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Mon 6 We commenced halling in our Oats & packing them in the

Oats Crib this is verry warm weather No rain verry dry indeed

Tu 7 Still a halling up our Oats William, Georges brother-

Oats in-law, set in to work at 45 Cents pr day

Wed 8 We finished halling up our Oats We had 14 Wagon loads 270
14
Oats bundles in each load making in all 1000
270
larg bundles 3780

Th 9 We mended up our Wagon gears breeching & hitched up 4

horses & halled Stocks to the Mill

Fr 10 We still halled up Stocks to the Mill

Sat 11 We halled Stocks to the Mill & all quit at dinner We

worked 3 yoke of Oxen in place of horses to day We have

halled 11 Stocks this week
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Augt ) No rain exceedingly dry William went to Maryanns this
Sun 12 )
---------------------- morning Martha Jane & Wm D. Mayes are there and sick
Maryann )
Mon 13 The 2 Mr Rones was helping us hall up our Stocks to the Mill
Stocks
to get them sawed All our own forces were helping hall Jack
W. D. Mayes )
Martha sick ) Patton also William came home W. D. Mayes is verry sick and

Martha & some of the children

Tu 14 We finished halling our Stocks to the Mill All hands that
(17Stocks
Mill worked yesterday worked to day Rones have halled(24Same
Stocks the ) 41
Rone Rones) two last days & I last week with our own team halled
I halled 11
11 Stocks which makes 28 Stocks in all Jack Patton worked 4

days halling Stocks Stocks in all 51
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