February 26, 1848 - March 9, 1848

1848 Feby 26th gone to mill ½ Bbl Buck
wheat & 2 Logs 1 for square Edged Plank
the other for Railing 2½ by 3 Inches.

27 Fair day & good weather for winter
my wife gone to Mrs Hunts etc etc

28 fencing Halling Rails at stony point

29 Rolled Logs Plowing & Raking leaves
in little new ground,

March 1st finished Rolling Logs with
our own force & began new ground fence

2nd This morning snowing, spining ^etc
Snowed all day, its now 4 or 5^deepInches
very disagreeable weather indeed

3rd Halled up stack Oats ^{this day} & seed Oats
a few days past - spining & shelling^corn
Hail & snow about 8 or 9 Inches Deep

4 Treading out^{2 stacks}seed Oats to day
Fed shoemaking. Lila & Jane spining
Sent 2 Horses to shop to be shod new
shoes before old ones nailed on behind
Fair day & moderate weather
snow melted but little yet, -
my wife been sick with toothacke|tooth]] ^{nearly all week}ache etc.
took Physic this morning

5 Cold & windy snow melts slow
Bled Malissa this morning

6 Sent Henry to Rice for molasses, Jane
& Lila spining. Fed shoemaking
ann spining. fine day over head

7. Burning Log in big new ground
fine day over head very sloppy.

8 Burning Log Heaps & halling wood

9 Raining this morning spining
& doing but little, - very
wet about this time, -