April 22, 1846 - May 2, 1846

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1846
April 22nd Planting on side below house
Fine weather warm & ground getting a
little dry - 3 Swarms bees to this day -

23rd Planting corn on this side Branch

24 Finished this evening Planting Corn
all but a little on Branch

25 Cleaning up on Branch & Planted Irish
Potatoes in Garden & went to Mill —

26. Tobacco Plants Looks well some leaves
as large as a quarter of a Doll. Collard
plants plenty Large to set out, -

27. began to prize good Tobacco, manured
plant Beds, planted Irish Potatoes &
one square Greens in Garden & began
to plant cotton, - Breaking up Tobacco
Lot by Granary - halled fodder

28 Raining prizing Tobacco finished
Planting cotton etc. Fed shoemaking
my wife gone to Mrs Hunts -

29. Rained nearly all night ground very
wet this morning. making up Cross fence
in the field, prizing fine Tobacco &
Good to day.

30. Halling & Plowing for Tobacco

May 1st Finished prizing good fine & Lugs
this day & nearly done short Tobacco

2 Plowing for Tobacco. Hilling in new
ground

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