May 2, 1870 - May 10, 1870

1870 May 2 Planted about ½ my Garden in Greens
to day Planted some early York in there
3rd May Raining again this morning quite cool
tobacco not in order to strip Keatts fixed
plows made 2 Plow handles inpart Planked
Cart Body Sam fencing in morning &
in evening both halling rails Cart & waggon
Still Cloudy & like for rain

4th Cleaned off new ground & halled 2 Loads
Corded wood & then to Planting corn Bees swarm
I went to shop 1 H Hoe Rod for Dutch
Plow Pretty weather;

5 Plowing second years Land to day rained
at 12 oclock Grubbing & shrubing in new ground

6 Rained in evening fencing cleaning up
new ground little cloudy & like for rain

7 I went to meeting pretty day

8 I went to meeting Ed & Doron

9th Keatts Harrowing on Branch in Lot & has
broke the Harrow twice & done but little
he has got Bill to Harrow & Bed Lot
Clabe ditched for me below lot & ^{Charles Lovelace}
& I have made a bargain with Clabe
to clean out the Ditch below my spring
from lot fence down the branch to Mr
Lewis Lain^Line from a certain deep place
washed out in Ditch to Mr Lewis Lane I am
to find him & give him 5¢ a yard from that
up the way to Lot fence I am to find
him & give him 8¢ a yd & Claborn has
agreed to Hilled & have hilled my new
ground @75¢ a thousand hills to be made
good - he owes me 3/- now Sam is cutting
in new ground Nat Raking & cleaning up
this side of Ditch in new ground

10 sent after cotton seed to Yates Hired [?]
Planted some Corn Peas, Snaps, simblings
etc etc etc