53

Tuesday the 9th Octr 1854 cleared the cassel
field of corn & Turn in Hogs Finished
sowing WHEAT

Saturday the 13 Octr 1854 Been haling sand
& shucking corn

Wensday the 18th Octr 1854 had a
Killing FROST this morning
the first we have had to Kill
shucking corn & halling Brick & Lumber
for House

Wensday the 25th Octr 1854 Been Halling Brick
Sand & Lumber for house
and doing but Little on Farm
verry Dry no Rain for 3 weeks

Monday the 4 Dec 1854 Been doing nothing
but wait on the workmen beulding house
for the last two months got the Brick work
done Saturday To day we killed
7 hogs weighing 1700 lbs quite cold to day

Wensday the 13th Dec 1854 Killed Hogs
we killed 29 hogs to day weighing 4168 lbs Average
144lbs they were 18 mo & 2 years old we still have
16 in the pen they have been up about 6 weeks
& fattened fast they Eat up nearly half the corn
we made we did not make more than
1000 Bu corn & have not got all that shuck
yet owing to our building cold this morning
Ther at 19 Deg but turned a good deal warmer
with a south wind

Friday & Saturday the 22nd & 23 Dec 1854

Halled Ice both days filled our house
with the best of Ice 4 in thick from Dr
Wilhans mill pond on monday night it
snowed one inch Deep cold weather verry Dry