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Ma/ 17th. 1852.
Rain in the fore noon to day, It a light one in the morning
ft a heavier one in the evening, yesterday. Sot out aeao
Potato slips, 17 rows, sowed Red Popper in the garden
Gathered turnip seed
The rain to day hindered our operations some. The 16
scrapers passed over the U acre field, It the Bluff field,
excepting about 20 rows - In all about 50 acres. The hoes
chopped out the Bars field, the 11 acre field, It about lit acres
of the Bluff field, In all about hi acres. The Corn plows (9)
finished the Kenedy field It plowed about 10 acres In the
Bostwick field.
Thermometer at U8 at sunrise
Wrote to my son W. J. Leak. Received a letter from W. B .
Miller inquiring as to the solvency of Jno Redus. Wrote to
him on the 20th.
May 18th. 1852.

The oats are beginning to head. The smallest seem to be
heading first
The scrapers finished the balance of the Bluff field, a l l
of the Pores field, & about 15 acres of the Mil Jam field - In
all about 66 acres
The hoes finished the balance of the Bluff field It about
35 acres of the Ponds field - in all about 63 acres
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