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most of all with regards kiss all the children for me
Your sister as ever

Missouria E McFarland

Bleakwood Texas June 15th 18th/85

Mrs C. C. Russell

Dear Sister

As usual I am slow and due you
an apology. I have to work so hard
these scarce times that I dont get time to write
I am too tired at dinner of Sundays
too lazy.

I have a very good crop of all kinds,
Potatos corn oats cotton & watermelons the
garden is good. My pea crop is too young
to tell much about it yet, but I havent
had any rain for near 4 weeks except
a very light shower about a week ago. if the
rain dont come in a very few days the
whole crop will be cut off again. if the
people fail this year in a crop. I
dont think they can live without selling
their property, which they would likely have
to sell very low. Jesse Lee is helping some
people that cant do any way. and that
is near all within 6 or 8 miles all around him
the City Merchant that can help the people at all
if it was not for him near all farmers around
here could not have made a crop this year.
Missouri called me to assist her in some of
her lyes that she expects to use in geting soap
she says that soap made of lye from ashes is
much better and cheaper and goes farther than soap
made of other lye, but as I started to say I
got off and it is now 24 hours later in the
year. Thomas Houghes was here yesterday, he is
just from Jasper county, says they are very lazy over there