August 7, 1857 - August 13, 1857

to get Her wheat next week If we
can, it has been raining nearly all this
week & to days is friday - desperate time
we have had this week -

7th August 1857 Sewed Turnip Patch
to day upper Corner summer Turnip
seed sewed & in Lot the 8th a few sewed
from Mr Yates,- Henry Sandy & Jordan

8th augt Toping Tobacco at Johns Branch
Finishing Hilling up new ground this
morning except a bottom too wet
Plowing & Hilling up fresh ground
next to Crews s fine weather clear
growing weather ground very wet.

9th Went to Sunday school no teacher there all gone
to Edge Hill about 18 or 30 scholars I stayed there till
12 Oclock Jennings Yates & Martha I. Dews taught

10th Tying up primings Plowing & Hilling up fresh
ground Tobacco next to Crews -. fine shower
rain yesterday Evening - very seasonable now &^{has been for sometime}
Corn very promising etc - Tobacco very sorry generally
we took our Honey last week very good
=Lila complaining last night & this morning sent for Mrs Neal
& she had a child a Girl sometime in the day

11th fine Rain last evening we are this
morning firing priminings cleaning out new
new Barn & then Plowing & Hilling up fresh
ground next to Crews & finished in the
evening near night, Plowed in Lot till night

12th This morning toping & succoring Tobacco
clear last night & this morning very seasonable
weather, Sent Abram to Fannies this morning
to see about machining wheat etc.

13th worked on road to day Grubing on branch
By spring got up a few apples