got down to the house Mr. & Mrs. Passmore were there. Frank came in just after they left and drove home with me. Fine & warm

Monday August 13th

We all three got out pretty early and started to cock the hay. It was very dark and about ten o'clock started to rain. It didn't rain hard and we worked for another hour but then had to stop as it was getting too {obscured word} Frank and Dad. mowed away the hay in the horse stable and then took Mary away before dinner while I pained letters on my chicken box. Frank and Dad. went back at the hay soon after dinner and worked all the after noon but didn't quite finish. I slew my twelve milk fed chickens and Enah picked the pin feathers out of them. I tried to stick {obscured word} in the brain but don't believe I hit the right spot with any of them so I hit them all a clip in the head with a club and that seemed to work just about as well, some of them tore pretty badly so I suppose I will be docked on that. We worked quite late to-night getting them all trimmed and put on the shaping board to cool. Dick was over to tea, he just got notice to-day to report in Winnipeg as soon as possible so is leaving here on Thursday. We hope it will be a good thing for him but hate to see him go