March 28, 1872 - April 2, 1872

1872 Thursday 28 March Halled Up Sills Plates &
Corner Posts & Rocks to go under Shed. Tommy gone
to old place after Stack Oats to Sew. Sent 1 Bbl flour ^{to Gus Creasy Mt Airy}
Lowry malling, flour $8.00.

29th Sewed some Oats after thrashing them this morning
the Stack got from Bro. Hunts place got out 10 or 12
Bushels Sam Sewing Oats Andrew & Lewis Cleaning
Corners of ps next to Stoney pint. Lowry finished
Malling rails round Corn field fence Halled manure
for Irish Potatoes & Halled 2 Loads leaves we planted
Irish Potatoes by Hog pen & towards Mrs Wyatts
evening planted near 1 Bushel etc, Tommy helped
Mr Mattherly some to day clear pretty day the
Warmest We have had in this month Mr Mattherly
has been here to day working on shed --

30th Tommy & Sam Sewing Oats Tommy Plowing
for Sam most of this day Ben Andrew & Lewis
Cleaning up corner fence next to old Edmonds
beyond the Bars put up my Hogs to alter to day
Lowry got my Bull & Carried him home to Broke
this morning pr agreements.

31st March 1872 This day it rained twice & Thundered
& the wind blew hard and some said it hailed
a little, Jerry & Mr Moses here Mr Moses Spayed
3 of my Big shoats in field cut & marked the
3 bigest shoats here at house, & Cut & marked
all the boars the Sows rather Small to Spay --

April 1st quite cool this morning & Clear Easter Holliday
" Martin got Molly & Plows to Plow to day —
gives me 2 days work himself

" 2nd Sam finished sewing Oats to day —
sewed 11 Bushels in Johns' field
I sewed myself 15 Bushels in all not done yet
Sam Owes nearly 2 days plowing Sewing out
Sam Plowing for Corn Tommy plowing for
Irish Potatoes Edmond made Gates & put it
up on mountaing & fixed it