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 the next two weeks to get his work all finished and then he is going back on the road for the winter, so Frank went over this morning to pick tomatoes for him. Dad. went over to see his sow and says she seems to have sprained both of her front fetlocks. Ben knew it was some 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. went back and plowed till noon and I deepened one of our anchor post holes enough to build the post although I didn't put it down the full five feet. It took me long enoug to put it down six inches more. I also got sand enough measured out 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 after noon. Tommy Jackson and Lorne came along and talked for an hour. Tommy said we were very foolish to pay such a price for our centre rods that we could get angle posts just as good and strong for thirty cents. He also told