October 6, 1860 - October 10, 1860

6th Oct getting up apples & Beeting Mrs
FW 2 hands here to day hot 4-Bb^ls

7th likely for rain stayed at home -

8th Housed Tobacco in prize Barn 1st Cutting
down below Barn did not quite fill it
Halled up stumps Poles Rails etc for fodder
stack fram[e] put in forks etc — — —
I went to aspen Grove found slow sick
give her a p^s meat found negroes doing
not much, & Cothran gone — Rained
to day about 12 oclock - -

9th Stacked Tops got them all together before
Breakfast Henry & his gang - Turned
Cooler I went to old place to see about ^sale
Nannie & Mrs Hunt went too — —
I gave Mrs Hunt 50 for Bob to day
to help me stack Tops as he talked of
going to Mrs Coleman — Finished Tops
Firing prize Barn Tobacco have cut near 2000
sticks here Turned cool to day —
We have 11 or 12 Stacks fodder here
14 stacks Oats ½ stack old fodder yet
19th Stacks fodder & 16 stacks Oats at
Plantation & at this time 6 Barns Tobacco full
there & they are finishing cutting —

10th Cutting Tobacco & Piling to day
Henry got another Barrel Cider last
night fine weather
Mrs Hunt & Bob gone to Mrs Colemans
to day, Nannie & myself went to Chalk
Level & Lent John shields 5 long
Bags & 3 short Bags to carry wheat
to Lynchg - clear weather
returned 4 short & 3 long Bags — 1 missing
& too many short ones sent me