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Monday the
12th Dec
1853

Twoo warm to kill hogs to day and we halled
manure on the field at the BS Shop & droped
it in piles to put in the Hills of corn next
Spring

Saturday
the 17 Dec

We have been halling manue and Branch
mud all this week until today it
RAINED nearly all day moderately
We halled 60 loads of mud & Rich earth from the
hollow in the road below the shop on one Acre
to plant my premium corn for next year I
intend halling 60 more on the same Acre M Sormaw
built the chimney to the little house we built for Lilly
part of the hands worked the road two days this
week and it has been a fine wek for business
until to day it rained it has been rather warm
to kill hogs all this week yet some have killed
we should have killed ours on Friday if we had
not of had to work on the road

Monday the
19th Dec

Worked the road with all hands
but Foster he pile up manure in
the Barn yard quite cold this evening

Tuesday the
20 Dec

KILLED HOGS to day we
killed 40 hogs weighing 5300 lb they
were on year & 9 days old the heaviest of
the year olds weighed 260 lbs [??] we had
been feeding 6 of them since the 20 Feby last and
the 6 weighed 1370. We had four that
was a y ear & half old The heaviest weighed 306
It dont do well to kill hogs at 1 year old
They will not fatten well for me
quite cold to day thermometer at 23 in
the morning

Wednesday
the 21 Dec
1853

Took us all day to cut and salt
our Pork quite cold & cloudy
all day looks like it would snow
by morning