April 29 Sunday cold. Tom Bamford buried today, had a very large funeral. Went down home for tea. Frank + Geo McMullen called.

April 30 Cloudy + very cold, Westwinds. Too cold to transplant, tomatoes, which are ready.

May 1 Fine + warm. Transplanting tomatoes, second time.

May 2 Transplanting tomatoes. W best buried today there was three funerals today in all some Sunday!

May 3 Transplanting tomatoes + put 2000 cabbages out. Are up against it for men, only have one + cannot get any more. It seems. It has been fine + warm + very dry.

May 4 Add tomatoes yet also put out some more cabbages

May 5 Finish transplanting tomatoes today about 18,000.

May 6 To Caledonia six nation + Austen to try to get men. Have some promise to come.

May 7 Fine + warm, dry., No rain. Finished putting out cabbages. Started digging strawberry plants. One man arrived at noon.

May 8 Started planting strawberries. showering in the afternoon afternoon.

May 9 Cold + showering also. Some snow. Digging strawberry plants between showers.

May 10 Ground covered with snow this morning. Too cold to plant strawberries. Got a load of hay at $15 per ton total $27.90.