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Jan 1^st. Nice day. Light frost.
From to day all grain must be sold at per cwt instead of per qr.
27^th. Weather fine & mild. Started second ploughing.
28^th. There are more primroses on the cliff than I remember seeing at this time of the year. Heard a skylark singing.
12^th Feb. Sold the last of the fat hoggs. Trade has been good for sheep for some time but shows signs of a big drop at present. Weather very wet & unsettled. Turnips are plentiful. They are being given away to be eaten on by sheep.
17^th. L.S.A. called out at 5.30 a.m. Large steamer asking by wireless for assistance. Found under Bempton cliffs. L.S.A. got to work at once on arrival. Communication was effected by the first rocket & the crew of 28 were landed without mishap. Much assistance was given by Buckton & Bempton men in hauling the men & their baggage up the cliff. The company was out for twelve hours some of them being without food all the day; Steamer Radium, load 5,000 tons of coal. Bound from the Tyne to Venice. The crew were Dalmatians.
L.S.A. men received £3. 2. 9. for their services.
21^st. Big snow storm. Wind East.
Mar  10^th. Weather wet & unsettled. Wind Nor East.     
17^th Planted a few potatoes.
19^th. Been to Brid market.
Calving cows are down in price several pounds. Best Beef 60/- to 63/- per cwt.
Sheep are still a good trade. Best hoggs to £6.20^th. Started harrowing.
The weather looks like settling. Very little second ploughing has been done for turnips up to the present.
26^th. Easter market at Brid. Beef poor trade. Sheep & calves good.
27^th. Drilling Hill field barley. Land in good order.
30^th. Finished sowing barley.
April 1^st. Easter day. Rainy Cold. Wind East. 2^nd. Fair.
10^th. Setting potatoes East of the house. Land in fair condition. Wind still East.
Apr 30^th. The wind has been in the East V nearly all the month, very cold & dry, not much frost. Land working badly