September 27, 1871 - October 4, 1871

1871 ^{Sept 27} Began to Cut Tobacco to day & Cutting
in New ground & Cut & Hung about 700 Sticks
Put at 3 Cart loads of mine in new prize barn
Hiram Wyatt & Wm Bailess Succored Tobacco from^till
12 Oclock ^tillnight for me & Martin

28 Hired Edmond Tucker Tom Lain & his 2 Daughters
Alice & Bettie Silvey & Parthena & paid them
for me & Martin Clear night last night
as Sorry days work for the hands as I ever had
Its quite Cool this morning & clear

29 Cutting & Hanging & Hauling & Placing in
Barn, got new prize Barn full placing
in old prize Barn 30th Soon [Iveson] is going
to Cure new ^prize Barn begins this morning

30th going to Cut Big Lot to day & done it
& filled old prize Barn & put some in boxes
back of Garden Some frost this morning
none to Bite much Parthena Hung Tobacco
3 days this week & I paid her weather ^weather more
moderate this night wind from South

Oct 1st Stayed^{smart frost Saturday} at home all day Sunday

2nd Fixed & Cleaned out old prize Barn
Carried some there to Barn back of Garden
then wormed & Succored Tobacco till night
Cloudy & like for Rain this evening
Scye Marshall hire to day

3. finished worming & Succoring Tobacco, Martin
Put out & went to Mill & took his Corn On his back
because I did not hunt up him & let him
know it when we have been talking about
it for 4 days & did send that morning

4 fixing Bars etc till 12 oclock then went
to Cutting Tobacco winding up in fresh ground
& new ground Doron Curing old prize barn
began^{Sam went after his meal & my flour–} Tuesday 12 Oclock the 3rd & expects to
finish this the 5th Oct 1871