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Thursday the 6 Aug 1857 [] [] thrash
wheat [] hands + 2 [] machine
[] [] 122 [Bu] wheat this was []
day here
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Friday the 7th August 1857 commenced
mowing today finished [healling] in oats
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Thursday the [13] Aug 1857 been mowing since friday
lasy today we finished the meadow by [] and
begin the cassel meadow verry warm today
[] 91 []
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Friday 14 Aug 1857 mowed in cassel meadow
all day verry warm [] - 94 Deg
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Saturday the 15 Aug 1857 very hot today
finished mowing cassel meadow
[] 95 deg
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Monday the 17th Aug 1857 mowed in yard +
lots today verry warm [] 95
today + yesterday
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Tuesday the 18th August 1857 finished mowing today
along the [] in the old orchard field
verry warm + [] verry dry corn suffering for
rain but in the evening we had a good
shower of rain and a hard wind []
turned cooler did not rain enough to plow
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Wednesday 19th August 1857 been at work
clearing up in the field south of the [horses/houses]
we are taking in about 3 acres of old
field + bushy land down [the] branch we
cut _ made a [] ditch 150 yds long
in it we filled in with [stoues?]
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Thursday the 20 Aug 1857 worked as yesterday