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reports that we shall have to plant over about half our Crop
21 rows potato slips
Set out Tomatoes, Cabbage & Okra

May 5th. 1852.
The rain yesterday unusually heavy - It did great damage
to the plantation
Resumed the plowing of the Corn in the Kenedy field after
dinner with 14 plows. Lack about 8 acres finishing it. We
are running round it. The rows are about 3 1/2 feet apart. It
was too wet to plow in the forenoon

May 6th. 1852.
22 plows running round the Corn to day. 2 plows in the
Kenedy field lacked a few rows of finishing it & 14 in the
Bostwick field, lacked about 1/2 acre of finishing it. 6 in the
58 acre Gin field passed over about 25 acres
The ground is still rather wet for plowing. The stand
of Cotton is likely to be rather a bad one. The Spencer field
we shall probably have to plow up, & much of several other
fields will require replanting The hoe hands are employed,
some of them, hoeing & replanting Corn, & others in following
the plows & uncovering the corn

May 7th. 1852.
Csmmenced, scraping to day with 13 scrapers & went over
the Lewis field & about 5 acres ef the Huckaby. 9 Plows still