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1873 Oct 17th. Firing Tobacco getting wood for Barn
Finished at Stoney pint yesterday - clear & warm
Doron Hunt came here last night Stayed all
night left this morning

18. Oct. Firing Tobacco Halling wood to Barns
I went to Hill Grove to hear Candidates Speak
& So much fiddling & dancing I did not See any
thing else & come home Started little after 12 oclock

19th Cloudy this morning & Nannie & me going
to Riceville to Meeting & see Jacob & his wife

20th Began to Rain yesterday evening & continued
all night & to day all day & quite cool rain
Fanned out our wheat to day & Divided it as
follows made 54 ½ Bushels
Deduct Sewed Bushels 28
" Thrashing " 2 30
Kit etc has ½ 124 ½
12 ¼
Kitt has had 3½
8¾ owe him
& will deliver to him 21st Oct
JWG 1873

Fired Tobacco this morning -

Oct 21st. Divided wheat & Kit wanted Milton to go to
Millers Mill to Carry wheat & he went off & left
My Mules in Stables without water or any
thing to eat Mary cleaning out Hog pen & she
& Sarah done scarcely any thing else to day
but walk about. I went to Mr Starkeys to see
about Leather & to Edmonds to let him Know
I should Turn my Catch in the field, - Milton
Carried Nothing for me to day Kit has been of
several days here lately Say 2 I Know

22nd Killed Beef Bull let Kit have 186 lbs I had
182 lbs hind & four quarter Martin help about
Neither knowed but little in Beef matters Began
to plow this morning for wheat, ^{for what he done} p^d Martin

23rd Acting along badly Sewing no body works
right. trying to Sew Wheat to day