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Tuesday 9 April 1861 Rained a great deal last
night Ground verry wet Scraped up
manure in Barn lots

Wednesday 10th April 1861 Still too wet to
plow scraped manure +6

Thursday 11 th Apl 1861 plowed at Jun Town
breaking 2 lots of about 9 Acres to plant in
corn

Friday 12th April 1861 Scraped manure halled
2 bow logs to mill + 6

Monday 14 Apl 1861 ground still too wet
to plow except on the rocky Ridges run
5 plows in mud road feld east of the
Branch 2 wagons halled manure +
lhrowed it in piles in mud road field
to put in the corn hilld commenced
Raining in Wening + Rained all night

Tuesday 15th April 1861 Rained all last night
+ still pouring down this morning and
continued to rain until noon + stoped
ground verry wet no chance to plant corn
this week

Wednesday 16th April 1861 Good deal of Frost
this morning not enough to kill anything
halled manure + sprouted sold or Wherton
300 Bu Wheat at 125 Bu delivered at Farming Tore

Thursday 17th April 1861 ground too wet to plough
Healled manure + sprouted

Farmington Friday the 8th April 1861
commenced plowing with five plows the other
Breaking potatoe patch