February 21, 1876 - February 28, 1876

1876 Feby 21st Cloudy & like for Snow
began to Rain about 1 oclock to day
only Sowed 1½ nearly ^{Bushels oats} Still cloudy

22nd. Feby my wifes birth day cloudy yet
Peter going after some corn yesterday
Come home yesterday & gone again this morning
Edmond cleaning up in his new ground

23rd Peter come home late last night got more
corn than he expected & had it ground at Yates
Mill Peter Plowing Tobacco Land with 2
Horses Edmond & his gang in his new ground
clear pretty morning for business

24th last evening blew hard & it was very
cold Jimmy halled wood last evening
this morning Peter & Edmd malling in
new grounds shrubing & cleaning up in
new ground, thermometer down to 22
Degrees Clear pretty morning, real winter

25. Weather moderate & fair we expect to
to go to Sewing oats after the Sun gets
up Peter burnt off his Broom Straw & Plowed
with 2 Horses, my sow Lady ^Wyatt took
=Boar this morning started to Sewing
=oats this day about 11 oclock 3 plows
very pretty even[in]g again Edmond Peter & Jim

26 Very pretty morning Edmd Peter & Jimmie
Sewing Oats Spring Oats next to old Orchard
down to flats all the Balance flats this
Side of Branch or Ditch & the other Side &
the other Side John's branch. - not Sewed

27. Cloudy this morning & weather moderate
we have been Sewing Oats 2 or 3 days --

28 Still cloudy & like for Rain Edmond
Peter & Wm sewing oats in John's field
Jimmy gone to Yates ^{he went to Millers} mill 2 Bus corn for
meal & 1½ Bus Shattered corn for chop for cows
corn for Edmond meal & he sent 3 or 4 ^Bushel wheat
all he has - clearing off weather moderate
Kate fixed the ground & we planted onions
Hauled up 1 stack oats to Sew