April 27 - May 15, 1847

27th Hilling & Coltering in new ground

28. D^o D^o - 29 This evening Planted flat
Land in corn - branch & old meadows

30. Hilling & collering in new ground
Henry preparing Johns branch^{or Tobacco}for corn

May 1st weather dry. Tobacco plants
small Hilling in new ground —
Lila leg yet sore & she does but little

2 Rained last night & some to day but
ground not wet yet uncovered mountain
Plant Bed, - ^3rd & manured, preparing ground
for cotton etc - to day Hilling in new ground
Mourning had her calve last April 1847

3rd Planted Cotton & Greens in one square Garden
Planted mellons etc in cotton ^PatchPatch
Henry Plowing on branch etc etc

7th Finished Hilling new ground this day
weather dry & cool very bad on wheat
Oats & corn to come up, etc etc.
frost last night, -

8 Hilling in second yrs ground
Cloudy this evening & about night
began to Rain

9. Cloudy & Raining this morning little

10 prizing good Tobacco at this time
10 Rainy warm weather we took
down all of our Tobacco

11 Hilling in second yrs ground
making ready to Plant greens & Peas etc
this evening —, simblings

12 Plowing & Hilling second yrs ground
Prizing good Tobacco —

13 Cool Windy & Rainy prizing Tobacco

14 prizing Tobacco & shoemaking & spining

15. nearly done prizing. Hilling in
second yrs ground finished to day. yet cool
& Windy, setting by fire like winter.