April 20, 1870 - May 2, 1870

1870 April 20th Fencing & Halling Rails this morning
Plowing in evening Boys in new ground pretending
to pick up trash to day & tomorrow -

21st Same work as yesterday Richards boy gone
I went to CH 20th on acc^t of notice A J
Lewis's debt - Raining a little while I was gone not much
quite cool & ground full wet to Plow

22 Carried my cart to shop got tire put on new
wheels & Bands & paid $1.40 Plowing for Corn towards
orchard fine day now

23rd Listing fresh ground to day & bedding corn Land

24th Sunday beautifull day — & clear

25 Halled up Blade fodder this morning
Keatts Laying off to Plant Corn all day
began to Plant in fresh ground above granary

26th Keatts did not come at all this morning
my wife sick Hired Mary & Lucindy to Plant corn
snaps etc etc Set Nat to opening Beds finished
fresh ground Plants next by Black Smiths shop
then in Brick kiln cut Planted Snaps in Nannies
Garden simblings in corn field etc etc
Sam is planting corn too to day

27th Planting ^{Hired Mary Smith Lucinda her sister} corn & finished all the ground ready

28th I sent Keatts to Pannills Mill Whiteheads
2 Barrels for ourselves 1 turn for Keatts & 1 for Sam
Sam Plowing Bill Planting corn

29th Keatts got all corn ground & come home at
night brot 2 H. Hoes with him primas worked up 1
& got 3 more at shop to fix Rained very hard to
day thundered & lightened 2 or 3 times in evening

30. Cloudy this morning ground very wet
Mr Whitehead & me striped Tobacco & finished
old prize Barn Sam & his gang planting corn
to day turned a little cooler

May 1st 1870 Foggy & moderate this morning

—2 - Cloudy nearly all day fixing Garden by B[lack]
Smith shop Planted Garden by Smith shop planted
corn & Broom corn Tisbel s[?]king Peas etc