July 8, 1867 - July 12, 1867

[…] 8th Got meal & returned by 12 Oclock
[…] fresh ground Tobacco Plowing we
are weeding it down & putting little hill
to it Doct Estes here to day to see little Jerry
sick Sam running Dutch Plow next to
Lot Corn, ground tolerable hard, - looks a
little like rain Very Hot to day

9th. Rained in the night last night
not done fresh ground yet, Robert Dalton
Set to Plowing Corn in Lot about 9 Oclock
Tommy finished Guanoed field this morning
Chopping out Garden to day Sam Siding Corn

10. Finished weeding & Plowing fresh ground
Tobacco & Plowed & weeding on Branch
Plowing Sorghum & sugar Corn above stack

11th Finished throwing out Corn rows in Lot by
Rob^t Dalton Sam & Rob^t Plowing Plow Peas
& Corn Joining Peas Broom Corn etc etc
Sews Peas by Pea Patch above & along
hill side Ditch on upper Side Sewed
4 or 5 rows. finished weeding down
our Tobacco & Mr Dalton & Tommy choping
Lot Corn Sam & Rob^t Dalton Siding
& Plowing in Guanoed field, began
after 12 Oclock to day, I went up Cedar
Hill Bro^t home all our fodder from
there our measuring Tub & a Bedstand
Cottage which Mr Moses Joseph [Jn?] Sent us
fro Mr Peaks clear clear & hot weather
in the day night Cool very dry & ground
hard to Plow,

12th Richard lent me his horse to Plow to day
Finished hilling up Sweet Potatoes this morning
& late planting Irish, Tommy Rob^t & Sam Plowing
Guanoed field yet Tommy Harrowing middle
Sam & Rob^t Siding to day Mr Dalton choping in
Corn after Plows clear dry & Hot. Sallies
Baby sick all this week rising on Jery
thigh Doct Estes been to see him once
Fine Rain this evening we replanted some
Tobacco Planted 4 or 6 rows in Branch cut off the hills