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1876 May 6th Peter Planting in fresh field
yet & will get down in that field this morning
& then he will only have ½ only of the fresh ^{field above the granary}
last night & this morning the first night &
morning that is warm & Beautiful for a
long time for every thing to grow.
Edmond & Peter Come into fresh ground
above Granary Listing & then planting
that monday If providence permits

7 Sunday clear soon in the morning
cloudied up & looked likely for rain.

8th. Monday cloudy some but no rain yet
Edmond & Peter fixing fresh ground & above
Road to Plant Corn, cloud & warm at night

9th. Rained moderately about all night
& Raining this morning not done planting
corn yet. took my Creek Tobacco & that came
from Lowrys of the good, & mine from Creek
Down in Bulk on Sticks -- this morning
Tobacco plants very sorry flies nearly eat them
up Stop raining about 12 oclock

10th May Picked & cleaned plant Beds Striped
Tobacco awhile manured them with Guano & Hog
Bed dust Edmond & Jimmy plant corn in fresh
ground this evening wind blew very hard to day
Peter finished Bedding in fresh ground Jimmy
Edmond is planting Mrs Harvey sent for some ^{alecampaign[?]}
Very cool this evening, & windy N.

11th. Plowing for Greens etc etc Peter & Edm^d both
Nannie & me went to W^m Moses to day

12 Edm^d cleaning up in our field this morning
Peter planting corn this morning
Clear day & cool Nannie Dews at
work in Garden fixing to plant Cabbage Plants
Tomatoe Cucumber cimbling Pumpkins both sorts
Corn & snaps both etc etc etc Nannie D. Planted
the above in Garden yesterday & this morning

13th. Peter finished planting yesterday. Edm^d
finishing, not much ^rain last night, warm this
morning, Planting cotton etc this morning

1876 May 6^th Peter Planting in fresh field

yet & will get down in that field this morning

& then he will only have 1/2 ^{field above the [grainery?]} only of the [fryb?]

last night & this morning The first night &

morning that is warm & Beautiful for a

long time for every thing to grow.

Edmond & Peter come into fresh ground

above Granary Listing & then planting

that Monday If providence permits.

Sunday clear soon in the morning

cloudied up & looked likely for rain.

8^th Monday cloudy some but no rain yet

Edmond & Peter fixing fresh ground & above

Road to Plant Corn, cloud & warm at night.

9^th Rained moderately about all night

& Raining this morning. Not done planting

corn yet. Took my [Couk?] Tobacco & that came

from [Sowings?] of the good, & [mi?] from [Cou?]

Down in Bulk on Sticks -- This morning.

Tobacco plants very sorry flies nearly eat them

up. Stop raining about 12 oclock

10^th May. Picked & cleaned plant Beds Striped

Tobacco awhile manured them with Guano & Hog

Bed [dust?]. Edmond & [Jeremia?] plant corn in fresh

ground this evening wind blew very hard to day.

Peter finished Bedding in fresh ground. [January?] _{[ale__pailyn?]}

Edmond is planting Mrs Harvey sent for some

Very cool this evening, & windy N.

11^thPlowing for Greens &c &c Peter & Edm^d both,

Nannie & me went to W^m Moses to day.

12 Edm^d. cleaning up in our field this mornin[g?]

Peter planting corn this morning.

Clear day & cool Nannie [Dews?] at

work in Garden fixing to plant Cabbage Plants

Tomatoe Cucumber [Cimbling?] Pumpkins both sorts

Corn & snaps both &c &c &c Nannie D. Planted

the above in Garden yesterday & this morning.

13^th Peter finished planting yesterday. Edm^d

finishing, not much /^rain last night,. Warm this

morning, Planting cotton &c this morning