July 15, 1875 - July 25, 1875

1875 July 15th Cleared of & pretty evening Edmd Tucker
come at 12 oclock to cut oats he cut about 3 hours
& it rained very hard washed away Bridges

16th. Fixed Bridges & opened wheat & oats too both
injuring ground very wet I went up to Mr
Laines rented to Booker Fitzgerald Strait Stone
plantation for $100 till 25th Decr 1876 as pr
Bond & agreement - fair day. I went to Mr
Farthings got Shoes he had to mend,

17 Edmond Hauling 1 Load leaves in Stables this
morning Ed & Jimmy went to Plowing - the others
not doing much grass taking my Garden &
some our Tobacco very warm weather

18th Sunday I went to Sunday School to day no
rain, but this evening it looks like it will rain
to nigh.t cloud rising now very warm indeed

19th. Did not rain last night Hauling up wheat
this morning Tom Laine here cutting & saving grass ^{a little cloudy}
Finished Hauling up white and now Hauling up
Oats to day first cut - cloudy but has not rained

20th Plowing Garden out to day & in Tobacco Lot
Did not rain last night & dont like rain now
Everything in Garden is ru away with grass
Raining this evening a little again cant
work the ground any where

21st Rained this morning very hard & Cloudy
al Sent Jimmy to Yates Mill 2 Bus corn for
meal for me & 2 Bags for Ed ground So wet
cant do any thing Ed is Hauling rails &
fencing around corn field -- & Cross fence
Mr Wm W Moses & Ed B Fitzgerald here to day

22nd Cloudy & like for rain Warm weather

23. Clear morning Jimmy Plowing in corn Ed
& Balance working in Tobacco weeding & Plowing
Mr Doron Hunt staid here all night rained in
the evening I went to Mount Airy

24. Clear pretty morning Ed & Jimmy plowing
corn Nanny & Wm finish working old field Did not

25 rather too poorly to go to Sunday School Rain