July 14 - 29, 1846
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1846 14th July. Plowing fresh ground Corn
& hilling up Lot Tobacco, I am Toping Tobacco
Lila Hilling up cotton alse working out
Garden & Hilling up Peas & Irish Potatoes
15 Plowing Corn in Fresh ground. balance
Finishing hillingupLot Tobacco & wh[e]at they begin
on yesterday Potatoes Peas etc etc,
16th hilling Branch Tobacco —
Plowing corn yet & nearly done laying
by, Raining this morning beautifully -
17 Finishing laying by Corn thisyesterdaymorning
but Little rain, - Stacking oats this
day & Hilling up branch Tobacco
18. Raining to day more or less all
day - Working at branch Tobacco
19. Raining all night & Still raining
this morning ground quite wet, the
Lord be thanked — an elegant time
for corn etc etc etc etc
20 Went to Court Rained a little choping
new ground Tobacco & Toping all we have
over Plowing up ground for Buck Wheat
21st Sewed Buck Wheat & Hilling up
second yrs ground Tobacco —
22nd Hilling up same & Halling leaves
to stable —
23rd Started to Milton with F. White to
School this day. got there 24 & Returned
home 25th July 1846 Started the Oats &
worked out our Tobacco while I was
done alse choped some in corn
26 Sunday & cloudy —
27 Monday Toping Tobacco choping Corn etc
28 getting & Beeting apples, at night
Rained hard ground quite wet
29 Beeting apples & treading out wheat.
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