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Planting Table (Continued)
| Commenced Planting | Finished on Commenced in No 4 E. Hermitage 2½ bushs per Acre. 1st Planting 194 Acres Covered, New Moon 2d Planting 200 Acres Open, 2½ Bushs per Acre, full moon . 3d Planting 130 Acres on tides (rumour of freshet, not taken) 100 Acres kept back for late planting (full moon ) viz: Gowrie 1 @ 6 covered. All our feed (except 1st plan'g, Ogeechee Inland Swamp f'm Motte Middleton's bought of R. H. & Sons Savannah is best Georgetown feed. Gov'r Allston's bought by Messrs Middleton & Co Charleston So. Ca. @ $1.20¢ | ||
| Commenced Planting N.B. I have had no Overseer from to & have planted 1st, 2d planting myself. On Mr Wm Capers Sr takes Charge. The last Overseer Mr W.H. Bryan's at a Crop was a failure!! | Finished on Commenced in No 6 Gowrie 2¼ Bushs per Acre. 1st Planting Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12,13, 14, 15 Gowrie = 181 Acres Covered, [Full moon] . 2d Planting 148 Acres Open 2¼ Bushs per Acre [Quarter moon] Legare 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 3d Planting East Hermitage Nos. 1,2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 Raccoon =199¾ Acres [Quarter moon] 3 Bushs per Acre, Open Throw out three very bad Volunteer Squares this year 49 Acres Gowrie 7, 10, 11 expect to plant 2 in Cow peas. Three Squares Gowrie 8, 9 E.H. 5 = 63½ planted Open [Quarter moon] |
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