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Thursday
20 Octr
1853

Halled 4 loads corn sent to clouse
mill Foster still sick
quite a cold north East wind and a litle
rain in the after noon

Friday the
21st Oct

Rained a good season Shucked corn
all day

Saturday
22nd Octr

Halled 2 loads corn & then
shucked corn the balance of the
day
Foster still sick

Monday
the 24th Octr

It commenced raining last night
at 9 oclock & rained until 11 oclock and
then commenced Snowing and Snowed for an hour
quite fast but it melted as fast as it touched the ground
Strange weather this a snow Storm before a killing
Frost we have not had frost sufficient to kill
the tendest of vegetation potatoe top are green yet
In the afternoon it stoped Snowing & the wind
blew quite cold Thermometer at 38 d
We shucked & measured our premium Acre of
Corn which I think will take the prize in our Agri
- cultural fair the yield of the Acre was 99 Bu
It was a lot in the 50 Acre field at the gate next
to the Barn one half the lot was cow pened last
Summer & last winter I fattened my hogs on
it the other half was land without any manure
I planted it 3 1/2 ft a part each way 3&4 stalks in
the hill & put 2 Table Spoons full of Guanno to
the hill before I planted it on 1/4 of of it only
the other 1/4 I put a large Shovel full of Stable
manure on the hill after it was planted the
part that was cowpend had no manure or
Guanno put on it the Acre also made more
than a waggon load of pumpkins
The corn was planted the last week in May
& plowed but 3 times after planting but
I plowed 3 times & [har?] harrowed 3 times
before planting