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1876 May 25 Sent Jimmie to Yates Mill 2
bags for E Dews 2½ Bushels for me 2 Bushels
for Peter Adams lent Edmond & his gang
in new ground Coltering & Hilling Peter
Plowing his corn in lot above garden ^{finished it}
Jimmie got his meal got back by 12 ^{Oclock I went to mount airy & got back by _{11 Oclock & got some [ca?]}}
We shoot a Gun over all our plant beds
every morning for 2 morning & will do it all the ^week
to keep flies off them they say thats good

26 Peter Plowing corn Edmd Coltering & Hilling^{Rain stoped him this morning}
Peter in Shop mending manure fork
Edmd replanting Potatoes yams & Red for me
Still cloudy & like for more Rain Planted over ^{2000 Hills}

27 Edmond Planted ^{in new ground got for J. & M} yesterday over 2000 Hills
Hilling & Coltering new ground Peter Plowing ^Tobacco_Corn
cloudy & like for Rain this morning

28th. Raining this morning weather moderate
& fine growing weather we planted every ^thing
but replanting Greens, Rained in evening.

29th. clear this morning ground weather ^{wet to plough}

30 Clear this morning Edmond Tucker worked
here yesterday evening yesterday worked in
Garden Onions planted snaps, worked snaps, Miss Frankie
Hilled up by shuck pen Planted some corn snaps
Potatoe slips replanted Irish Potatoes & Tomato
Peter & his wife replanted corn in fresh ground yesterday
Edmond Hilling & planting Tobacco 2 Rows this morning
Nearly finished Hauling manure out of Farm pen ^{& stable}
yesterday, he manured Tobacco plants yesterday

31. Peter Plowing his corn his wife replanting ^{Lot above Garden}
Scattering & Plowing in manure in Lot to day
Majr Yates here last night assessing or valuing property
Cloudy & likely for rain this morning
Kelley Wyatt has got 7 very pretty Pigs this morning
Mr Tucker come to Load with Tobacco for
Lynchg between 8 & 10 clock went to Edmd Tuckers
& Martins Smiths got their 4 or 500 lbs come back
& we load him Lowry Graves' 1st ^seconds & then Lowrys
Lugs his good an[d] ^Sends Tierce