Tuesday January 4th

Didn't get around very early this morning and spent most of the fore noon doing chores and putting a latch on the north storm door, and this after noon I didn't get much of anything done. Tupper came along with a load of implements he was taking up to his farm 16 miles west of Simcoe and he came in and got 3 cockrels from me and promised to bring me some buckwheat the next time he comes down. I {got the} boards for a door on the chicken pen but didn't get it put together. I did the chores up before dark and to-night drove Ina home as she was here washing to-day. Cloudy, very mild.

Wednesday January 5th

We were very late this morning getting up so I didn't do much but chores before noon. I levelled off the hay in the mow as Dad. told me he would send Archie Long out with another load to-day and they came this after noon. It snowed quite hard for a half an hour or so about noon so I got the cutter cleaned up as well as I could. The chickens have got it in a bad mess and torn the back of the seat. Ina came up at noon and as soon as the Longs left I hooked up to the cutter and drove Marj. down to Aunties, and Ina stayed with the kids. Aunty Alice was having a bridge party and invited Marj. in for the refreshment end of it. I left her there and Roy and I drove over to the farm where I got a bag of wheat. We went back to Aunties about six and I had my tea there, so it must have been after seven when we got home and I then drove Ina home. Mild all day but colder to-night.

Thursday January 6th

I spent all the time I had when I wasn't doing chores working at the chicken pen and got the east door hung and the wire along the front and got started to make the roosts. Tupper was in this after noon and brought me five bus. of buckwheat. He said he would be back and get some old hens from me. Mabel came over after school and is staying all night. She & Marj. are arranging about having Sunday school started over here. I went out after tea and sorted out my pullets from the cockrels and put them in the new pen and left the cockrels in the colony house. I counted 114 pullets and 32 cockrels which with the chickens I have killed & sold makes about 250 out of the 400 raised. Cloudy, colder & rather blustery.