June 16, 1875 - June 24, 1875

1875 June 16 Ed & Jimmy Plowing corn Nannie & Wm
weeding & replanting ^Tobacco cloudy & cool yet
Finished weeding my corn put up Scare Crows by 12 ^oclock

17 Rained this evening Ed thined corn till night
Turned Our cows in woods, cloudy this morning

18 Ed & Jimmy Plowing corn Nannie & Wm choping
& thining corn. Fair day Kate finished working
Garden in 1½days. quite cool nights

19th. Ed & Jimmy Plowing corn down near fence ^{next to Mr Lewis}
Balance thining & choping cool night last night
Dolley my Big Black Sow has 8 Pigs the 2 Wyatt young
Sows had 10 lost one Some how, 1 of my 8 shoats
altered not up this morning & 1 come up crippled

20th. Cloudy this morning - all shoats up this morning
I expect tp go Sunday School ^{Nannie Whitehead went with me} this morning -

21st Went to Sunday School Nannie Whitehead went
& Rained a little before we got home

21nd Ed working Tobacco on Branch in front dining
room Door, ^Jacob Laine has not come yet to carry my
Tobacco to Lynchg cloudy & like for rain
The Hail storm the 12th reached from N.C. to James
River & how much farther I dont know in places
Taking the Bark off some trees & the Hail is in
piles yet over not far from Mr Woodings for
I Saw it last Saturday 21st. Inst. Ed Dews
Nat. Came plowing my Tobacco to day

22nd Ed Dews, Nat, began to Cut Clover ½ after 6 in morning
our folks halling up leaves for stables this morning
& then plowing -- then plowing Ed & Jimmy
Hauling leaves in morning then Plowing ^corn

23rd. Edmd Dews Nat left settled up with him ^{he is so slow}
Edmd & Jimmy Plowing corn to day next to orch^d
Fine Rain last evening replanting Tobacco ^over
clear day & Hot went to Martha Neals to
^{see Miss Nancy Smith}

24 Edmd & Jimmie Plowing in corn most of the day
Edmd Tucker Charles Ham from Mr Owens & Henry Templeton
cutting wheat Kate Tis. Nannie Dews Tying up & Jimmy
Tying Some & Wm Piling to finish shocking now.