May 26, 1875 - June 3, 1875

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1875 May 26 Edmd Dews Nat & [Tis] left & I am [d???]
done planting my Tobacco yesterday fair pretty day
Wm Eds Son drove Cart up to mount & [carried]
my old castings 171 [lbs] sold them to Mr
27th Edmd Planting corn & Plowing & fixing little places
for corn, I went to Election to day -- Nannie
& Wm Halling Tobacco this evening fair pretty day
28. Ed & Jimmie still fixing corn Land to plant
Wm & me went to [J W Graves] to get Bay Sea [fowl]
Guano got from Whiteheads & [Hurs] for me
29th Finished planting flat Land corn & began
yesterday to replant next towoods above Johns [?????]
then plowing in shuck pen Lot for Tobacco
& give Ed part of it for sweet Potatoes\ Patch
Got my My Wyatt Boar & Cut him yesterday
& will put up for his Hog & see how much he will weigh
cloudy up a little, Tobacco & every thing we
planted this week [has] tolerable & looks will -
Edmd went this evening by Mrs Pannells to help
make a Shelter for [Peter Adms] to [?????] under
30th I went to Strait Stone Sunday School very cool
nights & fair [day] very pretty weather
31st Ed & Jimmie fixing Land for Tobacco Bedding
hilling &C Kate replanting my corn planting 10 Rows Peas white
Kate replanting & cutting Basket oat of my corn
Get Mr H Templeton & Boys Lain have last plant Bed we
Burnt Last Boar [L??] Come in with Mr Templeton 2
days in Harvest till I am Satisfied them
& their hands thats working with them
June 1st Tuesday Ed Fixing ground to Plant Tobacco
some of them Hilling &C.
2nd Cloudy & like for rain J D Hunt here
Ed & Jimmie Beding & putting on Guano above
my Corn field for Tobacco. I went to mount Airy
to have my Double Shovel Plow fixed by
Mr Younger Cloudy & like for rain
3rd Ed. Hilling & laying off in old field Ed Dews [Nat]
gone to Millers [saw] mill carry Small [?????]
Log, cloudy & like for rain Carried another
making 4 carried to millers saw mill for [ra??????]
& Palings for Grave Yard carried by Edmd. Dews {?]
no Rain yet - smart Shower about night

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1875 May 26 Edmd Dews Nat & [Tis] left & I am [d???]
done planting my Tobacco yesterday fair pretty day
Wm Eds Son drove Cart up to mount & [carried]
my old castings 171 [lbs] sold then to Mr
27th Edmd Planting corn & Plowing & fixing little places
for corn, I went to Election to day -- Nannie
& Wm Halling Tobacco this evening fair pretty day
28. Ed & Jimmie still fixing corn Land to plant
Wm & me went to [J W Graves] to get Bay Sea [fowl]
Guano got from Whiteheads & [Hurs] for me
29th Finished planting flat Land corn & began
yesterday to replant next towoods above Johns [?????]
then plowing in shuck pen Lot for Tobacco
& give Ed partt of it for sweet Potatoes\ Patch
Got my My Wyatt Boar & Cut him yesterday
& will put up for his Hog & see how much he will weigh
cloudy up a little, Tobacco & every thing we
planted this week [has] tolerable & looks will -
Edmd went this evening by Mrs Pannells to help
make a Shelter for [Peter Adms] to [?????] under
30th I went to Strait Stone Sunday School very cool
nights & fair [day] very pretty weather
31st Ed & Jimmie fixing Land for Tobacco Bedding
hilling &C Kate replanting my corn planting 10 Rows Peas white
Kate replanting & cutting Basket oat of my corn
Get Mr H Templeton & Boys Lain have last plant Bed we
Burnt Last Bor [L??] Come in with Mr Trmpleton 2
days in Harvest till I am Satisfied them
& their hands thats working with them
June 1st Tuesday Ed Fixing ground to Plant Tobacco
some of them Hilling &C.
2nd Cloudy & like for rain J D Hunt here
Ed & Jimmie Beding & putting on Guano above
my Corn field for Tobacco. I went to mount Airy
ti have my Double Shovel Plow fixed by
Mr Younger Cloudy & like for rain
3rd Ed. Hilling & laying off in old field Ed Dews [Nat]
gone to Millers [saw] mill carry Small [?????]
Log, cloudy & like for rain Carried another
making 4 carried to millers saw mill for [ra??????]
& Palings for Grave Yard carried by Edmd. Dews {?]
no Rain yet - smart Shower about night