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4^th Month 1869

down to go to T H Evans & Co Balto
for sale - Jery W^m & I sorting
potatoes & boiled 5 Bus for hogs -
about 2 hours rain this morn
cleared up at 11 am - after din clean^d
up - M & I to [Hort?] at R M Stablers

2^d day 19 Ben harrowing & rolling potato grd - I
sowed 3/8 Peck Swedish oats in new grd
fixed Raspberries & made W Melon Bed
Nelly t [in margin: N]

3 " 20 Ben nearly fin^d rolling potato grd
stopped by much needed rain at 3 PM
I [mulched?] strawberries planted Water
Melons & cut Peach Blow potatoes

4 " 21 Ben to town with potatoes - rain
heavy in the night - cut potatoes
Father Miller arr^d this afternoon

5 " 22 W^m & I putting up fence in woods Ben
back at dark left 4 1/2 Bus seed & 3 Bus
[Yeast?].

6 " 23 Harrowing & plowing ^apple orchard - Jery
W^m & I hauling off stone set out 1 B
tomato plants

7 " 24 I went to Balto got 4 Bus Clover seed
co $40.00 Ben Jery W^m & the two little
boys planted 5 Bus Peach Blow & 1 1/2 Bus
Buckeye potatoes 300 Lbs [Dis?] Bone & 200
Guano to acre

2 " 26 I returned from Balto yesterday, Ben plowing
apple orchard till noon Jery & I cut potatoes