Croton April 1901

Mon Apr 29 th clear and hot 84 deg in the shade. I finished takeng potatoes out of the pits widow braggs boys were helping, after diging in the garden

Tue Apr 30 th cloudy and hot. was diging in the garden and setting fruit trees I had orderd

Wed May 1 st clear most of the day and cool. I wanted a fiew earley potatoes

Thu May 2 and cloudy and thunder showers not doing much to day

Fri May 3 clear and cool. saw'd some wood

Sat May 4 th clear and warm. a frost last night I cleand out the cows stable cut wood and trim'd apple trees. the plumb trees begining to come in blow

Sun May 5 th clear and pleasant. I went with David Will to Duarterley m meeting at Florence

Mon May 6 th clear and warm. not doing much

Tue May 7 cloudy most of the day + warm Walter plowd any bit of a garden

Croton May 1901

Wed May 8 th clear part of the day and hot in the fore I went down and castrated Dicks lands. atre after noon planted a few potatoes

Thu May 9 th cloudy fore noon showry a fine rain. I was makein a chicken coop in the fore noon. not doing much the rest of the day

Fri May 10 th clear and warm. not doing much to day working a little in the garden

Sun May 11 th cloudy and high wind from the west and quite cold.

Mon May 13 th cloudy and cool. I cut wood and wrote a couple of letters to the girls Mrs Boyington was helping Flora Snary

Tue May 14 th cloudy part of the day and cool I split wood part of the day. Mrs Boyington away

Wed May 15 th cloudy part of the day and sharp frost last night. I wa makeing a markr for markeing corn groud.

thu May 16 th clear and hot in the midle of the day a frost last night. I planted any little paleh with corn this fore noon. after wend with Bilton, and got a setting of Dorking eggs