February 5, 1846 - February 12, 1846

1846 Feby 5 Commenced burning Large
Plant Bed on Branch before Spring

6th Sewed Plant Bed this morning
& fixing plan for sallet Patch
Covered small Bed on mountain
Henry & Lila plowing for corn
Prizing Lugs about this time —
Halled up stack straw this day

7th Commenced Raining last night soon
the night snowed some, this morning
Hailing & snowing, & we are striping Tobacco
at New ground, - weather not very cold
19 Lambs to this day — times very hard
Tobacco Lugs I am told is selling well
Lila complaining & I bled her

8 Tolerable good day I went to Mr McC.

9 This morning very unexpectedly
we see the ground covered with snow
Striping Tobacco & finishing at new ground

10 Malling & Halling wood etc

11 Malling at new ground 2 hands Henry
helping Mr Myers & halling wood Lila
Plowing fixed a place to burn sallet
Patch

12 Henry Fed & Phil gone to Mr Lewis
to roll Logs Lila Plowing alse Digging holes for _ga[tes]