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to pay the said parties on the first day of January 1867 $25 for each bale of Cotton weighing 400 pounds provided that said Cotton will not bring less than 40c per lb at time of sale

To allow them to keep a horse of their own and of mine - to allow them the use of a cow and calf and will divide the hogs on the place equally among the families employed by said party of the first part- At the end of the year said parties of the second part do hereby covenant & promise to return to said party of the first part two thirds of the same and two thirds of their increase And on the [[blank]] day of [[blank]]     said party of the first part promise to give to said parties of second part To allow them to raise poultry and to keep one yard dog- to allow the use of the her wagons in regular turns with other families similarly employed. She C.H. Ross reserves the privilege of turning off at any season of the year without wages said family or any member of said family who shall by their indolence render it necessary & to protect herself and them from such a contingency and to protect herself from being subjected to disobedience and impertinence said part of the first part pay a penalty of not