55

1855 Wednesday 12 April Commenced planting corn
to day in the corner by Tatems but it is quite
cold to plant corn plenty of frost this morning

Saturday
14 April

We planted the old orchard in corn
& put manure on the Hills of a part of it
we are now listing the field East of the meadow
not quite done to night

Monday the 16 April 1855 Commenced planting corn
in the field East of the meadow run Two waggons
putting manure in the Hills

Teusday the 17 April 1855 planted corn & Halled
manure as yesterday I sold a Two year
old mule to John W Baity for $85 00 and
a four years old mule (Shelton) to Mr Houston
for $85 6 mo credit warm to day

Wednesday 18th April 1855 put manure on the
corn Hills to day with all hands
Verry warm to day Ther at 100 Deg
verry Dry also past warm Heat hot hoter
100 Deg in the shade

Thursday the 19th April 1855

Planted corn & halled manure & put on the hills to
day it is verry Heat & Dry the Thermometar
stood at 101 in the shade Heat! Heat!! Heat!!!
by refering to the 19th of April in 1854 I see it was
quite cold ground groze & icicles hanging to the Eves
of the House Ther at 59 quite a difference in the
Two years on the 19th Apl

1st June 1853

Had a verry Hard Rain wet
the ground thoroughly blowed our wheat down
& damaged it verry much washed our ground
& done a great deal of damage
we had just got through our corn the
2nd time