October 19, 1875 - October 26, 1875

1875 Oct 19 I have made a contract with
Ed Dews to live with me 1876 to work as
I want him on the Same as in 1875 except he
is only to have Shucks for 1 cow & yearly & I
If dont get another hand I am to have
the rails malled around the field & he is
to hall them & put them up & cut above
the new Barn & cutting for wood & mall the
railes & wood & get up that p^s for Tobacco

19th Fencing Edmd & Toby that ought to have been
done 6 months ago, next to Mr Lewis's meeting
still going on at Strait Stone & Baptising ^{to day}
made farm Pen fence up this evening, Edmd
Tucker & son Edmd Hauled up my corn ½ day -
to shuck pen Lot cleared off this evening

20 Plowing & sewing wheat & nearly

21st Finished sewing wheat & sewed 15 Bus.
what we sewed last year, Nannie Dews pulling
corn for me to day - lent Jorden my
cart 19 & 20 to hauled up Logs for his Hosue
broke off the nose p^s & Box Loose, -
Beautifull weather at this time - weaned
Nellys' Colt very easy got up 18 shoats to
alter & Keep them out of the corn field they
took to the corn field some time ago

22 Edmd Jimmie Nannie & Wm & are helping me
Pulling off corn shucking & Housing my ^corn

23 Hauling Leaves getting wood etc to day
I went to Mount Airy yesterday clear weather

24 I went to S. S. Prayer Meeting ^{not many out}to day

25 Edmd Dews began to get up Corn fine clear
weather finishing mine last week made 6½ Bbls
& 1 Stalk fodder good warm weather Geo
Patrick is to live with Jorden Graves at Mount
=ain Spring made Grape wine to day

26. Pulling & Hauling corn this side of branch
Ed Wright & Geo come to get Slabs for Shop