May 2, 1855 - May 14, 1855

1855 april 27th not quite done Halling out manure
putting ashes Plaster etc on Plant Beds etc
Jordan gone to mill this morning after
meal coltering & Hilling at stony point

2nd May 1855 We have been hilling second yrs
Land at stony pint Coltering at Johns branch
& laying off Prized Two Hogh^d Lugs
nearly done, all the Lugs - manured Plant
Beds except on Mountain,= expect to finish
at Stony pint to day –

4 Fine Rain, Sold T W anderson my Crop
Tobacco made 1854 for $8½ Round; 2
Hd^ds Lugs prized & delr^d, the weights we are
to be governed by in Rich^d, –
Hilling on Johns Branch, Car^d 2 Hh^d
Lugs to Riceville yesterday Fed sho[e]
mending for Mary Hunt, taking down
all our Second quality Tobacco this
morning, Beding for Cotton etc etc

5 Bedding & Planting Cotton Irish Potatoe
Patch by spring, Peas water mellons Pump
kin Patch Cucumbers musmelons cucumber
etc Hilling on Johns branch Beding
on Branch for Tobacco quite Cool this
night, uncovered our Plant Beds, etc ¬–
Planted 2 squares Greens etc etc
Halled up last stack Oats –

12- Finished Hilling on Friday & Began to Plow
& weeding Corn done weeding & Plowing all
the flat Land went to Lynchg past week
Mr Fitzgerald done to Richm^d to see
a Doctor on a/c of his situation

14 Plowing & weeding corn & replanting as
as we go, very dry weather Corn & every thing
comes up badly –