December 17, 1860 - December 22, 1860

Decr 17. 1860
Corn Oats etc gone to day after corn
Mr Hubbards
Milly had a cow calf last night
all my Shoats up 2 Boars, gone
Bot 236 lbs Pork of Allen Scruggs @ $8½ pr 100 lbs.

18th Went down to aspen Grove, to see Hester
sick all day to day & left her sick, but
I thought about night she was a little
easier, made arrangements to Kill 11
Hogs down there, leave one, making
arrangements to Kill 2 Here, & may be
some I may buy tomorrow, Halled &
Cut & Malled wood to day,- cloudy & like
for falling weather, to night,-

19th. Killed our 2 Piggs here to day & Bot Two
out of drove for us & Killed them, Henry went
to mill this morning to Whiteheads carr^d 1 Turn
Corn 1 Turn wheat for negroes here & carried
1 Bus. wheat for Henry & Malissa, & 1 Bushel
wheat for Ben promised him for faithful
work with machine in fall when hired to me
he has gone down to aspen grove to
Kill 11 Hogs there & get overseer have his
but since night it has set in to raining
& we may not Kill there in morning
Jerry came here this morning & let him
have some ^sole leather for his shoes
Hester has got well I heard this morning
bot of Mr Williams my 2 hogs & 8 for
Mr Hunts plantation,-

20th. I went to Plantation & fixed every thing there
& 21st I went to CH.- Cut & Halled wood
cleaned out Hog pen & in evening halled
leaves

22 Returned from CH. Halling & cutting wood
Bob here to day - -

Decr 17. 1860
Corn Oats etc gone to day after corn
Mr Hubbards
Milly had a cow calf last night
all my Shoats up 2 Boars, gone
Bot 236 lbs Pork of Allen Scruggs @ $8½ pr 100 lbs.

18th Went down to aspen Grove, to see Hester
sick all day to day & left her sick, but
I thought about night she was a little
easier, made arrangements to Kill 11
Hogs down there, leave one, making
arrangements to Kill 2 Here, & may be
some I may buy tomorrow, Halled &
Cut & Malled wood to day,- cloudy & like
for falling weather, to night,-

19th. Killed our 2 Piggs here to day & Bot Two
out of drove for us & Killed them, Henry went
to mill this morning to Whiteheads carr^d 1 Turn
Corn 1 Turn wheat for negroes here & carried
1 Bus. wheat for Henry & Malissa, & 1 Bushel
wheat for Ben promised him for faithful
work with machine in fall when hired to me
he has gone down to aspen grove to
Kill 11 Hogs there & get overseer have his
but since night it has set in to raining
& we may not Kill there in morning
Jerry came here this morning & let him
have some ^sole leather for his shoes
Hester has got well I heard this morning
bot of Mr Williams my 2 hogs & 8 for
Mr Hunts plantation,-

20th. I went to Plantation & fixed every thing there
& 21st I went to CH.- Cut & Halled wood
cleaned out Hog pen & in evening halled
leaves

22 Returned from CH. Halling & cutting wood
Bob here to day - -