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Monday the 26 Oct 1857 finished shucking what[ever]
we gathered [] of the meadow there was 900 Bu
or 30 Acres

Wednesday the 28th Oct 1857 sowed wheat in the field [East] of meadow we lost a fine milk
cow with [] or [] today

Saturday the 31 Oct 1857 finished sowing the
field East of meadow in wheat 33 acres in all
including the []

Saturday the 7 Nov 1857 gathered the corn
next to [] + the New ground corn that
we cut off halled up the stalks
sowed [] new ground 4 acres in[of]
wheat and a part of the []field
but did not get [quite] dove we are
sowing the red may wheat
Sowed one acre by [] stall
today for [] acre sowed 1
Bu Red may wheat on stalk []
plowed in with [scuter] no manure
put on it
pluck out what [cerunvue] gathered
this week we [dove] a sorry
week work it rained in showers
Thursday + Friday
verry warm on Saturday (today)

Monday the 9th Novr 1857 verry warm yesterday + today rained a great
deal last night + today thundered
+ lightened a great deal last night

Tuesday the 10 Novr 1857
Rained a great deal last night until 10 oclock +
then cleared off cold yesterday Evening about
dark Newry my negro boy 10 years old started to
a corn shucking at [] Arthurs + got lost