piece for corn. This after noon Dad. & Huby went down town. They got Joe shod at Joe Howells and put in a big load of shaving to put in the ditch over the tile so Dad. didn't get home till about six. It has been very hot all day but breezy, cool to-night.

Friday May 29th

I disked all day on the corn ground and got all over it by to-night, and started to straddle the furrows Dad brought the harrows out and worked for a couple of hours before dinner. This after noon he went back and borrowed a set of three horse eveners from John Wess McBride. John Wess was just ready to shear sheep so Dad stayed and watched him for awhile. Huby laid the tile in the ditch as far as the chicken house which is far as it is leveled and covered them with shavings and got most of the earth shovelled in Cars. Rankin brought a couple of girls over in his automobile to see Bluch this after noon. I didn't get up till five this morning I put the clock under the bed where I could grab it and consequently went to sleep again. Dick tells us that Norm. Brock is the latest purchaser of a car and Mr. Johnsons father gave him one. Very hot to-day but nice breeze.

Saturday May 30th

I wemnt out this morning and straddled the furrows with the disks as far as we will put corn on and then started to harrow. I ddmn't lap the harrows at all so got over quite a piece. Frank and Dad. went down town this morning with the waggon and got some stuff chopped at the mill. and the window sash for the shop which have been at the wide spread all sring. Huby worked around. This afternoon we had to m ove the stove into the woodshed. We got it out all right. but they broke. another side of the base or rather the end so we had to set it up on vbricks. We then went out hunting. Huby had flooded all the holes with water this morning and ripped someboards off thre flloor of the corn crib but we found we couldn;t get them without taking up nearly thew whole lfoor so we did. We were all armed with clubs and had the three e dogs. Dad. staye dinside and scaed them out and the dogs would catch them Lila killed obne big one with a lath but Bluch killed most of the others. Huby says he is the best rat dog he ever saw he doesn't waste any time about nabbing them and never let one get away. Nig. got one or two. I think we got five grweat bog ones and two half fgrown ones besides a nest of eleven little fellows. When wwe got through with them it was too