Tuesday June 13th

This morning I went down to Aunty's and took Tid with me to help work in the garden and incidentally to remove him from the impending operations to be carried on here as Mrs. McBride arrived just as we left and they have beend papering the kitchen ceiling all day and generally house-cleaning and they thought his presence would not be required. I spent the day digging the cellar banks and got them pretty well dug the houseside of the drain, but not the woodshed side, however they were well pleased they said with what I did and it certainly did make quite an improvement. I came home about four o'clock and did chores but didn't get through in time to get up to the Barwells for tea but left soon after to give Zeitha a riding lesson she got on fine. She had been reading up on it in the encyclopedia and tried to put the theory to practice and didn't lose her head or lose control of Joe so had a few good canters up and down the road. I didn't stay late. Winnie was over here to tea and Frank went down with her after tea and I guess they went to the picture show. Dad. says Ham Thompson was in to-night feeling pretty blue as another cow aborted just gone a few months and is afraid it is contagious abortion. Fine, hot & sultry.

Wednesday June 14th

Frank went over at seven this morning to help Jack Martin's gang set out strawberry plants and was there all day. Dad drove Enah down to the dentists' this morning and she was down all day too. Minnie Quanbury came over at noon to say Enah had telephoned over that she wouldn't be home. She got four teeth filled and one out so feels rather sore in the mouth. Dad. and I have not done any thing to speak of A few chores and I slept and read. Dad. of course had to watch the baby. He has been reading up on contagious abortion, and feels very worried for if Ham's bull is infected we have brought it into this herd by breeding Daisy May & Elgitha to him and we have to wait now anyway before we can find out as the only way to tell seems to be to see if other cows abort, so we won't dare breed Elgitha when she comes around again. Dad. had a letter from Douglas and he thought she must have aborted and said he would breed her at once but Tupper who has had experience of it says not to breed them till after the time they would have had their calf if they had not aborted. But any way we daren't breed her to another bull till we know for sure about Ham's or the thing will get spread all over. Very hot & sultry. Thundery.