April 6, 1872 - April 13, 1872

6th April 1872 Finished Sewing Oats at last to day
shrubing & Plowing for Corn Mr Mattherly
Plowing for Corn again to day --

7th Raining this morning & rained nearly all night

8. Monday took down all our Lugs & second
rate in Barn back of Garden & old prize barn
& Pack them in bulk in old prize barn
& then it Rained & we went to Striping in
new Barn & till night Helped Mr Mattherly to
to Raise shed at Twelve Oclock

9th Tuesday went to Plowing Tommy with Bill
Andrew started to Plow with Molley for corn
& Sam Plowing for corn finished Mountain
field at night it rained several Showers
in the evening Jacob P Graves came down in
evening & we Set Out Willows Sent here by
Fannie Moses in Grave yard, Mattherly at
work on shed to day, This day I Turned my hogs
in wood Pasture fixed by myself Mr Lewis
& Mr Thos Wooding for our use, I had Gate
made on mountain I went up to mount
airy Mr Creasey paid me for 1 Bbl flour $8-
Ben & Lewis shrubbing for corn Turned in
woods 9 Hogs 4 sows will soon have Pigs
the old & 3 youn[g] one, Martin cow down
in Pond by Bars towards Edmonds they help
her up but she could not Stand up

10th Cool & windy this morning, clear & cool Mattherly
here at work on shed all Plowing & cleaning up for ^Corn

11th. All Plowing for corn & Sam Gilbert started
with steers this morning, little cloudy & cool Sam
Mattherly here Jointing shingles - for shed,

12 Mattherly here at work on Shed, Shingling
all will plow for corn this morning tolerably
clear this morning ^{Rained some to day about 12 Oclock}& moderate weather

13th Rained in night & this morning, Striping
Tobacco in new prize Barn weather moderate