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Diary of Jeremiah White Graves, Volume 3, Book 3
April 2, 1872 - April 5, 1872
1872 April 2nd Ben went to Mill for me & carried 1 Barrel Corn for meal carried Turn for Sam & Turn for Martin Smith. Andrew & Lewis Cleaning up corners of fence round Corn field on mountain & Did not get done Richard Whitehead here to day, Sam Mattherly here at work on Granary shed, -- my Hogs are doing well Mr Moses altered last Saturday -& fence nearly done on mountain & Gate up Clear beautiful day
3. Plowing for Corn Sam & Tommy Ben Andrew & Lewis shrubbing mountain field. Sam went there to Plow near night
4 Sam Halling rails around Corn field fence by Owens Barn & Bars. Andrew helped him finished by 12 oclock & went to shrubing by Owens Barn him & Lewis Andrew shrubing this side where Oats was stacked -Tommy Coltered Paths in field & Coltered Some Wet Places in end of field above Granary but did get done I let Edmond have some Manure out of my Stable for Hot Bed & let me have about 1 pick Red sweet Potatoes & Frances & me Turned in & made Our Hot Bed & Martha Edmond wifes helped us & we planted them this evening, Bend[Ben] plowing over on mountain, Mattherly here to day to day at work on Shed, pretty day one of my Hogs Spayed with Pigs I think is Dead I have not seen her for 2 days
5. Mr Mattherly Plowing Bill in Corn field for Corn Broke the plow he had to day the handle Tom & Ben throwing down Beds for oats Sewed 5 Bushels next to John's spring got more to sew & Bushel in morning Sam & Lewis & Andrew shrubing for Corn, pretty day rather bad days work for we could not all along brow broke back [indecipherable] band