Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

June 1st Finished Thining corn yesterday except some drill Corn in bottoms & on branch Planted Tomatoe Peach screan & Goards ^hill on to day replanting tobacco in new ground weeding Corn & shearing sheep fine Growing weather. ground very wet

2nd Ground very wet Rained last evening Henry returned from Lynchg for Mr Lewis last night in 3 days, - we are this morning spining making Bars. shoemaking & then for finishing shearing our sheep marking & cutting our Lambs & Planting Tobacco - done our new ground Hills except, ^{100 Hills}about Planted little second years ground Plants are small

4th Plowing & weeding corn to day, weather warm & seasonable fine growing time

5. Plowing & weeding^{by middle Barn} Corn Halling out manure on Tobacco Lot clear day Went to Mr Hodnetts & Mrs McCullocks

6 Finished last evening Plowing by middle barn Weeding there & Harrowing this morning Plowing fresh ground next to orchard. Covering potatoes & corn on Hill Halling out manure again to day cloudy — Sent Bit & calf to Mrs Colemans & 3 of hers is in my pasture

7 Planted fresh ground with plants from Bro Sampson, starting to fix lot & began to Rain & stop us sent for plants to Plant it

8 Beding & Planting Lot to day -^wetground Finished planting all except 6 Or. 8000 on branch fine season clear fine weather —

9th Plowing & weeding corn, this day over^nearlyonce

10. Rained this evening hard shower

11. Plowing corn over once weeding corn by^barn middle nearly done.