Jack's to borrow a crate to ship some old hens. Frank called and got it on his way home. Dad. hoed thistles in the corn. Later Frank drove down to get some gasoline for Gundry who has been working all day out here grading our road. Enah and Tid were down at Aunty's picking berries this morning. I went down to band practice to-night, very few out. Karl got the first of our steers this morning.

Tuesday July 27th

FRank and I took my old hens over to Jack Martin's this morning. There wree just 16 of them and he gave me $23.00 for them after he weighed them up. He had promised some fellow a couple of dozen culls but hadn;t culled his out so he said these would do as well. We hauled two more oad son this morning taking all the hay there was out. Thsi after noon Dad. cultivated and hoed the potatoes and mangels in the garden. I helped Frank grind a mower knife and then thinned some more turnips. Frank started to cut the rest of the hay on this sid eoif the gully. Frank killed an old hen for Aunty Alice this moirning ewvening and he tiook it soen to her

Wednesday July 28th