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                                                            -22-
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<hr>               <b>1850</b><br>
               May
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                llth            Drew 37 loads sheep manure & fixed some stakes     in the hawthorn  hedge   to
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                                keep sheep   out.
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                12th  Sab.      Public meeting A.M.     Canaan singers up PM.
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                13th            Raking in the  North  Garden  for lettuce, 10 rows Cabbage   Hd,,  west side,
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                                next to the Blood Beet.   Manured,   ploughed  & raked the old  Asparagus bed,
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                                on which  continued  out 8 rows  Sage (planted  in hills 2 ft,
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                                                                                             apart)  East side;
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                                next 2 rows parsley, and (blank) rows Vegetable Oyster..     (I planted some
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                                okras in the Horseradish  bed.)
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                                El. Richard,  R. White, A.   Crossman  & Anna White start for    N.Y.
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                14th            Raking east side of North  Garden, very wet,    had to leave  a piece on the
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                                south side on that account.   Planted  potatoes in the N.  Garden; fixed the
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                                walk; sowed 2 rows Mangel    Wurzel   & 16 do Frankfort  Lettuce.  Wed out   the
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                                strawberry  patches.
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                15th            Fixing walks in the  1st Garden; cultivating onions & parsnips,   picking up
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                                stones.  Very  rainy: farmers on the mountains sowing oats.    PM printing
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                                & picking over  peas.
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                16th            Rainy;  worked  indoors - peas,  printing &etc.
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                17th             Rainy with thunder.   Drawing   manure from the oxyard to the   compost heap.
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                                 Farmers ploughing on the   King Place.   (Asparagus cut)
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                18th             Some of the Gardeners went to a raising at the 2nd Orde.r (A.M.)       Some
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                                 seeds put up for Moss of  N,  York and for  Honesdale.   Very  cold, tee  tious
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                                 day.  L.S.  to Canaan for El.  Rd.
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                19th             Considerable frost last night; ground  rather stiff.Public  meeting  AM;
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                                 reading at home PM      SABBATH.
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                20th             Very  rainy; the farmers return home down wet.     Brethren work  indoors;  in the
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                                 afternoon,  the North  & South mountains were covered with snow.
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                21st             AM, still  cloudy, gardeners work   in the shop;  farmers chore;  PM, we    hoed
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                                 the borders in the 1st Garden; and harrowed    the cucumber patch,    north.
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                                 Levi starts for NYork with a load of brooms & brushes.     R. White   & 2 "sisters
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                                 return from NYork.
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                22nd             The 3rd lot north of North  Garden (west part   near wall) was dragged   and, as
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                                 the ground was considered to be too   soddy for  furrowing, we dug holes and
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                                 filled them with manure;   some planting was done, but we did    not get through.
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                                 The seed  is EarlyCluster Cucumber.     There has been some sunshine today,
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                                 interspersed with clouds  & appearances of   rain, but nothing positive was done
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                                 in that line.
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                 23rd            Exchanged with East   Family  1 peck Royal  Whites for  1 do Early China Beans.
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                                 East F. took 7 papers seeds.   N.B.   That Hull  of the Royse place has had   11
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