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Mt. Airy Dec. 23rd 1882
Our Christmas Club organized with
Samuel Hopkins as foreman, 16 members
were present, and with 9 of our hosts
friends and relatives present as guests, we
had a large & lively meeting . ---
Wm S . Brooke was the only member absent. --
A short walk was taken, the main object
being to select a good site for a barn.
After reading the minutes, the Secty.
notified the Club that this was the proper
time to select a secty. for the ensueing year,
Wm W. Moore volunteered to serve for 1883
without compensation.
The crop report was given in to enable
the Secty. to make up his report for the
Farmers convention . ----
The Club raised 1882
4445 bb[ls?]. of corn, on 503 acres, 8 82/100 bbls.peracre
17541 bus. of wheat, " 652 " 26 9/10 bus. " "
18640 " " Potatoes " 137 " 136 " " "
827 tons of Hay " 530 " 1 56/100 tons " "
1423 bus. " Oats " 48 " 29 2/3 bus. " "
1510 bus . " Rye " 59 3/4 " 25 1/6 " " "
228 hogs , weighed " 38413 lbs. average 168 1/2 lbs.
124 Cattle fattened & sold for $ 6029. ---
Three members sold the product of 50 cows for $ 4605.---
T. J. Lea sold 200 pigs and shoats, mostly thoroughbred
Wm S. Brooke sold 500 fat Cattle, 275
Stock Cattle, 600 fat sheep , 700 stock sheep. --
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On line 1, # '136' is stamped in the color charcoal grey on the upper right-hand corner of the page.
In line 2, there are two small marks that lie side by side on the line under the superscript.
These marks resemble periods, single quotation marks, double quotation marks, or even mini dashes, for the most part.
These marks will be present under all superscripts.
In line 3, the line after the last word in the sentence 'absent' is about 1/8 off the bottom of the line and is unbroken.
This also occurs in lines 8,18,27,28 and 31. These lines can be straight or start straight, slope some, and even hook at the end. Some resemble a Nike swoosh. The lines are drawn after the end of a sentence. Occasionally there will be just one dash, which would not appear in the lines noted here.
In line 20, '82/100', the '82' is over the '100' with a horizontal line separating them. The same with '56/100' in line 23. The same with '2/3' in line 24. The same with '1/2' in line 26.
In lines 21-25, all the double quotation marks are located just above the bottom line. I have aligned the natural rows as seen on the page.
In line 24, The word 'Rye' appears to have been overwritten by the word 'Oats'. I did not use the del or add dialog boxes because it would have messed up the continuity of the writer's chart. Let me know if this was the correct way to go about this situation.