Thursday October 18th

I have planted ginseng all day and to-night counted the seeds I had left and just have 565 so I will soon be through the job. If the seeds all grow and the plants live and the Chinese keep on wanting ginseng roots I should make some money in six or seven years provided some one doesn't steal them. Frank and Dad. got started plowing to-day in the back field by the bush. Dad. ran out the ditches and struck out a couple of times and Frank threw out the sods and this after noon plowed. This was Frank's birthday. Rained a little.

Friday October 19th

It rained steadily all morning and has been raw cloudy and windy all the after noon. I spent the morning writing in this and to Douglas. Dad. read to the baby and Frank went back to the gully and caught a rabbit in one of his muskrat traps. He skinned it but found so many dubious looking spots on it that he decided to use it for bait instead of eating it. This after noon I went back and planted 328 more seeds and will plant the 239 I have left up here some place in a box. Dad. went over to Jack Martin's this after noon to see if he could get a box to ship 6 pullets to Jim Ross.

Saturday October 20th

I drove down town this morning to get some groceries and to see if McEwen came down on the nine car, but he didn't show up all day. Frank and I picked apples the rest of the day and Dad. plowed. We got just two trees stripped clean but they were the heaviest laden with fruit I think. Frank went down town to-night and heard that young Henry I forget his first name was killed the other day when he fell of some engine at the gas well where he was working. Charlie Quanbury was in to borrow the straw knife this morning. He was up to be examined yesterday and was classed A.2. which is very queer as he has a very bad throat but he went to Simcoe and said they marked him A2 before they had him half examined. Joe Thompson & George Clark are both A2 but Charlie Ferris was thrown out. Froze last night raw & windy all day.

Sunday October 21st

Frank went down to Sunday school this morning but I had to spend so much time bathing my arm that I didn't get down. I walked down in time for church but went around to see Dr. Cook first to show him my arm as it was badly swollen this morning and red