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Monday
3 Octr
1853

Mowed our cloves lot & orchard grass lot
the orchard grass is the prettiest grass I
ever saw for the second crop it is 8 to 12 in
hight & as thick as it can stand on the ground
but our Buck wheat to dry we had
to mow it it had fell down
George has the Ague & not able to work

Tuesday
4 Oct

Sowed wheat with 4 plows all day
George still sick
slight frost

Wednesday
5 Oct

Run 5 plow sowing wheat
George well enough to plow
slight frost not enough to kill

Thursday
6 Oct

Sowed wheat with 5 plows

Friday
7 Oct

Run 4 plows sowing wheat & hand
harrowing we harrow the ground before
sowing the wehat then sow the wheat & plow
it in with scuters & then harrow it again

Saturday
the 8 Oct

Sowed wheat all day with 4 plows
& then the harrow

Monday
the 10 Oct
1853

Run 4 plows sowing wheat
Foster sick to day & not able to work

Tuesday the
11 Octr

Sowed wheat in old orchard all day
with 5 plows

Wednesday
12 Oct

Finished sowing wheat we have
sowed the fields East of the meadow
in Mediteranean wheat 40 Acres in all
and we sowed 42 of wheat on it

Thursday
10 Octr

Sent to mill & burnt Brush on
the meadow next Dr Wisemans

Friday
14 Octr

Halled wood from around the cassel
house & cut down the trees around the
house I have going to plant the yard in
corn (Foster is sick)