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May 25th. 1852.
The Cotton shovels finished the negro field & the Arnold
& S. Gum fields & about 3 acres of the N. Gum in all about
56 acres

The hoe hands passed over the Negro field and about 4
acres of the Arnold field in all about 44 acres. The Corn plows
finished Dick N x field and passed over about 3 acres in Kenedy
field about 26 acres

The force in the Pond finished that field
A good little shower of rain about sunset

May 26th 1852.
Another shower of rain last night

I had the head-ache pretty severely last night, & vomited

Set out about 26 rows of Potatoes in the forenoon

The Cotton plows passed over about 25 acres in the N. Gum
field & about 17 acres in the Thomas field In all about 42 acres
They were hindered by rain & by some plowing in Potato patch

The hoe hands finished the Arnold field, the S. Gum field
& passed over about 5 acres in the N. Gum field, in all about
45 acres

The Corn plows, 7 in number, passed over about 23 acres
in the Kenedy field

Replanted some peas to day

Rain in the morning & Rain in the evening, very heavy

Many of the Melons planted Saturday are up to day