October 23, 1866 - October 29, 1866

[…] 23rd, Henry Digging Trough & firing
[…] little Henry plowing for wheat
[…] Cutting down Corn to sew wheat
Pulling fodder off Sorghem Seed
Beautifull weather I went to Carry Richard
Carry all to Yates for him to make shafts,

24th Turned out 10 Hogs of which there is 7
shoats 3 Sows including spade sow 1
Pig with that 1 there is 5 Pigs out in
woods & 3 or 4 in Pasture that I could
not get, the sow I got from Sallie
7 yearling Hogs has been out for
sometime 1 young sow & 1 Boar in
that number, - Large frost this morning
clear Beautiful weather
Plowing for wheat Henry cutting
wood, Ben picking out Cotton this
morning Billy came here yesterday
morning & at work on Cart Body

25 Henry Cutting & Halling wood little Plowing
in Lot ground we did not put in Tobacco
Billy getting Pieces for cart body & he helped
yesterday evening about Sugar Cane

26th Digging Sweet & Irish Potatoes & Begun
to Sew wheat in Lot yesterday evening
& sewing this morning - sewing Guano
first & then wheat Billy helped dig Potatoes
made about 12 or 15 Bus Sweet & 10 Bushels

27 Sewing wheat in Tobacco Lot

28th I went to Strait Stone no Preaching

29 Raining all day & towards night & in the
night very hard Jerry started to Court soon
with Bill Fanned out our wheat made 28
Bushels & divided it, & I give Henry 1 Bushel
of the Screan Shelled out 1 Hh^d full & 1 Barr.
Shelled Corn in Corn House & fixed up
for pulling Corn in got Large Box full shelled^Corn
2½ Bus Corn for meal for us 2½ Bushels for
old Henry 1 of which I Lent him, working on
Roads.