Quanbury's freezer. This after noon Dad. and I were to have gone out to Tommy Jackson's but Dad. felt sick and it was so hot we didn't go. I did some chores and then went to sleep, and didn't go anywhere but to bed to-night. I took 17 chicks out of the incubator to-day only 11 black ones and had to kill one of them It was a very poor hatch I think I must have put too much water in the machine. Frank went out on his wheel to view rhe ruins of Lige. Farr's big barn this after noon It was burned to the ground night before last. Very hot. Life scarcely worth living this weather. Monday August 7th We didn't get on very well to-day just got in two loads of alsike and pitched off three, but Dad. felt very miserable all day and this after noon he didn't come out to help us put on the load but helped put it off. The wind was also pretty strong which made it hard pitching. We have the mow so full now that we are not going to try to put any more in. We will have to stack the rest of the hay & alsike unless we put a little in the old shed at the other barn. Much cooler to-day. Tuesday August 8th I woke up about three o'clock this morning and was so hot I couldn't get anything like comfortable. I heard it thundering and it seemed to be raining a little so as I heard Frank who was sleeping on a cot out on the lawn stirring around I got up and helped him move it to the hall. There was a little breeze coming from the West so I put the sheepskin down in front of the hall door and lay down there. I flounced around till I got pretty well off the mat on to the floor oilcloth which though cool was not very springy or soft and finally went to sleep with a faint breeze fanning me and a sort of drizzle coming in the screen door. Before morning I got so cooled off that I went back to bed and later even covered myself up. Dad. tried four different beds and then didn't get very comfortable so we spent a rather restless night. Dad. has felt a little better to-day but Frank has been completely knocked out and been in the house all day. The little rain we had although it didn't ammount to any more than a dew stopped us from hauling for a while so Dad. and I thrashed and cleaned