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that the corn was being stolen from the field. I directed that cotton packing should be stopped & the corn housed. as soon as possible. However this man Moses who contracted to look for part of the crop insisted that 30 or 50 Bbls should be put in his crib. I objected for the reason, which I gave him, that it was necessary that all the crop should be gathered before we could ascertain what was coming to him as I had borne the Entire expenses of the farm. Moses knowing as well as I that he would have little or nothing [[strikethrough]] after [[/strikethrough]] coming to him after expenses were deducted (I mean those he contracted to pay) objected; saying, expenses or