February 23, 1854 - March 14, 1854

23rd Febr 1854 Fencing around fresh field part
of Our Hands Fed Sandy & Jordan malling
Henry gone to Farris’s mill 15 Bushels wheat
for flour & 6 Bushels Corn for meal —
& 2 Bags Cotton to Pick etc etc —
Fine weather about this time,-

24 Sent to Roll Logs at E G L. Plowing
malling & halling wood, -

25 Plowing Halling wood for Mr Neal
½ day & Rails round Corn field malling
& fencing etc etc

26 Rained all day long nearly Thundered
quite hard & longer Branches very high
Halling leaves waggon & Cart. Fed Sandy
²⁷& Jacob malling Balance with clem Raking
leaves this morning clear & moderate

28 Henry is to go to CH to day for Mr Ja^s P.
Lewis to carry the Miss Lewis up there
Cutting & Plowing, Halled out straw

⁼¹⁸⁵⁴March 1st A Beautiful day Sandy Plowing Jordan
Halling wood with cart making a part of
our new ground fence Jacob & Fed malling

9th Sent to Mill Millers 6 Bushels Corn
for meal. finished striping new Barn back
Barn Garden

11 Plowed for Cotton & in garden sandy
for corn Halling up Oats to sew Halled
manure to Plant Beds & manured Beds
on branch above House & at mountain
My Dear Nannie Jere & Sallie gone to Mr
Fitzgeralds to day, Rolled Logs yesterday
to day Fed malling & chinking Log
Heaps – turned cooler to day —

13 Trod out Oats to Sew Laid the balance
of fence at new ground & making of it
Jordan & Sandy Plowed for Corn clear fine day
= Fed malling in new ground wood & Rails

14 Began to Sew Oats 3 Plows Henry halling
Rails balance fencing malling etc.