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Thursday 11 May 1854
Rained Teusday & yesterday fine showers and wet the ground good we have been replanting corn also finished breaking out middles at the cassel place on wensday & commenced in the [??] field too wet to plow to day and we set out cabbage plants replanted my oregon peas by fosters house & replanted corn
Teusday 16 May Planted premium acre of corn with coulter yesterday got Done Breaking out middles to day
Wensday 17
Commenced crop plowing at the cassel place ground in fine order I have Been sick 3 days & not well yet
Saturday 20 May
Hoed preium corn and finished crop plowing & hoeing the cord in the cassel field rather Dry
Monday the 22nd May
A first rate season this Evening We the Ground Thoroughly worked the road today
Teusday 23 May 1854
Thined corn to day two wet to plow Our Blacksmith shop burnt up at night loss supposed to be $600 or more planted out 1500 potatoe slips in Ridges
Thursday 24 May
A great deal of rain in day too wet to work [illegible] the Black mare took Phesers Horse to day
Monday the 29 May
Commenced crop plowing corn in the field by [??] to wet last week to plow corn the negroes planted their corn on Saturday
Teusday 30 June
Rained a light shower to day we set out some potatoe sprout & then plowed our oregon peas at cassel place
Wensday 31 June
Plowed in the field By pump all day with 4 plows & the little force howed corn
Thursday 1 June 1854
Finished Crop plowing all our corn and commenced the Third plowing in the corner next to the Academy it rained last night a good shower & made the ground too wet to plow until noon I sent four hands to help Mr Cuthrell set out Tobacco plants until noon Dan set out some potatoe slips and cabbage plants quite cool to day it requires a good fire to keep warm
Friday 2nd June 1854
Plowed with 2 plows and all the other hands are plowing haling our premium lot of corn it is now over knee high
Saturday the 3 June
Commenced plowing the cassel field of corn the 3rd time with 4 plows Dan & the little ones are hoeing the corn it looks well and the peas are fine Put the Blk Mare to Phesers Horse to day for the last time
Teusday the 6 June
Plowed yesterday at cassel place plowing the corn the 3rd time we have peas in every row we run next the corn with our narrow shovel and next the peas with a scouter we had a good RAIN to day & at night a good shower only plowed half the day
Wensday the 7th June
Thined corn & set out potatoe slips this morning ground in fine order for setting out slips a good season last night
Thursday 8 June
Finished plowing the cassel corn field the 3rd time
Friday the 9 June
Plowed & hoed the the peas in the cassel field
Satruday 10 June
Negroes plowed their corn & Foster went to Mt Sinai to Temperance meeting
Monday the 12th June
Rained Saturday night & sunday a first late season ground thoroughly wet set out cabbage plants & potatoe sprouts until dinner then we COMMENCED HARVESTING our wheat crop in the field East of meadow with 3 cradles & 3 binders
Teusday 13 June 1854 Cut what all day with 3 cradles in the Evening we started a Reaping machine to cutting wheat cut a round with it & stoped the wheat was rather green it cut verry well Dr Wiseman and my self bought it for #144 it is one of McCormicks Reapers & was made in Chicago Ill I think it will do verry well if it does not break
Wensday 14 June
run 3 cultivators in pump field plowed premium corn howed sweet potatoes [??]
Thursday 15 June
Cut some wheat & sent 5 hands to Dr Wisemans in the afternoon to help him bind after the reaper it Dont cut light grain good
1834 Friday & Saurday the 16 & 17 June cut wheat all the time with 3 cradles
Monday the 19 June
Finished cutting our meditera naean wheat & commenced cutting Troy wheat in cherry orchard with Reaper it does verry well cut it clean and over nearly every head in the after noon There was a great many of the neighbors come in to see it cut and were well please with it Wife & Francis started to Lee I W Floyd and to Norfolk on a spree (started the 20th)
Teusday the 20 June 1854 Finished cutting wehat to day cut our premium acre to day 55 Doz we cut it with Reapter and I do no believe there was half a Bushel of shatters left on the Acre in the Evening it Rained a find season which was needed commenced mowing the Evening in the Big meadow in the wild grass
Wensday the 21 June 1854 mowed with 3 hands & run 3 cultivators in pump field warm
Thursday 22nd June 1854 Halled Three loads of hay on 4 horse waggon & run Three plows 3 loads laying by our corn at cassel place
Friday 23rd June 1854 commenced halling in wehat mowed until Dinner with 4 scy this afternoon raked up hay & run 2 waggons halling 2 loads of hay & then wheat the balance of the day [text lined off to left] hay 2 loads
Saturday the 24 June 1854 Cloudy this morning & we cant haul wheat running 4 plows in cassel forn & 2 hands mowing did not rain any plowed all day
Monday 25 June 1854 Halled wheat with 2 waggons in the forenoon in the after noon halled 6 loads of hay [lined off text on left side] hay 6 one hand mowing all day Foster sick to day verry warm ther at 91 degrees beginning to be verry dry corn Twists badly in the heat of the day
Tuesday the 27 June 1854 Halled 2 loads of hay & wehat the balance of the day with 2 waggons [inserted text left side] hay 2 finished cutting our wild grass in the big meadow verry hot ther 98 deg Dry
Wensday the 29 June 1854 Finished halling wheat out of Field East of meadow we had 985 Dozen in it & perhaps 500 Bu wehat ther eis 40 Acres in the field halle d3 loads of hay to day was verry hot & Dry Ther 100 Deg at 4 o clock [lined off text on left side] hay 3 corn is suffering bady for rain and especially my premium lot it is fereing some & Twist verry badly but looks lively by sund down & in the morning look well we are running 2 plows in cassel field to day dry as it is we must plow that corn it is verry good cooking coirn but verry foul & needs work 100 Deg
Thursday the 29 June Finished halling in Troy wheat from the cherry orchard we had 231 Dozen in the fiel including the 53 Doz on premium acre 2 plows running in the cassel corn until noon in afternoon 4 plows 97 Deg
Friday the 30 June 1854 Commenced CUTTING OATS with 3 cradles we cut them in forenoon & bind up in the afternoon run 2 plows in cassel field verry hot to day 100 Deg went to Chesires sale
Saturday 1 July 1854 Cut oats with 3 cradles & run 2 plows in cassel corn finished laying by that field hoed it good cloudy to day but no rain verry Dry Hot 96