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Saturday 2nd April 1859 raining this morning hard
stoped all out door [] rained all day []
night

Monday 4 Apl 1859 been raining since []
ground verry wet worked road today
Got a short horn durham bull calf of
[] [] 3 mo old for $10.00

Tuesday 4 Apl 1859 made fence till noon then
went to plowing in the rocky high places [] it is too wet verry cold + windy today

Wednesday 6 Apl 1859 a hard freeze this morn
Ther at 29 every thing killed [] leaves are
trees all froze black ice + ground
froze plowed today breaking up for corn

Thursday 7 April 1859 heavy frost this
morning plowed breaking corn ground

Friday 8th Apl 1859 no frost
finished sowing oats today
we have sowed 80 acres oats and
sowed 101 Bu oats on it

Saturday 9 April 1859 finished planting
the [] field in corn today there is
12 acres in the field

Monday 11 Apl 1859 run 6 plows
listing in the field east of meadow
run two plows breaking up the wet
places that we could not plow sooner
planted the [] garden in Irish
potatoes today verry warm + windy

Tuesday 12 Apl 1859 one set hands planting
corn the other listing east of meadow
Heat Ther 88 deg