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April 12th. 1852.

Commenced planting this morning (Monday) with eight openers & coverers in the Spencer field. The ground is too wet however, a tolerably heavy rain having fallen last
night & a light one on the 10th.

Planted the Spencer field and about 12 acres of the Lewis field - in all about 67 acres

Began to use corn out of the East crib at the stables yesterday

Manured about 10 hills of corn on the 2nd, 4th, 6th & 8th rows of the 58 acre Gin field, at the south west corner, with Plaster of Paris; about 8 hills on the 10th, 12th & 14th rows, with hydraulic cement; about 6 hills with Ripley Marl on the 16th row, and about 6 hills on the 18th & 20th rows with unleached ashes

Also manured about 10 yards on the 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 21st & 23rd rows from an old oak in the Spencer field (numbering the row the oak stands in) with Plaster; about 10 yards in the 25th, 27th, 29th, & 31st with H. Cement. Then beginning at the 4th row north of an upturned stump (numbering from the stump) manured about 10 yards of that & of the 6th, & 8th with Plaster, in hill, and about 2 yards of the 10th row with Ripley Marl The manuring in the Spencer field is on cotton.

All the cotton seed we have hauled out yet have been