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Thursday 9th Dec 1858 cleared off today tolerable
choped + halled wood

Friday the 10th Dec 1858 clear + cold this morning ther
at 22 killed 21 hogs today weighing
4852th average 231 it each the harvest weighed 406 []
we have 21 more to kill 4 pigs just one year old
weighed 222th each

Saturday 11th Dec 1858 salted meat + choped
cloudy + cool

Monday 13th Dec 1858 commenced raining before
day this morning + rained until noon + stoped
worked in the barn cutting oats [] + shuck

Tuesday the 14th Dec 1858 rained again last night
quite warm and drisly + fogy this morning
choped + halled wood court this week

Wednesday 15 Dec 1858 quite warm today rained
some last night + this morning still cloudy
+ warm ther 70 too muddy to haul wood
all hands chopping + []

Thursday the 16 Dec 1858 warm clear + muddy
choped [] + three hands ditching along the
branch in the field east of the meadow []
sowing clover seed in the fulford field

Friday 17th Dec 1858 choped split ditched and
sowed clover seed cold + frosty this morning
Saturday 18th Dec 1858 worked as yesterday
finished sowing clover seed sowed over two
Bu on about 25 acres (rather [])
[] sick today

Monday 20th Dec 1858 rained all day
some but little work [] sick