June 8 - 23, 1847

1847 June 8th Planted Lot this day
Plowing Potatoes Greens corn etc in garden
Cotton & Peas Patch this day & then for
corn field, all truck Patches wed

11th Finished planting Tobacco 10th yesterday
Plowing & weeding corn - drilled
This morning replanting Tobacco, fine
Rain last night ground quite wet
wheat & oats Greens & Potatoes look nice

12 Lady Jane takes the season, Plowing & weeding
flat Land Corn about this time very season
able weather 13th Rained again & it has
been Raining for most of June tho quite
moderate when not Raining we can
work the Land as yet somewhere

14th Replanted Lot & fresh ground Tobacco

15 Weather very cool indeed & fair
weeding & Plowing Johns field at this time
begin to Lay by fresh ground adjoining
new ground this day 2 Plows Lila & Henry

16 Weather cool & like for Rain finished
John’s field plowing second time
weeding corn yet, sewed Pea Patch
& in corn field.

17 Laying by fresh ground corn
& weeding corn 18 Finished fresh
ground 19th Harrowed branch &
weeding corn very seasonable

21. Replanted Tobacco choped bushes &
thined over fresh ground, - finished
weeding corn & began to weed Tobacco
in new ground - Hilling up greens

22nd Laying by drilled corn at home -
wed Johns branch Tobacco & Potatoes

23 Replanted branch Tobacco Laying by
corn, Fed gone after scythe & Cradle alse
to the shop etc etc etc etc