July 22, 1849 - July 30, 1849

22nd clear & cool dry weather

23 Halling out manure on Turnip Patch
Finished Hilling new ground & second yrs
Land & Hilling up Lots = Planted snaps on
Hill last Saturday - Weather clear & dry
My wife & children gone to Mrs Hunts to see
the Charlotte Poeple etc.

24 Hilling up Branch Tobacco & also ^newlot
Stacking Oats this morning - clear & fair
Catharine S. starts to Mrs Walkups school
at $1½ pr month say for every 20th days ^goesshe

25. Raining this morning began Just before day
then Rfull for it. very much needed.
Spining & shelling Corn Mr Myers here
nearly finished working with hay yesterday both lots
Stacked Our Oats yesterday light Crop

21 Rained another shower last evening
Toped over our Tobacco yesterday &
wormed it over Thinning corn last
evening & this morning, sent for waggon
at shop Plowing Turnip Patch & Part of
Pea Patch on Branch - cloudy like^Rain for

27 ^{Halling Logs for Barn & shrubing for corn} began to clean up on Johns branch
This morning alse ann, Lila cutting down
beans, yesterday we Harrowed our
cotton & finished putting little dirt to our
Lot Tobacco Halling Logs & shrubing in fresh
ground Fed & Jane cloudy & like for rain

28. Raining a little this morning, worming
Lots this morning - Raining finely to day —
cleaning up on Johns branch. Lila alse
& ann - Jordan & Lowry choping in corn

29th went to Mr McCullocks funeral to day
pd Lewis $5 Rec^d Rob^l for 1 pr old [?eg] wheels

30. Cutting Logs & Halling for Barn, & cleaning
up on Johns Branch, - fine weather,