November 26, 1852 - January 5, 1853

1852 Novr 26 Raining all day striping Tobacco
Federick gone to mill 5 Bus. Corn 3 Bush. wheat
alse malissa & Kitty spining – weather moderate

Decr 2nd Finished shucking all our branch
Corn & old Land Have all the fresh
Land where we sewed wheat here at home
to get up now fine weather for it

3rd Raining this morning & Turned Cooler
making Baskets & shoeing making –

4 Halled up wood & Housed Corn in evening
moderate clear day - 5 went to S.S. M House to
hear Br. McLaughlin ¬

6 Killed 2 Hogs this morning. Pulling off
Corn & Halling up, Fair moderate day

7 Halling up Corn in the evening clouded up
& Rained a little so that we shucked no corn

8. clear fine morning, sent Fed to Mill
5 Bus. Corn & 2½ Bus wheat for J. Tucker
Trying to finish Halling up corn this morning
then for shucking & Housing —

16th Finished Our Corn last monday & this day
its raining last night it Hailed quite
cool Cut & Halled wood yesterday,- to day
we are shoeing making Baskets etc etc

21st Finished Halling stalks next to orchard &
sewed the wheat there & next to [illegible] clearing
cloudy & Raining this day. we are striping tobacco
weather warm; not quite done Grubbing this side of
branch where we are clearing —

22nd Grubbing & Cutting, Finishing sewing wheat where
stacks is in field, but not finished halling stalks
Jacob & Lowry halled wood for Mr Neal ½ day

5th Kill our Hogs 3 or 4 days ago -
It has been Raining nearly all this^week only
clear 1 day last monday very wet time indeed
Have not seen the sun for several days

1853
Jany 5. It has been raining most all this X
& one or Two Jany came in & night before last
it rained & snowed very bad night Henry
sick all this week & all have bad colds etc.