Saturday January 2nd

Got up late and spent most of the day doing chores and odd jobs, one of which was to kill a cockrel to take to Aunty for her birthday to-morrow. Let the cows into the corn again but as it was stormy they didn't stay long. Dad. & Tim walked over this after noon and Dad brought with him blank application forms for Masonic membership. Quint & Dick had each filled in one and I signed another. I walked over to the Lampkins just before tea to see if Dave. wanted Queen in the morning to go to the mill. When I went out to the barn this morning, I found her out and all the feed spilled around the barn floor, I don't know how much she had eaten so I put her back in her stall and didn't feed or water her till to-night. Milder again, quite blustery all day. Snowing to-night.

Monday January 3rd

Was disappointed this morning to find that it had not snowed enough to make sleighing. I hurried through my chores as fast as possible but it took me a long time to milk Mary's bad quarter as it was so clotted. I took Queen over to Dave's about nine o'clock and he the boys

and I tok his grist to the mill and he aited there for it to be ground while Ray george and I went down to Bill Laings with the team and got a bag of bran and a bag of corn and left bags for mush. The chop was just rerady for us when we got back to the mill. Charlie said the oats were so light they ha dplugged up the chopper. I suppose they were some of the ones I sowed on the 5th of June. We gopt home and I got my stu=ff over here, the waggon back and Queen put away before noon. This after noon we all drove down on the buggy to wisj Aunty a happt irthday Huby and David were there and Roy and Vernon, they had brought the kids some toys and David & Harry B had an himariuos time and becam eso noisy that when Miolly came in with her baby, the poor baby got so scared Molly ahd to tak eit away. Phoebe also got scared out and only stayed bout a minute and Huby even noticed retired to ther wood shed to cut wood in preference to stand the racket. Dad. came in later and he and I put the that the silver shests were in and that have been in the lane, up in the loft, as Auny Alice has been worrying for fear some one would take them. We got home just before dusk and I did the milking after tea and also sorted out the best of the old hens. I think I will shop the rest. Very mild, cloudy.