May 12, 1875 - May 19, 1875

1875 May 12th I have planted my little Crop
of Corn Snap Peas symblings etc etc ~

13th. May 1875. Lowry here coltering & fixing my Tobacco
Land, Tisbel Trible is here Hilling in new
ground for myself, Mr Ja^s Wright making
Drag & working in Shop for me to day -
pretty weather cool nights —
Ed & Jimmie Plowing for Tobacco in the
fresh field above my Corn, manuring
plants bed today & picking them

14 Ed & Jimmie Plowimg Tobacco Land
Tisbel Trible Hilling for me in new ground
Pretty weather cool nights tolerable dry

15th James Hauling rails round lot at old
prize Barn Edmond Helping Henry Dillard
fix machine wheel stirrups & do some work
in shop 2 collers p^d. mending swingletree shoing Nellie _{& Tome}
Pretty weather cool nights
Jacob & family here brot my Guano & stayed ^{till Sunday Eve}

16th. Mr Joseph M Moses brought Nannie home
to day & Nannie Whitehead Came back with her
Sallie is still right Poorly Jerry is improving
slowly Kate is well very cool nights & ground
getting quite dry & hard - I went to Sunday
School which is organised & started Mr Sam^l
J Mattherly was chosen assistant Superindent ^at

17th. Whitsintide very cool weather partictalar[particular] the nights

18 Tuesday Edm^d Dews, Nath^l. Came here yes
-terday evening & worked in Garden 2 Hours in ^evening
& this morning gone to work hilling in
new ground for me Ed Dews & Jimmie
fixing land for Tobacco this morning clear
& Cool this day, planted some Cantalopes in ^Garden

19. Edmond Dews Nat, here to day hilling for
me & Lowry Coltering Ed & Jimmy fixing for
Tobacco Coltering done fixed to Plant p^s on branch
p^s by Bee House clear & cool Mr Walkup^{stayed here last}
I went to Mount got 2 mob Boards no 1
1 Land side 0, 1 Bottle peppermint Ginger
etc pr Bill
hitehead came back with her