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/ Chickens Dye /
they will all dye 5 dyed yesterday Collery

1867 Jany Tu 22 Continued / William / George settlement $24.00 /
I made a settlement with George for his work up to this
time I fell in his debt $24.00 I paid him $20.00 See Act.
Book All hand doing nothing William has not come home to night
the weather has moderated a little

Wed 23 / Snow / Mill / Wheat Flower / Akins a Box of Apples / Apples / Chickens Collery / William
This morning a little cloudy & more calm the air is moving
slowly from the S.E. Snow the ground covered the weather
has moderated I sent to Ashton Mill 6 bushels of Wheat 2
horses wagon & Richd they left about 12 oclock & also sent a
goods box of apples to Mrs James Akins by Richd as he went
to Mill. Nothing doing trying to keep fires & feed but it is
a bad chance.

Our apples this cold weather has many of them frose We have
at this time 9 boxes of Apples & a Flower barrel full about 20
bushels they are rotting verry fast since the freese.

We are turning our horses & cows in our Stalk field next
Town let them stay a half day or more & then turn them out.
I think now we will loose to the last chicken with Cholery
dye 4 or 5 every night Nothing yet seems to arest the disease.
William came home we are not doing any thing Richd has
balled up 2 loads of wood the weather has moderated verry much

/ Friday 25. /
The weather has moderated verry much Wind in the South &