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Friday
the 16 Septr
1853

Run Two plows & two hands mowed
Bad weather to make Hay it is cloudy

Saturday
17 Septr

Plowed & mowed until dinner
then halled 4 loeads Hay

Monday
the 19 Septr

Run 2 plows & halled manure
on the cherry orchard I am
manuring one Acre to sow in
Troy wheat to take the [??] in our
Agriculture Society I hired Sam
Wishon this morning to work half
a month at 25 cts a day it rained
at night & made the ground too wet
to plow

Thursday
the 20th Septr

It rained too much last night to plow
& we all mowed in the mud road
meadow all day cool weather now fire
feels pleasant evening & mornings

Wednesay
21 Septr

Rained too much to plow and all
hands mowed to day

Thursday
22 Septr
1853

Rained again last night & wet our
hay we mowed again until 10 oclock
it then rained & we cleaned up wheat

Friday
23 Septr

Clear this morning we mowed until
the hay dried & then put out & dried
the hay & halled in 6 loads in the afternoon
we had 11 loads of hay on the Big meadow
this mowing

Saturday
24 Septr

Mowed in the morning until hay dried
then rakes & put up hay in
meadow below Shop halled
in one load Dan harrowed in the
field on mud road east of meadow
where we are going to sow wheat