we both got soaked to the hide before we got to the barn. We lay in the straw for about an hour and when it stopped raining came home. It was cold after the rain but this after noon came out sunny and warm. Dad. plowed. I finished cutting the lawn and Frank cleared things up over in the barn. Looks clear to-night.

Saturday July 24th

Frank finished cultivating the corn this morning and Dad. hoed thistles out in the corn field while I thinned some more turnips. Aunty was over for dinner by way of celebrating my birthday. After dinner rank went and got some lime and bluestone to mix up a Bordeaux spray for the potatoes and dad. and I hauled out a barrel of weater to the potato patch for him. We then put on a load of hay and as Dad didn't want to climb way up into the peak of the barn with out any hay in to change ther pullet =y we tried putting it off with just the tewo pulleys and then with the opeak pulley hooke don at the gable, the first scheme wouldn't work and the second time the hook pulled out so Frank climbe dup to the peak and put the pulley up. Aunty went home before tea. Fine and quite cool.

Sunday July 25th