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about 500 hills
Tho 20 plows in the Bostwick field lacked about 12 acres
of finishing it, having plowed about 41 acres
The hoe hands thinned & hoed about 48 acres of the Kenedy
field

Cool & dry. Thermometer at 46 degrees about sunrise I wish this
year to make the experiment of plowing in a few oats about the
time they ripen (for the proper time I must consult the
Soil of the South") Sowing upon them at the same time, to be
turned in with them, some peas, a peck or half bushel to the
acre, & then about frost turning under the peas likewise, with
the object of improving the land

April 28th. 1852.
Went up to the Crawford place to day Prescott will finish
plowing his corn tomorrow, on the first round, & will complete
the hoeing likewise
Finished plowing the Bostwick field to day, & plowed about
25 acres in the 58 acre Gin field; running 5 furrows to the
row, & sometimes 6, in the latter field
The hoe hands laoked about 6 acres of finishing the Bostwick
field, having gone over about 50 acres to day.
Light frost this morning biting the Corn in low places.
Thermometer at 42 degrees.