Thursday February 20th

Dad and Frank hauled over another load of straw to the horse stable this morning and I helped them mow it away. I didn't do much though as the adhesive tape on by back and ribs makes the skin irritable and rather sore when I work. Aunty Alice came over for a little while after dinner but didn't stay long. Enah & Tid drove down town as Enah had to go to the dentist and Dad. and Frank went back and cut a little basswood along John Wess's line. I read all the after noon. The two books which should have come before with the ones we ordered for the J.F.I.A. came to-day, "Feeds & Feeding" and "The Road to Dumbiedykes". To-night Dad.& Enah after leaving Tid in care of the Sandman went down to call on the Pickford's and didn't get home till about midnight. Frank and I read till we got sleepy and then went to bed. Nice day.

Friday February 21st

Didn't do much but chores this fore noon & didn't do many of them. Dad. oiled the buggy and Frank went down town and borrowed Aunty Alice's fur coat to go to Walsh this after noon. He and I left here about half past twelve to

go to a sale we saw advertised down town and at which there was to be a pure-bred Shorthorn heofer sold. The place was about half a mile east of Walsh methoduist church and on the fifth concession of Charlotteville. We found the place without my=uch troyble inquiring once at the half-way house and arrived just before thesale commenced about half past two. We found the cow we had come to see but found she was some of Charlie Dunkin's stoick which he had negklected to keep registered so that she was ineligible. She was a very nice smoothe and deep three-year-old but was rather small and didn;t show signs of being much of a milker so we decided that unless we could buy her for for lkess than $85.00 we would leave her and as Bill Bickler bid $87.00 on her we left her. The rest of the sgock was very ordimnary looking and so was the crowd, natives of the blow-sand-all, and as we weren't enjoying ourselves particularly we left as soon as the cattle were sold and were home by about five. The roads weren't bad for the. ost part but we were siaked as it snowed steadily all the time and was very soft. It was an old fashioned snow storm, great big flakes coming straight down. I went down town to-night. It is still very soft.