Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-11-05

OncOmIOrCaOly cOlQ WIN coat OUT
toned all day. Clear at night, bu
cloudy all day.
10. Sunday.
IL. A fine Durham calf out of Marth
Bryant by Lorenzo; morning quite cool
midday warm in the sun, air cool
cleaning out gin house cut. 2 plow
and Maria replanting the flat in thi
piece, much washed up and drowneC
out by rains.
IL. All hands in gin house cut; get
ting along very slow, but are kept very
steadily and busily at work. HEAVY
dew, now O'Clock p. m.; green peal
and beans today.
IL. After finishing gin house about
10 a. m, commenced in front and clear
ed out very prettily 10 measured acres
II big and little, old and Young; a eve
brought up 2 lambs today, now q il
all; dust in chopping already.
IA. Hands have done an excellent
days work. about 13 acres cleared to
day. Earth getting very hard, in many
places close and stiff.
Finished cattle house, so by IS feet,
IL feet high.
Is. Two plows in new ground corn
part good stand, some 2 acres must
be planted over. Hoe hands in front
of gin house.. Have visited Alex
Montgonery's (Dr. Phillips brother.
in.law) place today The rain ha:
ruined his crop, one-half of his cotton
crop washed up; levee washed away ir
many places; fencing gone for about a
mile, low ground washed greatly, nc
idea Of the injury. No one can de.
scribe. water higher on the levee by II
inches and in low ground by three feet
He will lose at least 100 acres of cotton
will plant over. This freshet has
been general in this section.
l6. Four plows in the new ground
corn today, and all hoe hands since
this morn. We have now cleared out
about 45 acres of cotton and Z of corn,
giving all good working. Oats just
commenced heading.
II. Sunday.
l8. Absent today at Raymond to at.
tend Marshall's sale at Log Hail., but
no sale. Three plows in new ground
corn, hoe hands as on Saturday, finished
working and blowing corn and planting
that overflowed.
10. Six plows in cotton in gin house
cut. Hoe hands where they stopped
on Saturday morn. in the hills of the
cut in front of gin house.
Cloudy yesterday and much appear
ance of rain today, several light sprin-
kles Of rain. very warm; crop improv-
ing very much.
20. A continuance of the same work.
Plows finished in the gin house cut at
10 o'clock, those running round. the
others not until p. m. Clear and
warm.
Il. Six plows in old crrn, giving it
the last working and sowing peas at
same time; in fine order. about should
er high, fine color. Now corn in the
bunch, tassel or so in sight. Finish
ed cotton in front of gin house IL m
After hoe hands had finished the cotton
in front of gin house they fired the
brush and logs in old burn. l find the
new burn so hard and dry that l con-
clude to dirt with plows before hoes.
q. Sent hoe hands over to assist
Alex K. Montgomery out of his over.
flow. Plows in corn, plowed yesterday
about Is acres.
Guinea grass now as high as my head,
the best of it.
%. Hoe hands still at Montgomery's
Plow hands in cotton in front OF gin
house. The three that plowed round
corn finished on 22nd at noon; the 9TH
er three today about 10 o'clock. Clear
and very warm thro' the day. In even
ing wind sprang up. blowing fresh,
cloudy, at 9 o'clock few drops of rain.
"a. Sunday. No rain last night. The
entire crop is growing off finely, but
the ground is very hard, a moderate
rain now desired but not required, fair
crop.
Weighed three pigs today. Listed
Dne weighed III lbs; white. go, spotted,
81.
rs. A fine rain in the afternoon of
yesterday and too much last night.
Too wet to plow or hoe. Fellows get
ting rails, hauling corn, women raking
up manure.
26. All hands in new burn, plows
running round, hoes cleaning and dirt
ing after the plows. Nights cold.
2. Plows finished running round in
new burn at breakfast. then went to
cut in front of gin house. running round.
30 as to get the strong mules in the old
burn to plant corn, intending to break
)ut middles with light mules. Hoe
hands get on slow.
Cotton improving much. crop looks
we'll. First corn tassel out. Bees
,warmed and saved.
%. Hoe hands doing we'll today, cot
;on not so foul; blowing done better
and soil not 80 heavy. Plow hands fin
shed running round the cut in front of
gin house; two now breaking out mid
lies and two double-plows in the burn
'ince dinner, preparatory to chanting it
n corn.
%. Hoe hands finished new burn at
2 m, then cleaned out sweet potatoes
hear gin house and pindars. Then COM
nenced gin cut for third working; 2
blows breaking out middles; two double
blows in burn, slow.
Crop improves very fast. oats in head
.ully. B cts, Irish potatoes and
'quashes for several days.
80. Hoe hands in the gin house cut.
lair days work; three plows in the
'ame before hoe. Two double-horse
blows in old burn. Sold to Mr.. N.
Baldwin two Durham cattle. Lorenzo
md a heifor SQ00