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Saturday 6 Aug 1859, Ruin 4 Turn plows in
Barn field breaking for Wheat The oTher
hands ditching + cleaning up brauch bottom
along The branch Heat rtewiw from The
round Hill we have cleaned up + detached
about half an aore of verry Rieh bottom
made 4 blind ditches in it pots sick

Monday 8th day 1859 ran 4 Farm plows.
+ turkid as yestersay pots sick

Tuesday 9 Aug 1859 Run 4 plows
+ worked as yesterday + cuuked cleaning
w/e our branch bottom

Wednesday 10 Aug 1859 Run 4 plows
2 wagons Halling weaude + rich earth from
Hog lot + barn gord, on the whead land
rained moderately in the nogth made the
ground in the cow fields wet enought,
the stubble plow sows better rater hard
yet not wet as deep as we plow

Thursday 11 Aug 1859 plowed + halled as
yesterday Jawed 1/4 corn acu in Turnip
seed to day next to pots house

Friday 12 Aug 1859 plowed Halled as
yesterday Hald our cabbade They are verry
sorry but are frowing sinew the rains
cloudy + some Sprukley up rain but
not much

Saturday 13th August 1859 plowed + halled manure
rained a good shower in the evening

Monday the 15 Aug 1859 Rained a good rain
yesterday ground wet one time more the first
good season sineu the 4th day of April last
plowed + Halled Lumber for our new Barn