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1873 Feby 19th Edmond Ditching my new ground
he has been 3 days to day & Sam has Son with
him yesterday & to day making 2 for Sam &
finished this evening --
20th Sent my waggon to Yates Mill 12 Bus wheat
for flour to be Bbl up & sold
making 16 Bus for the last 3 Bbls to be made
Kit Hauled leaves on my stables after
he came home from Mill & Hauled leaves
on Tobacco Lot till night & it began to
Rained the Blessed night, & cloudy this
21st day of Feby 1873 Kits hands all but
himself has been gone to Mr Hubbards all this
week striping Tobacco &C still like for Rain
cleared off windy & moderate [Kit] Hauling Rails
around Corn field fence next to orchard
22 Kit Hauling wood & rails to day & Had it to cut
all his hands left here last Monday morning the 17th to
strip Tobacco & Kit too Stayed till night Monday night
Davy Miller & Milton come back Saturday about 12
oclock Sarah did not come at all Saturday
I Charged her for the Saturday work 40 [cts]
23rd Turned very cold & windy
24th This morning Tremendous cold & windy Thermometer down
to 11 & has been cold the Blessed day, clear day & very cold
Delivered Kit & his hands Bacon for Striping Tobacco
for me agreeable to statement
25 Cut & Halled wood & Garden Post all day
26 Cut wood for Plant Bed cloudy all day
& about night began to Snow Hail & Rain weather
not very cold My Cattle all except milk cows
in Stack field next to Martins [except milk] (except milk on this line is deleted)
Sent to help Edmond roll his Logs this week
27 Cutting down Pines for Barn & cold wood up
next to fresh field & will cut Logs to day for a Barn
next to orchard out of old field Pines. _
[28] Kit & Davy gone to Mr Templetons new ground to Saw
of 2 stocks 10 feet long for weather Boarding --