Frosty Apples For The Hogs

Monday, November 10, 1851: We cut the cider cheese down and left the cider to drain through the night, quite a snow storm this afternoon. This evening my two sons  and James Cramp finished husking the widow Wylie’s corn.
Tuesday: Today I laid up fence round my barn yard on my Rodgers farm. Today Geo P. and his hired man James Cramp worked on the Wm. B. Maxon farm, they banked up the house where he put the carrots and turnips in and dug a few carrots and worked making sheep yards. Today Mr. Basset moved out of Geo P. tenant house that is on the Wm B. Maxon farm.
Wednesday: I went to Hancock with one horse wagon and carried to Barker’s Factory six bushels turnips and three bushels carrots at 25 cents per and got in exchange three yards satinette at 75 cts per. On the way home I called to my Rodgers farm to Aaron Merrils and got the last of my carrots he raised to the halves, which he says 31 of his baskets, which makes 155 baskets that said Merrils calls bushels I have.
Thursday: I tended to chores and put my onions in the celler and I picked up frosty apples for the hogs that were under the trees. Today my two sons and James Cramp worked on my Rodgers farm making a hovel and moving barn yard fence larger. This evening we sorted over apples for market.
Friday: I went to Pittsfield with twelve bushels apples, two bushel grafted, and sold them one bushel for 75 cts and the other bushel 62  cents, and the common fruit for 50 cents, and sold two bushels turnips for 50 cts. Tonight I stayed to brother F. Jay Wylie’s, quite a rainy night.
Saturday: Today I remained in Pittsfield till nearly four o’clock in the afternoon for it was quite rainy. I then called to A. B. Chapin’s and paid four dollars and 25 cts for a barrel flour and I paid one dollar for 14 yds cotton cloth and six skeins thread, and 31 cts for seven pounds and  cod fish. I then came home by seven o’clock this evening. Today my boys tended to chores, it being quite rainy.