1888 April 20 I did some tinkering & split wood a little hail & snow this afternoon the ground is white at night 21 snow all gone this morning bud had to have her calf this morning Ad is boring post holes on the Side Road North field 22 Mr McPherson preached this evening hard Frost morning Mr Millard had to go to Morsburg 23 cold day Ad board post holes & set posts 24 Ad went to raisin of James Horton's he is putting up a large Barn they got it at night 25 Ad sowed 3 bushel bushel of oats black barley & peas in the midle field South end that is the first that he has sowed side note X oats 3 26 Ad took 5 bushels to the field this morning he took 2 more at noon fine day 27th Ad sowed in all the South half of the midle field 14 1/2 bushel of the mixture of peas oats & black barley fine day side note in all in that half 14 1/2 8 Philo dragged this forenoon & Ad shoveled the furrows fine day they got a small load of hay at Bruce's 29 Revd Mr Millard preached this morning 30 Ad worked in the midle field & bushel of the same oats Matthew shoveled & I spread dung in the North field & in the Little field at the milkshed Heavy Rain most of the night I planted 2 of the Jesse strawberry that I got from Fruit Growers Society