Day in the Life

Sep 23, 1857

Journal Entry

September 23, 1857 ~ Wednesday

21st nd & 24 I spent this time in threshing out my
wheat I was sick & not able to labour but I stood at the
tale End of the threshing mashine for three days with a
severe cold sore throat sumthing like the Quincy I was up Early
& late & hard at work my cold broke up on the 24th & I was
better I had 500 bushels of wheat on 12 1/2 Acres making
Just 40 bushels to the Acre I sowed one bushel of clear
white club on one Acre of ground the poorest acre I had
& it had no water that produced Just 40 bushel but some
smut but no smut in my [tause]. I had a great amount
of straw enough for a thousand bushel of wheat I had
300 bushels of wheat left after paying for sowing watering
Harvesting & threshing & cleaning I paid 30 bushels of
tithing upon that

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Sep 23, 1857