June 5, 1846 - June 12, 1846

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1846 June 5th weeding corn in big field, cloudy
& Rained in evening

6th Plowing & Weeding corn this morning
Beding Lot by Granary & want to Plant
it to day — Planted said Lot this evening
& all hands then went to corn field & the
foulest I ever had in my life
Red Heifer had a calt last night

7 Rained in evening a little

8 Plowing & weeding corn in Big field next to woods

9th This morning raining & rained nearly
all night, Rainy day all day &nowork
done out at all quite cool —

10th Still raining & cool, doing
but little replanting Tobacco etc etc

11th Raining yet such a spell of wet
never was Known since my day
quite cool — — —

12 Raining & every day this week since
Monday last no work done in corn
field of consequence - Trimed a little Tobacco
down - second yrs Land & lot —
never was Known so wet a spring &
1st summer by the oldest among us all
May & up to this time, great deal of
corn drowned - 10 Oclock, Raining very
hard some wind & cool, ground in a complete
float of water - 12 Oclock powerful fresh
Tobacco overflowed

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