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Friday [] 17 July 1857, finished [plowing] the
[] field the 4th time cut oats in the
after noon [] wrecking our corn
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Saturday 18th July 1857 All hands work[]
their patches to day [] hallow day
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Monday the 20th July 1857 finished cutting
Oats to day we made 1606 [] []
[] + short oats not [berry/verry] well grows
Getting verry dry our corn is just
beginning to tassel + [] two sicks
are out in the earliest corn
in the afternoon it rained a good shower
about half a season, wet some oat we
had cut down in the morning + did not get
[] up before it rained
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Tuesday the 21 July 1857 Raised our corn []
To day took all hands to do it rained a
light sprinkel in the afternoon not enough
to do much good
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Wednesday the 22 July 1857 [] up the
oat, we had down + hoed corn today
[] [] here today
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Thursday the 23 June 1857 commenced
[] in oat, in the afternoon with
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Friday the 24th July 1857 had a good shower
of rain today half a season
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Monday the 27 July 1857 Rained a good season
this morning [twas}] showering all day
the first season since the 11st June