and got our seed potatoes and clover seed. Dad. went back with Harry & Dave and disked and Frank harrowed with Belle & Queen when we got back from town. Frank disked this after noon with Belle & Harry and Dad and I treated enough oats with formaldehyde for smut to sow the back field. To-night Frank and I went over to Ham Thompson's to a J.F.I.A. Meeting but there were not many out. Neff was down and wanted us to get a plot for our potatoes with both clay & sand in it so that we could run the two experiements, so we decided to go over and have a look at a piece of Lorne Myer's which he thinks will answer the requirements so a committee of Arnold McBride, Ham & I were empowered to go over and look at the plot and decide this week whether we would take it as Taylor's piece. After After we chewed the rag over our potatoes for an hour or so we had a game of cards and some music every body contributing. It has been cloudy & very cold all day with a strong north east wind and is snowing tonight.

Thursday April 11th

We didn't do much this morning but ear tag the lambs but that took quite awhile not only to put the labels in but to get them in the right lambs & mark it down. I did the same as last yar and put all the lambs down first in. a book then started with the oldesst and put the smallest number in his ear and so on to the youngest. By putting them all down first it is easier to check off the ones we have done and don't have to catch them in regular order. Art Quanbury yelled at me this morning to tell me that Jack wanted me over there to-day but I couldn't go till noon but was over there all the afternoon. Dad. and Frank ear marked the yearling ewes and rams and got some hay ready to load and bring over to the horse-stable. It has been cloudy and windy to-day but not cold. The ground was covered with snow this morning and it is not all melted off by to-night. They moved eight loads of the gas. drilling out fit on to Jack Martin's place to-day on the top of the gully hill near the road.

Friday April 12th

I went over to Lorne Myer's after break fast this morning and met ham Thompson and we picked out