Nellie and drove down town to visit Cousin Clare and others and Mrs. McBride minded Tiddums. Dad. & I took the plow back to the alsike stubble and plowed all the afternoon. I made a couple of strike outs my first ones and they certainly looked like it. Frank came back and joined us after a while Dad. went up about half past five to milk and I plowed till after six.

Thursday August 20th

It began to rain soon after breakfast this morning and rained steadily and quite heavily till after dinner, it then cleared up for the rest of the day but it doesn't act as if it was through with us yet. I read all morning, the last bulletin from the Department of Agriculture on Tightening Rods. Frank studied his bee book and Dad minded Tiddums and slept. A fellow drove in to see if he could sell us oil wholesale but he couldn't so didn't stay long. This after noon Frank and I took Joe down to Joe Howell's and had her shod. Frank stopped in at Uncle Ward's on his way home to see how his vice was attached to his bench and was in there about half an hour. We got home a little before five. I looked over the paper and then carried Tiddums back to where Dad. was plowing and from there to the gully. We got back about six. Dad. plowed all the after noon.

Friday August 21st

It rained hard again during the night but has been sunny and windy all day and to-night the sky looks clear. and it is cooler. Dad. plowed all morning and Frank and I tidied up a little around the yard in the vicinity of the woodshed and shop. This afternoon Frank drove Enah amnd Tiddums down town to go visiting and brought Uncle Ward. back with him as he had some tools he wanted to sharpen on our grindstone and Frank turned it gofor him.

As Jonas wanted Nellie at three o'clock I had to drive down before tea and get Enah and Tiddums who was gertting homesick. Uncle Ward wouldn;t stay to tea so I took him home. Dad. and I spe the afternoon turningthe oats We ti=urnedevery shock as far as we went but didn;t finish. The ones that stood up weren't very wet but there weren'tmany that were left standing and the down ones were very wet and some of them sprouted. I had to help Dad. milk to-night and it was very late when we got through. We tried to get John into the stancions and nearly had her in when Tige commenced to bark at the Shand boys coming in and frightenend her out. Whit Dixon came over this morning and Dad. let him have