54

1st January 1855 Kiled 16 Hogs weight 2440 lbs
making 8316 lbs pork killed this season (53 hogs)
I commence the grass work with 5 hands on the farm
Daniel Jack & George my own hands and Henderson
Foster hired at $150 a year he boarding himself & Jo
a negro boy 17 years old belongings Albert mesby hired at
$75 00 & clothed Newman & Anda in the Blk
Smith Shop Our new House is not finished
and it will take a good deal of our time to attend
to the workmen hall Lumber & the day is verry fine
& rather warmf or killing hogs although it was quite
cold & frosty this morning produce is selling high
corn 70 cts wheat 125 Bu pork 6 cts flour $8.00 in Salisbury

Wednesday
the 11 April 1855

We have been doing but little
all the winter but get fire
wood & wait on our carpenters & masons
who are building our house & Blks
Smith Shop to day we planted
1/2 an Acre of Irish potatoes in aps
of new Ground by Tatems potatoes
are scarce and sell for $2 Bushel
we cut them to plant and put 6 Bu
seed on the 1/2 acre
The spring has been verry backward
and cold the peach Blooms are
now just full blown and but
little signs of Buds on the Trees
no grass for the cows & sheep to eat
our sheep & cows are poor & have
nearly eat up the 98 Loads of Hay we
made last summer we winterd 5 horses
7 mules 43 head of cattle 60 sheep we
lost about 20 of our sheep for the
want of fodder or pea vines to feed
them on. quite cold to day
we are nearly ready to plant corn but it
is too cold