October 2, 1867 - October 12, 1867

1867 Oct 2nd Real pretty day Cutting Tobacc[o …]
yesterday & to day Stacking Blade fodder & shocking
Tops not quite done Cutting tops Lucy Dan^l here

3rd Finished Cutting & shocking tops this morning
then cutting over fresh ground Tobacco Dan^l
here to day & left, ^{I paid him for 6 days} did finish halling & hanging
fresh ground Tobacco

4th. misting rain a little this morning
Finished halling up hanging got little over
a Thousand Sticks, Tobacco did not hurt at all
new prize barn not quite full We shall
Cut some mon If it clears off, Halling
Stumps wood etc, we have save all of
Our Blade fodder put up 8 stacks with 2
small ones they are not so good

5 Shucking Corn till 12 Oclock & then worming
& succorring Lot Tobacco, - Mr Dalton firing new
prize Barn Tobacco - pretty rain last night

6th. Firing Tobacco, not right but bound to do it

7th Cutting Tobacco all day & finished Mr Dalton
helped I minded tobacco House.

8. Halled wood gathered Snaps Peas etc Mr
Firing Tobacco Frost this 2 morning

9th. Finished firing new prize barn Hanging Tobacco
every where it is & Housing

10th. Halling in Tobacco out of Lot & fresh
ground Helped Richard for Aaron to work for
me 1 day We have filled old prize Barn
put South Room of Barn full of old prize
Barn of Dennis & aarons Tobacco we halled
& Housed it, - then all hung for them till near
4 oclock in evening & then fixed to stack
our Tops Billy here this day but done nothing

11th Pilling our Tops to stack Dan^l here
this morning & Lucy weather moderate
Finished stacking Tops really good Dan^l worked
here old Billy here to day fixing Baskets

12 Halled wood & helped Richard for Aaron
to work on my waggon & split Timber
for fellows & spokes fine weather