February 8, 1857 - February 13, 1857

1857 Feby 8th Rained this evening & turned
off Cool & windy & at night looks a
little like snow again, ^{some high banks left.}Snow nearly gone

9th Monday This Morning clear & cool quite
a fine morning Halling wood & straw
Malling in new ground & burning Brush
Kitty & little Cutting all Logs etc etc
Ground Cobbs & Corn this evening

10. Cutting old Logs Burning Brush
malling made fire under Planks etc,
Ground Hominey for Mrs Neal
Lent Mr Crews horse to go to Mill,
Fine weather this morning –
Cool & windy D^r White here & I settled with him
for Mr Neal & took in Bond & Saved Mr Neal
of the $30 to pay it off $8.92 - -etc not compounding

11th Cutting old Logs in new ground Malling
Pilling Brush Nannie & Jerry gone to Fannies
Sewed Balance Plant Bed at new ground
Burnt Soon after Christmas, - fine weather
Henry firing Plank, he is complaining,

12th Pretty morning Sandy malling Henry
sick. Jordan alse & Kitty halling leaves
this morning Federick claiborne & all the
others except Sandy fixing plant Bed
on Road next to Mr Lewis s after awhile
in morning - want to sew it to day & fence
it in with Guano, Jerry car^d cutting house key
away to Fannies,- etc —
Sewed Plant Bed & trenched it, Guanoed
want to fence & cover it in tomorrow.
Sewed Cabbage seed & lettuce & mustard

13. Fencing & covering Plant Bed this morning
Henry firing Plant. cloudy & like for Rain