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Saturday
the 15 Octr
1853

Put up 3 old sows and 2 barrow hogs to fatten
the sow are poor just waned their pigs the barrows are
in fair condition Killed a little beef and sent
to mill & piddled about the Barn yard Run wehat
through the fan to get the Black weevils out the
Blk weevils has nearly ruined my old wheat and
injured the new that was cleaned up verry much
wehat should be left in the chaff until wanted
for use I have left the most of mine in the
chaff

Monday
11 Oct

Halled rails & wood from the cassel
house pulled down old kitchen & shop
and halled it up for fire wood halled up
the Brick from the old Kitchen chimney
to make us an ash house there was a
slight frost yesterday morning killed the pea vines

Tuesday
18th Oct

COMMENCED PULLING
CORN today with two
hands & halled up two loads
sent to mill to day
General Muster at Mocksville

Wednesday the
19th Octr

Pulled & halled 4 loads corn
Dan gone to clouse mille with
having my old wehat ground up & sending the flour
to Fayetteville getting 550 to 600 bbl The Black
weevil has injured my old wheat so bad that
it takes 7 Bu to make a bbl of flour I am
having some put in Bags & selling here at
200 hundred pounds Foster still sick verry
Dry weather our Early sown wheat is
suffering verry much for the want of Rain
no rain since the 22 Septr It is quite smoky
& I think we have Indian Summer
but it rather earlier than usual the weather
is quite cold but no frost since
Sunday the winds blow quite fresh
& cool