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May Con 
Picked over some tobacco

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Fri 22
drew plants & planted tob most
all day. got up more land. Gnt &
Florence in aft.  Robert to practice baseball & waldorf about night.  Cloudy, F to Vias at night.

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     1.80  16
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Sat 23
Planted tob culivated corn over by meadow F & F to bank dedication. F to Waldorf & Dysons F to Vias Adina & Pattie back  with him to do
milking.  Robert to Waldorf.  Brandt in aft. nice day.
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.90         24
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Sun 24
F & Minerva to church.  Mr Clarke in aft.  F to Vias in aft F & F down on place in morning. F to Vias in aft back with girls did the milking & back again. nice day.
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Mon 25
got land ready for tob. planted some tob out in woods.  cut some weeds on hill sides F&I to Aquaska for chickens 100. cloudy.
F to Vias at night.  Maggie Helen Earl & boy.  Mr Hewes at night. Robert took tob to Waldorf.
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Tues 26
F & F out to see the road buldozed through. F to Waldorf gone all afternoon [[underline]] high [[/underline]] Bill Louise at night. Minerva went back. Robert to Waldorf at night. heavy wind storm in aft blue trees down &c. put chickens out in shed.
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Wed 27
drew plants and and planted tob with planter.  cut top out of locous tree & took out lims.  F to Vias at night.  Robert out at night.  colder.
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     3.00   19
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Thurs 28
Planted corn down at school and
up to Vias.  F & R to Waldorf for fertilizer in morning.  F out on road in aft. Robert out in aft. F to B.W. &c. Robert out to wash his car. F to Vias at night, nice day but cold
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May Con

Fri 29
drew tob plants & planted them
culivated corn in morning
Mr. Pointer F out on road with him Robert down on moonlight boat
from W.D.C.  F to Vias at night
cold.  got gas from Lonza E.
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Sat 30
culivated corn & tob out in woods  Robert over to help Tayman to plant tob in late aft. F to B.W & Waldorf.  heavy rain & wind storm in aft.  F to Vias in aft.  Robert to Waldorf at night.  Brandt & wife in aft.
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1.20        13
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Sun 31
rain & storm all last night & rainy today F to Vias at 7 oclock to take them to middleton.
F & Robert started for Accoake & waldorf got home 6 [[underline]] 30 [[/underline]] Robert to Waldorf to movies at night.
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eggs got 710

Eggs sold for month    20.20

Butter sold for month   6.90
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                    $  27.10

 

Transcription Notes:
based on references to F being drunk (and often mad) in volume 3 of the diary, I believe the use of "high" is in regards to F's drinking.