a busy day getting packed and ready and saying good-bye to all the neighbors. He stayed at the Pickfords for tea and Enah drove him down to-night. He is going to stay at Aunty's to-night and leave in the early car for Galt. Marj. & I went for a little walk to-night and were overtaken by the Doughty family who were bringing Dorrie back, they had been at Brantford. Wednesday August 10th It was rather late when we got the morning chores done up and then Dad. went over and got Bobbie Pickford to come & help us draw {our?} oats. We got in five loads all day and left the last one on the barn floor. There is still one load left in the corn stubble field. Marj. Dorrie and I went to band concert to-night. Fine & cool breeze. Thursday August 11th Bobbie came over again this morning and we started to build a stack. We got in two loads this morning and at noon Pickford and Arthur came over to help us. We got in four loads and then it started to rain and we had to quit. They weren't big loads but we could have finished I believe if it hadn't rained. Arthur Preston came over for a visit and went out with me. He & Pickford pitched on and they would pitch up about four or five sheaves at a time so all I could do was to climb on top of them and I didn't build much of a load. Arthur stayed and gave me some new points against the theory of evolution at which we both laugh. Arthurs latest find is some fellow sneering at theory by claiming that in the course of evolution all life should have disappeared from the earth during the development of the insect life as they being of a lower order than the birds which now it is claimed hold them in check would have destroyed all plant life and then starved to death thereby cutting short evolution in its earlier stages. I agreed with Arthur that that was very logical. Friday August 12th It rained more during the night so that we couldn't do much with the oats but Dad. & I drove down town and got the beaver-board from Reynolds to put