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MAINE STATE SOCIETY. 



(3) 

 FRANKLIN FARM, September \st, 185-, {Continued.) 



Weather. 

 Quite mild. 



Still 

 Pleasant. 



Cloudy, 

 threaten- 

 ing a 

 Storm. 



Rainy. 



Cash on Land, forward, 



Commenced plowing the easterly hf. 

 of (iiv. 3. Tiie soil i,s a russet mould. 

 I am generally in favor of deep plow- 

 ing excepting where the upper and 

 lower soil appears to be the same, when 

 I think it hardly worth while to ex- 

 change the soil which has been enrich- 

 ed for centuries back, for that which 

 is less rich. 



Thursday, Sept. Id, 185-. 

 Engaged William Philips, of this 

 town, to labor on the farm two months, 

 commencing to-tlay — wages twenty 

 dollars per month. 



Wm, Philips. 

 Sold for cash the Perley steers. 



Friday, Sept. 3d, 185-. 

 Sold in Bangor this day, 40 bushels 

 white beans, $1.75 



Bought for family use, 10 yds cassi- 



more, $1.25, 12 50 



do. do. 20 yds. sheeting, 9c. 1 80 



Saturday, Sept. ith, 185-. 

 Paid John Adams on account of labor, 

 ten dollars, 



Received above amount, 



J.ihn Adams. 

 The plowing on div. 3, still continues. 



Monday, Sept. Cth, 185-. 



The weather yesterday was damp and 

 cloudy — to-day it has not much im^ 

 proved. 



John Cabott has this day agreed to 

 ditcu the small meadow, as follows, 

 viz.: Commencing at the brook, dig 

 four ditches parallel and easterly to 

 four stakes which are driven into the 

 margin of the meadow. Said ditches 

 to be two and one-half feet deep; four 

 feet wide at the top and one foot wide 

 at the bottom, and to bo asunder five 

 rods. The said ditches will measure 

 56 rods, which is the sum of their 

 lengths; for the digging of which I 

 promise to pay him, the said John Ca- 

 bott, upon the completion of said 

 ditches, at the rate of (GO cents) sixty 

 cents per rod. The ditches are to be 

 finished by the 10th day of October 

 next. John Cahott. 



150 00 



70 00 



14 30 



10 00 



John Adams 

 page 8. 



John Cabott, 

 page 8. 



$117 60 



323 30 



10 00 



313 30 



