This after noon we started to haul manure on the corn ground but owing to delays only got out three loads. Frank did the driving and had Belle for third horse and as she hasn't been doing any thing lately was balky and caused a lot of trouble. Then Billy Mills was in for a long time. He brought our disks back and borrowed our corn marker. I didn't help Dad. and Frank much but hoed in my alfalfa most of the after noon. To-night Dad. & Enah went down to a party at Aunty Alice's and Frank and I watched Tid. They were very late getting started as they had to wait till he went to sleep and as he had slept all the after noon he was in no hurry about it. Frank went in and lay on the bed beside him and I read all I could find in the "Globe" on the conscription debate and then went to sleep in the chair. Sunny but cool breeze.

Thursday June 21st

Dad. and Frank have hauled manure all day and I have hoed alfalfa. The ground is very hard in spots which makes it a slow and tedious job but the hoe does much better work now that the Buko, in fact the latter wouldn't work at all in some of the hard spots. We let the sheep in for about an hour to-day at noon on the oats in the plum orchard. One of the old turkey hens has reappeared and has been wandering about the yard here for the last two days. We don't know