April 8, 1848 - April 22, 1848

1848 April 8th. Henry Plowing Tobacco Lot
& we hilled up our^sweetpotatoe patch

9th Raining this morning & quite cool

10 weather cool Plowing for corn Finished
coltering big new ground one way to day
Manuring Plant Beds, & began to crop D^o

11 ^{sent Jane to Mr Jno D Hugh for Peg Cally}
Plowing for corn & cleaning up
coltering second years ground, -

12. Plowing for corn
Planted Sweet Potatoe Patch
& water melon seed

14 began to Plant Corn in mountain
field & finished Plowing for corn
began to Plant at Stony Point
this evening —

15. Planted drilled corn at
Stony point & Hill at Home

16 clear & cool 17th making up yard fine
& Planting corn at home clear & cool

18 Planting corn at home & will finish to day
Put Plaster on Beds of Tobacco Plants
Planted Pepper this day or yesterday
Planting chick corn at home

19. Burnt sallet Patch & Hilling
Planting chicked corn in evening at stony
point, very cook & windy & dry

20 Planted D^o at stony point, cold night
Dry & windy about this time -

21 Finished Planting corn this morning
coltering & Hilling in new ground & second
years. Dry & windy weather more warm

22nd Coltering second years land & new ground
Hilling. moderate weather & cloudy.