We started about 9.30 and finished by noon. Dad. & Frank started to drill the other half of the field in and finished in the middle of the after noon. Then they ran out all the ditches before dark. I didn't do much this after noon but clean up a little and patch up the chicken yard fence. It was inclined to drizzle and was cold. The Millman's came over to-night to say good bye as they are leaving to-morrow. Nita was greatly excited over an adventure they had to-day. They were getting chestnuts from a tree along Farrar's place in Vittoria and a man shot at them. She was scared stiff and Aunty was with them and tried to keep Quint and Alan from getting their gun out of the car. Quint did get it however and pointed it at the man and he dusted for the barn in a hurry.

Wednesday October 1st

Mr. Fleming was in this morning for thrashing hands. He wanted two as Alfred is laid up with lumbago but the machine didn't get there till noon. Dad. Frank & I dug potatoes this morning. We used Frank's digger that he bought at Billy Dixon's sale and it worked pretty well when there were no weeds but where they were thick we had to use the plow.

We got eight rows dug out of the twelve but couldn't dig the othe four as they would be covered. Dad. dugthe ones whichgwe got from Quanbury ansd which we think are Rural New Yorkers by hand and got. abag full which we will save for seed. Dad. & Enah picked mup most of the potatoes this after noon while Frank and I went thrashing. We thrashed wheat till about four o'cloclk and got 146 bushels and just as the mow waa emptied, the pan unde the cylinder broke and Alan had to take it to town. We hung around for an hour expecting it to be fixed but as he didn;t come back I came home Frank stayed there to tea but they didn't thrash any more. I went down town to-night. Beautiful weather.

Thursday October 2nd