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Wednesday
the 29 June
1853

Hoed corn & halled hay all day this day
was verry hot Ther at 99 Degrees at 4 o clock

Thursday the
30th June

Commenced cutting oats today
the Oats is the shortest I have ever seen
being not much above knee hight and
verry thin on the ground the shocks does not look
larger than three good bundles of oats and verry little
grain in the head some has none at all the
forwardest heads has the best oats which learn
me that oats should be sown early I think they
should be sown by the 20th Feb & from that to
the first of March & not after that time
The late sown oats is not worht cutting and if
they were they are so short the cannot be saved
we have 89 Acres in oats this year & I think 10
Acres of good oats would be worth more than
the 80 acres are I also think oats sown in the
fall would do well if the winter is not too cold
to kill them which was not the case the past winter
The oats among the wheat this year was verry well
grained and shoulder high I intend sowing a
small price about the 20th of Sept & try it
This day was the warmed of the season so far
The thermometer at 4 o clock stood at 100 Degrees
no rain yet vegetation looks like it would
die a great deal of the oats we are cutting
is dead & dry

Friday the
1st July
1853

Cut oats all day 3 cradlers & 3 Binders
still dry & verry hot thermometer at 100 Dg

Saturday the
2nd July

Cut oats all day Hot & Dry
Thermometer at 100 Deg.

Monday the
4 July

Cut oats all day some
Showers of rain passing but
we got but verry little past enough to
lay the dust Deliverd to Puryear & the
50 Bu of the corn I sold them sometime Back