April 2, 1872 - April 5, 1872

1872 April 2nd Ben went to Mill for me & carried
1 Barrel Corn for meal carried Turn for Sam
& Turn for Martin Smith. Andrew & Lewis
Cleaning up corners of fence round Corn field
on mountain & Did not get done
Richard Whitehead here to day, Sam Mattherly
here at work on Granary shed, -- my Hogs are
doing well Mr Moses altered last Saturday --
& fence nearly done on mountain & Gate up
Clear beautiful day

3. Plowing for Corn Sam & Tommy Ben Andrew
& Lewis shrubbing mountain field. Sam went there
to Plow near night

4 Sam Halling rails around Corn field fence
by Owens Barn & Bars. Andrew helped him
finished by 12 oclock & went to shrubing by
Owens Barn him & Lewis Andrew shrubing
this side where Oats was stacked --
Tommy Coltered Paths in field & Coltered Some
Wet Places in end of field above Granary
but did get done I let Edmond have some
Manure out of my Stable for Hot Bed & let
me have about 1 pick Red sweet Potatoes &
Frances & me Turned in & made Our Hot
Bed & Martha Edmond wifes helped us &
we planted them this evening, Bend[Ben] plowing
over on mountain, Mattherly here to day
to day at work on Shed, pretty day
one of my Hogs Spayed with Pigs I think is
Dead I have not seen her for 2 days

5. Mr Mattherly Plowing Bill in Corn field for Corn
Broke the plow he had to day the handle
Tom & Ben throwing down Beds for oats Sewed
5 Bushels next to John's spring got more to
sew & Bushel in morning Sam & Lewis &
Andrew shrubing for Corn, pretty day rather
bad days work for we could not all along
brow broke back [indecipherable] band