burs out of the orchard so that the sheep wouldn't get them in their wool. After dinner we managed to get the sheep in the barn and separated the rams and put them over in the orchard. We had all the "women folks" out helping us and then had quite a time of it. Dad. didn't get started back till about three but plowed till six. After he went back Frank and I put up a gate at the end of the orchard in to the lane so that the sheep could run on the wheat stubble and old {meadow?} but not get under the bars. Frank then went down town to get a plow shear sharpened and I cut the weeds in the front lane and some thistles in the sheep pasture I quit a five and got ready and went down to the Woodson's for tea. Louise Herring and Amy Bain were there so I had a very pleasant time. We had a game of croquet before tea and afterwards all went down to the picture show and then around with the girls to the cottage where we had watermelon and cake and joked around till twelve o'clock. Cooler to-day and quite cold to-night.

Thursday August 31st

Ben Ivey was over last night to get Dad. too look at a lame sow, and said he wanted to get some help for yhe next two weeks to et his work all finished and thren he is going back on the road fkr the winter, so Frank went over this morning to pick tomatoes for him. Dad. went over to see his sow and says she seems t have srained both of her front fetlocks. Ben knew it wa ssome thing like that as she did it going down the hill at the gully. One of our ram lambs got back with the ewes out of the orchard and I put him back but I couldn't find out where he escaped. Dad. wet back and plowed till noon and I deepened ne of our anchor posts holes enough to build the post although I didn;t put it down the full five feet. It took me long wenoug to put it down six inches more. I also got sand ebough measure dout to make a batch of grout to fill the hole to ground level. This after noon Frank had to go back to Ben's for awhile so Dad. helped me put up another post and it took us all the aftwer noon.