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Monday 5 March 1860 Sent 2 Wagons to Clouse Mill
with 50 Bu Wheat run 2 tusn plows in
Fulfort field until noon in then raned
+ stoped us

Tuesday 6 March 1860 quite warm to day run 4 Turn
plows in Fulford field (for corn) made blind ditch
in same field

Wedhesday 7 March 1860 run 4 plows as yester and
filled in blind ditch verry warm forth season
Ther 78 degs The Apricots are in full bloom
+ the peach Blooms are nearly opene

Thursday 8 March 1860 verry warm run 4 Turn plows
in Fulford field + made blind ditch
In the aftesnoon had a heavy wind and thunder
storm rained verry hard wind blew hard
all night some peach blooms are full blown

Friday 9th March 1860 Some cooler ground
verry wet wind blowing hard

Monday 12 March a verry windy disagreable day
wind blew verry hard at night
sowed oats in mudroad field

Tuesday 13 March 1860 ground froze too hard to
plow until noon Ther 26

Wednesday 14 March 1860 still cool ground froze
down Ther 31 sowed oats in mud road
field

Thursday 15 March 1860 Cold + frosty this
morning sowed oats in Fulford field
Frank Started North to by goods

Friday 16 March 186
Finished Sowing oats
sowed 109 Acres this Spring 12 Acres Sent fall 720 +
in all