Left Page: April 15th. Finished unloading manure. good friday, cold with easterly winds. April 16th. Finishing brush + wood out of the {shed?} April 17th. Easter Sunday {dune?} + mild {hod? }bells for supper April 18th. Started un-covering strawberries three new started {work?} af noon. John Sick in bed again April 19th. unloaded another car of manure. very warm. so in the shade April 20th. meaning strawberries they look green. but rows light also very weedy.

Right Page: April 21st. uncovering strawberries. cool + cloudy with rain about 4 30 pm. April 22nd very cold some snow flurries still uncovering strawberries April 23rd very cold + a few Snow flurries finshed uncovering strawberries + started on 5th car of manure. (the last one) raised Smithswags to $18 00 April 24th. Just as cold as ever. froze nearly an inch of ice last night. April 25th cold + windy had {oakes?} with {pump?}. fixing drain. April 26th cool + cloudy finished fixing drain rained in the morning.