for it so I made for the door and went down to the pier for half and hour. There were several fishing down there and they were hauling out perch at a great rate. I didn't have quite time enough after I got back to get all the books distributed. Mr. Johnson had a very bad cold and there was some talk of not having church so Marj. and I thought we would go up the beach, there was church however but we walked right past much to Aunty Alice's surprise, we thinking that the fewer Mr. Johnston had to speak to the easier it would be on his voice. I left Marj. at the Bagleys where she had dinner and spent the afternoon celebrating Mr. Bagley's birthday. I came home to dinner and this after noon went over to Tom Butler's with some tobacco Frank got for him. I also took a knife over to dock his lambs, but Art Quanbury had been over this morning and done that. I found Tom & Stevens in the house entertaining Bill Donald, Frank Lemons and Jack & Arthur Pickford, so I stayed for about an hour and imbibed cider with the company On my way home I came through the woods and dug up some may-flower roots to send to Dorrie. I helped Dad. do chores and went down town by after church. They had a long service. The oddfellows were all there and Mr. Farney preached to them. Frank has been down at the Ward's all after noon & evening. Fine day, cool

Monday April 26th

I went out first thing this morning to measure of a space in the field along with the sid eroad to put the Experiemental Union plots. Then I came up and helped Frank bring out the old drill which he had rigged up as a broadcast seeder with Harry & Pommer while dad. drove Tid to school. They had broken a cog in the feed drive dru=gear of the drill so when we got out with it we found it wouldn't run as it would stop feeding when it came to the broken cog. We came up and put Queen with the team and hooked on to the big drill and Dad. & Frank went a few rounds with it but found the ground was too wet for it to woerk in the mud clogged up the disks an dhalf the seed didn't sow and it wouldn't cover well either. I opened up some ditche sin the corner field This afternoon Frank took the broken gear wheel to Simcoe but they were all too busy up there to fix it and the implement man didn't have one in sgtock but sent for one. Dad. and I took Pommers & Harry to plow in the corner field and I wernt a few rounds with him but it wqas too wet to work well and the plow not being scoured pulled very hard, but dad. kept at it till. ight and finsished a land. I xcame up and set out the rest of my cedar hedge down to the ditch. I have sime left though. Cold east wind and cloudy. Rain to-night.