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Saturday 31st Dec 1859 Commenced snowing
at 11 ock to day + snowed with night +
stoped it is perhaps 4 in deep Ther 32 all day

Monday 2nd January 1860
Cold this morning Ther 11 Deg above zero snow some
4 in deep on the ground verry cold all day
We commenec the new year with John Pots auersees
hired at $200 year negroes Danil Jack George Anda Jerry
Luke Sicgarus good hands and many + Caroline Chamenl and
Little Geog + Henry boys 8 good hands + 4 sorry 12 hands
in all we have 6 work mules 2 work horses & Two geese
Horse colds one uding horse + old Ball 4 Live geon
old mules + 4 one year old mules + one Jenny 3 gnald
making 21 Horses + mules with feed plenty to feed Them
except corn which is scarce we have 50 head of
cattle 45 sheep 80 or so head of hogs + 30 goats
we have got 95 Acres sown in wheat 15 acres in Rye
12 acres in winter Oats we have 100 Acres to Saw
in Spring Oats and exgect to pland 110 Acres in Corn
we have about 75 acres of the corn ground broke up
last fall we have on hand about 1100 Bu corn
we have on hand about 1000 Bu wheat (2 crops) expect
John Charles stowe bay + Mrs Cuthrell staying with
family and 30 negros large + small in all 39