July 24, 1856 - July 31, 1856

1856 July 24 Kitty Taken Sick last Thursday
18th or 19th & is sick yet Jordan & Sandy getting
better, - Halled up Our fodder put 2 stacks
in old prize Barn for Mr Anderson sold & put 2
in new cutting House, Hot Dry weather

25th Hung out Tobacco this morning worming
Toping Tobacco in fresh ground to day
choping out cotton to day, sent for Doct
Thompson to see Kitty to day

26. Loaded waggon with Tobacco for Riceville
cleaning up around negroes Houses etc
Branch etc, worming new ground this
evening, - etc etc etc
Went to Riceville with Load Tobacco 1347 lbs
Balance of our hands cleaning up & fixing
about their houses & worming new ground
Tobacco, this evening, - clear & dry —

28 working on Tobacco in morning Toping
new ground Henry going to Mill for meal
& to Dews for weather Boarding
Sent 4 Bushels Corn & 2½ Bushels new wheat
to Yates to grind for meal & flour

30th Henry at work on Granary shed
Balance of them choping at Turnip Patch
& corn field clear & dry —
Went to Riceville yesterday & car^d all of our
Tobacco we have striped Toped over our
Tobacco

31st Doct Thompson has been here ^{to see Kitty}to day
Henry has floored Granary shed & weather
boarded it in 1½ days balance of them
been choping in corn till 12 [water stain]
choping grass off Plant Bed [water stain]