April 6, 1858 - April 12, 1858

1858 april 6th Jordan Croping new ground
at Crews & Began to make Hills late
this evening, fixing Plows & halving hoes etc.
Mr Forest has come up & agreed to take
$30, too Boot between Netty & his mule which
is made, & have only give him my note
for $30 & let him have Netty & I am [a]foot
still, Fine weather about this time,-

7th Sewing Oats at Crews to day, crossing new
ground Crews cleared, & Hilling same —

8th Finished Sewing Oats 10th Oclock to day
Jordan Coltering Plowing Tobacco Land at
Crews Hilling Crews last years clearing &
Plowing overseers Potatoe Patch etc
Hitched Jenny my oldest ^^mule to Plow to day
& she done remarkable well,- Began to Rain
about 10 Oclock &

9th Sent to shop 2 pr traces to make a little longer
p^s chain Sent to do it colter to pint 2 H Hoes
to Lay swingletree & old Irons to Iron it sent
for 2 back band hooks & bands to Iron Jerrys
waggon wheels etc etc 4 Bushels Corn & 2 for overseer
& 1 Log for Hh^d staves by Jordan
watching Logs Heaps striping Tobacco etc
Jacobs mule got out of the stable & went down
to Mr Forest, Jacob went after him - got 2
Bushels Oats more Haller & mule Bet etc

10th Plowing for Corn Beding Jordan & Buck
Halling up fodder 2 stacks Balance Hilling
at Crews’s to day fine weather

11th Fine day meeting at Straigtstone

12th cloudied up last evening & Rained
nearly all night hard striping Tobacco
Forking up manure in Cow pen this morning
Raining all day nearly hard quite cool