October 1857 Sun 25 I went to Wm Winklers after dinner ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- M 26 I cut corn William Winkler helped me John commenced plowing a little wheet and harrowed some where we was cutting corn ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Tue 27 William & John ploughed and sowed wheet I cut corn assisted by Arch Smeathers in Reason McDaniels place ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- We 28 William plowed the tobacco patch for me John harrowed some and I cut some corn and fixed up some places for shocking and it rained and Ephraim commenced helping and the rain stoped us and in the evening I went to Charles Paynes and Reason McDaniel and engaged some beef ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Th 27 I cut and shocked corn assisted by E McDaniel John harrowed in wheet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fr 30 I went and helped R McDaniel kill his beef and got mine E McDaniel helped me cut corn and after dinner Wm Howard helped me cut corn John harrowed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Sa 31 Wm Winkler sowed grass seed until dinner John brushed them in and in the evening we went to Knottsville after my boots William Howard broke the orchard and harrowed it and I sowed it in wheet and dug around the trees and stumps and finished cutting corn