May 19, 1858 - May 24, 1858

19th May Planting Tobacco at mountain this
morning, and it is still raining a little,-
cutting off new ground Hills at Crews to day
Lila helped planting Tobacco to day - Jacob got
collard plant, to day 12 Oclock Still raining ^{a little}
Mr Little tryed his machine to get shingles has proved
a failure & they have began to day rive & draw
having lost one or Two weeks projecting

20th Finished at Crews & this evening cutting off & Planting
Johns Branch, & will finish there early in the morning
If nothing happens then we will have planted near
50.000, being the hills we have made at this time
little getting shingles to day & Fletcher —
cleared of[f] windy & rather cool, —

21st Finished planting Tobacco at John’s Branch, & we have
finished planting our Hills made up to this day
Halling out manure & replanting Corn to day
We have fine Tobacco Plants this year,-
Very cool & windy Little & Fletcher getting shingles
My 4 Sows that has been missing so long has come
up & all got Pigs the 2 Black ones has got 8 a piece
the Black Spotted one only has 4 & the Brown one
has 8 making 28 in all, & a little Black sow got to
have Pigs yet,- all likely, only one calf this spring
Milly has a Heifer calf, – delivered Mr Faris
Tobacco House Key to Mr Pig to take down as
it sold to Mr Anderson for $8. pr 100 lb to be delv^d
soon 22nd replanting corn, Halling out manure

22nd wagggon & Cart & finished, did not get done
replanting corn, very cold weather at this time
I went to Jacobs & Johns to day —

23rd I went to S.S. to Sunday School & Mr
Anderson Preached for us,- quite cool & windy

24th whitsintide negroes working their Patches
etc 25th Harrow flat Land for Tobacco in Lot
then Beding for Tobacco after 12 Oclock