May 1877

1 Tuesday [wind] N cleared Done choars john cultivated

2 wenensday [wind] N clear choared john cultivated

3 Thursday [wind] SW clear Sower pears 6 1/2 bushel Barley 12 bushel let M White have 1 bushel of corn for $1.00 not paid john draged

4 Fryday [wind] SW clear to Belmont let Dyes have eggs 16 [10?] doz [??] of onions $1.05 Ann got Dress. $12.05 john choared Rauy got pens 10 bushel paid $7.50 {entry unclear}

5 Satruday [wind] NE clear made garden john to help planted potatoes to john Learn after tea

6 Sunday [wind] E clear To 2 chruch Rowland preached. john Learn and wife to diner

7 Monday [wind] clear to [swamp?] fore noon let Norm have 10 bushel Barley lent 2 3/4 peas $2.47 1/2cts john cultivated

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