May 3, 1851 - May 13, 1851

1851 May 3rd Tyed up Our young steers
this evening to Help Hall out manure

4th Sunday it Rained all day, moderately

5th Rained all night & wind blew hard & its
quite cool indeed wind from N E
Raining all day nearly prizing Tobacco
Spining mending shoes Henry bottoming chair
We are in evening manuring Our Plants
Still very cool indeed —

6th Prizing Short Tobacco fencing Halling Rails
yesterday & to day from mountain field
Some frost this morning fixed scaffold for ^{ing outTobacco}Hang=
Federick gone to mill this morning 1½
Barrels Sent & 2 Bushels there making ^{2 Bbls}nearly

8 Went to Mrs McC. yesterday to sister Coleman
Halling out manure finished nearly
Hilling our new ground ^{about this time} on mountain

9th Collering & Hilling at fresh ground
Mr J P. Lewis returned the Plank Cut
him in Feby last —
^{Suning &}Dewing Our Tobacco this morning^{in House}put it
Prizing Our Second Rate

10th Sent Waggon to shop, began yesterday to Hill
in Second yrs Tobacco Land Coltering etc
Turned Out Second rate Hh^d Tobacco
warm fine weather,-

13 from 10th to this time took down our good
Tobacco Monday morning. Coltering Second years
ground, going to Replant Corn in a day or two.
Fine growing weather at this time very warm,
from 13th to this 19th may Hilling made trip
19th to Lynchg & Court House Planting Some
Tobacco in Lot by prize barn finishing
Halling out manure Henry coltering balance
fresh ground at Mountain taken out
to use & for Mr Owen 5 Gallons molasses of
Barrel