came back he made some more staples and straightened out a rod or two for the posts. Right after dinner Frank and I spread the manure on the old garden and Dad. came out and tried to plow it but he couldn't with the plow he had so he came up and tried to plow the headland of the pea ground along Ivey's fence but he couldn't work it either so he didn't get any plowed. Jim Bannister came in on his way home from his mail route to have Dad. look at his horse which had gone staggery this side of Art. Walker's and he had had to leave him at Bill Donald's and get Bill to drive him along the rest of the route. Fra k and I made another post this after noon. Sunny to-day but windy and cold.

Friday May 4th

Dad. plowed the headlands on the pea ground this morning Frank covered the garden back of the shop with manure out of the box stalls in the stable and I hammered out some more reinforcements and raked some of the earth into the trench where I dug the ditch. This after noon I harrowed the six acres north of the orchard where Dad sowed the oats last Saturday and which we never got harrowed again. It worked very nicely this after noon and I think most of the oats are covered now that the drill didn't cover. Frank finished disking the