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Wednesday the
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7th Dec

Run one Turn & one subsoil
plow to day we finished breaking
at the cassel place and commenced in
corner of the field at the Blk Smith
Shop we are subsoiling all the land we
break for corn the ground being verry
light & loose in the corner wehre we
plowed to day I think we plowed
12 or 13 in deep it had been subsoil
last year when we broke it for wheat
which is the cause of its being so
loose and light now
We halled manure from the Barn yard
on teh shop field and droped it in
piles to put in the Corn Hills next
spring quite cool this evening but
no rain and fine business weather

Thursday
9th Dec

Clouded up last night and rained a light
shower and then commenced snowing
and covered the ground two or three inches deep By
morning Then stoped snowing but was quite cloudy
all day and rained some in the evening
We worked at the old Barn all day fixing cow
stalls we are keeping the most of our cows in the staables
we have 12 milk cows and about 20 Dry cattle and calves
the weather is quite cool and hardly fit to work out

Friday the
9 Dec

Verry cold this morning and quite cloudy
raining some the wind from the North East
we are clearing out our Ice House to be ready to put
up Ice as soon as it freezes thick enough

10th Dec

The weather moderated to day and
became quite pleasant snow all melted away
halled wood & split rails to day and
made arrangements to kill our hogs on
Monday if it is cold enough