April 3 - 26, 1847

3rd April 1847 Finished this morning
Sewing Oats coltering & Hilling &
Plowing for corn — — —
Sewed flax Seed On Branch this day

4. Sunday like for Rain

5. Easter went to Republican

6. Plowing for corn^{& Potatoes}& Hilling

7 Planted Sweet & Irish Potatoes & Garden^Peas
back of Garden -

15 Rained yesterday morning & last
night a little, planted corn in garden Snaps
Beets etc about 1st Ap^l
Mouse & Pink had their calves about 12th
Lilas Leg sealed about 8 Inst., —
planted water melon seed in Sweet
Potatoe Patch - 16 Fine Rain yesterday

16 Packing Tobacco, etc etc

17 Turned off cool & we commenced on
yesterday 16 to plant corn in fresh ground
& finished that p^t this evening, -

18 Fair & cool 19. Cloudy & cool
planting corn below barn in big field

19 Laying off corn ground & collering &
Halling in new ground

20 Same work 21st began to Plant corn
at 12 Oclock Finished breaking corn
ground 20th - 22nd Planting corn in
big field - Johns, - Tobacco plants small

23. Planting corn etc weather dry

24th Rained a little last night, nearly
done planting Johns field - uncovered
little plant Bed above House, -

25 fair day, cool weather
Finished planting corn except flat^Land
26 Beding flat ground & cleaning
up on Branch, alse & Jane Hilling
in new ground