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Saturday the Saturday the 1st November 1856 Sowed one Acre of Wheat
in the corner of the field north of corn crib for a premium
at our next years fair The land was manured Broadcast
& planted in corn last Springs in Septr we
cut the corn off & halled the Stalks up for cow
feed and this week we have put 42 wagon
Loads of Barn yarn manure on it one half halled
with a 4 horse wagon & one half with a 2
horse wagon we then turned it under with
a Turn plow about 6 in deep & run a subsoil
plow after the Turn plow about 4 or 5 in deep
we then harrowed it marked it off & sowed
1 1/4 Bu [Purple Strain?] wheat and 312 lbs guano on it
we then plowed it in with the Scuters & harrowed
again The Guano cost $11. and I suppose
the manure was worth $20 and Halling & spreading
on was worth $7.00 plowing Harrowing &
seed say $4. Making the cost $42.
On the Acre I expect to make 50 Bu wheat
and have a rich acre as lomg as I live we
Shall see

It was sowed one month too late but I
did not expect to sow a premium Acre until
a few days before I did it I know it dont pay

There was a killing [letters 2-3x larger]Frost[returned to normal handwriting] this morning
the first time that all of vegetation has been
killed this fall ground frose & some Ice

Monday the 3rd November 1856 Rained all day
done nothing out doors

Tuesday the 4th November 1856 Rained all Last
night & still raining verry hard this morning
the ground thoroughly Soaked This is the day
of the Preseidential Election Filmore & Donelson
is the American & Buckhannan & Breckenridge
the Democratic & at the north Freemont &
Dayton the Freesoil candidates