Jan 30 & 31st warm with heavy rains

Feby 4th. Parliament Buildings at Ottawa burned blown last night.

Feby 10th Fine & moderately cold

Feby 13th very cold 12 below zero

Feby 17th very mild like spring

Feby 18th very cold again 4 below zero. got word car of manure shipped Feby, 16th

Feby 21 very cold again last night about 10 below zero

Feby 23. started unloaading car of manure. 37 tons on it

Feby 25 Finished car of manure have it all up in hot beds but one load. have 54 sashs put up.

Feby 26. Put dirt on hot beds very cold again

Feby 28th sowed first seeds of the season;

2nd row from the house are cold seeds, onions which we had over and thought we would try

1st row outside fence starting at far end -

1 sash succesion cabbage 1oz-

1 " charlester Wakefield 1oz-

1 " story of {illegible} 1oz

1 " Copen Hagen Market 1/2 oz -

Rest of rows 8 sashes are all Hot peppers

2nd row at far end - 2 1/2 sashes B.Frost and Best tomatoes

1 1/2 " S B Earliest of all 1 oz

March 1st very cold

" 3rd and 4th it was 4 below zero lots of snow and good sleighing