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one of the meadows was ruined completely  the other meadow was badly dammaged but not as much as the first. There was not crop enough of all kinds made to subsist the plantation for the current year, Doct Holt had formerly sold large quantities of cotton and flour, raised 135 to 140 acres of corn with 60 field hands (large and small)  from 30 to 35 of these were grown hands if you will allow ^[[insertion]] me to use [[/insertion]] a Hickory with they will cultivate 400 acres, 400 acres cultivated with this force would be but good common labor. the witness states that these negroes worked when they saw proper and if not they left, with out permission  they worked for others for pay and refused to work on the plantation when they were requested with out being paid, this conduct was general among the negroes on the plantation  I had great trouble in getting my wheat harvested and thrashed owing to this conduct of the negroes. Federal officer were applied to and came to the plantation to induce the negroes to work.

Transcription Notes:
"cotton and flour" -- is "flour" correct? (And ugh: "hickory" is defined as a switch or cane, per Merriam-Webster Dictionary.) -- Beth If you don't know if it's correct or not, please leave it as it is.