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Thursday
11 May
1854

Rained Teusday & yesterday fine
showers and wet the ground good
we have been replanting corn also
finished breaking out middles at the cassel place
on wensday & commenced in the [??] field
too wet to plow to day and we set out
cabbage plants replanted my oregon peas
by fosters house & replanted corn

Teusday 16 May Planted premium acre of corn
with coulter yesterday got Done Breaking
out middles to day

Wensday
17

Commenced crop plowing at the
cassel place ground in fine order
I have Been sick 3 days & not well yet

Saturday
20 May

Hoed preium corn and
finished crop plowing & hoeing
the cord in the cassel field
rather Dry

Monday the
22nd May

A first rate season this
Evening We the Ground
Thoroughly worked the road today

Teusday 23
May 1854

Thined corn to day two wet
to plow
Our Blacksmith shop burnt up
at night loss supposed to be $600 or more
planted out 1500 potatoe slips in Ridges

Thursday
24 May

A great deal of rain in
day too wet to work [illegible]
the Black mare took Phesers Horse
to day

Monday the
29 May

Commenced crop plowing
corn in the field by [??]
to wet last week to plow
corn the negroes planted
their corn on Saturday