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1873 Finished Sewing all the Oats we have got

^{April 3rd}Oat Sewed about 28 Bushels gone to Plowing up Corn
Land & Turning Over Lot Scattering leaves etc

3 Davy went over next to Edmond to Cut
Path to Hauled rails along fence between me
& Edmond Sarah Cleaning up in new ground
Mr Guthrie from CH here] & fixed my clock
& Charged me Two Dollars & fifty Cents beside
his board & his Horse 1 day & night nearly
fine weather at this time Mr Mattherly has my Cart
& steers to day to hall rails. -

4th. Plowing for Corn etc Davy Hauling Rails over
a long fence between me & Edmd Tucker fine day

5 Fine morning Plowing for corn Sarah Cleaning
up in new ground Davy gone to Charles Millers
Colrd to roll Logs Wm G. Banks here last night,

6th Clouday this morning moderate weather

7th. Davy Hauling Manure in Garden & Potatoe
Patch Hauling rails on Cross fence of Corn field
Milton & Sarah Shrubing & Cleaning in new ground

8th Plowing for Corn Mary & Kit Davy Hauled up
Stack Oats Patty Helped him Directly after
Dinner the Cry of fire Tom Owens new ground
Doct Haleys & we were fighting fire all the whole
evening & the fire coming on towards Mr Templetons
& he did not Stop Ed nor Andrew at all
& I am told that even Mr Owen did not stop
his Plow when all the rails around his new ground
Was burnt up etc etc fine weather

9th. Plowing for Corn & cleaning up around my
new prize Barn for fear of fire, fire broke out
again to day about 1 oclock above Mr Templetons all
my hands stoped again Wind blew tremendous hard
& it rained a little about night this I hope we
we shall not pestered to day about fire, more fires
out in the woods this Spring than I ever Knew
1 Spring & as much damage done generally