon carried 2
long logs for Rafters etc for Tobacco. Cart
Carried 2 for making weather boarding
making 17. at Yates & 7 or 9 at Dews

5th Sent 2 more this morning 1 for Rafters
for tobacco House one for weather boarding

Feby 22 Carr^d this week to Yates 4 Large
Hart Logs for Paling Railings for garden

March 6 Burnt Plant Bed & sewed it on Road
p^t of it without burning, lower end, with
Guano alone, Plowing, & Covering all
my Beds with Brush at this time,-