March 10-24, 1848

1848
March 10 Cleared off this morning
Halling wood & leaves & burning
Log Heaps cool weather, - no Oats
seeded yet. Snow & Hail nearly gone
Sent Henry to mill 1 Log to be ¾ square
edged plank 2 Turns corn & 1 of wheat
& to get 1 Turn chop been there for sometime

11. fencing raking & burning leaves

12 fine day but very windy - fire
got out of our new ground ^{no damage} this day

13. Plowing Cleaning up new ground

14. Plowing etc 15 began at 12 oclock
15. to colter little new ground 2 [cotters?]
also to sew Oats in Johns field

16 Collering in new ground cutting down
corn stalks, ground hard frozen, sewing
Oats from 12 oclock again,
fair & Cold weather

17 began to make Tobacco Hills
crossing little new ground & ^Oats sewing

18 sewing Oats Hilling & crossing
new ground weather more moderate
sewed all my plant Beds over
this morning ———

19. cloudy & Raining a little,

20 Started to Lynchg & had a wet
time of it sold sold Lugs for $3.⁵⁰
Hilling all time we were gone

23 returned being gone 4 days

24 Hilling & Plowing to day
cloudy & like for Rain