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running around the Corn, which lacked about 8 acres af
finishing the 58, now 68, acre Gin field

May 8th. 1852.
Rubbing Cotton seed to day preparatory to plowing up
& planting over the Spencer field on Monday.

Corn plows finished 68 acre field in the forenoon &
went into Spencer field to throwing two furrows on old
cotton beds for planting anew on Monday The scrapers finished
Huckaby field and stopped for the day

Sowed about 1/2 gallon peas in the growing oats to day
by way of experiment

Received a latter from Thos C. Leak, dated Paris
Landing 30 April, on his way home

Wrote to E. M. 5th or 6th

May 10th. 1852.
Mess English Peas. Planted over the Spencer field by
throwing two furrows on the old ridge. 5 openers & coverers
planted it. Light shower about 2 oclook Burke mare taken
with Staggers

Only one scraper running to day

I am rather inclined to think that our stand of Cotton,
of the earlier planting, would have been better if our seed