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Saturday the
20th August
1853

Plowed with 4 plows all day
I start to the north on Monday
morning to good expect to be
gone three weeks Henry Foster time is
out to day he has been at work with me since
the first day of March last at $7.00 month
he is a good hand to work and has been verry
study at work

Monday the
12th Sept
1853

Returned from the North on Saturday last &
found all right it rained a great deal
on the 9th of Sept & for several days
it continued to wet to plow I tried but
little land broke for wheat yet owing
to its too dry unti the 9 Sept & then too wet
The hands have been clearing up the lower
end of the meadow next to Wisemans
Hall rails from germany and cutting
dead timber int he creek bottom
We commenced pulling fodder to day
the ground is too wet to plow George &
Anda are sick with the ague but not
bad

Tuesday
13 Septr

Plowed with 2 plows turning
oats stubble for wheat the bad
cancer of the hands pulled fodder we started
subsoiling have not hands enough
to do our work & subsoil our ground

Wednesday
14 Septr

Plowed as yesterday and
commenced sowing in meadow
along mud road the second time this
yhear the grass is short but will hay
better than pulling fodder
Anda has the ague

Thursday
15 plowed & mowed