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just before it began to rain and brought back the old cultivator. I think I forgot to mention at the time but the ice ran out a week or so ago, it lasted pretty well but we think we can make it do better next year by putting in more sawdust and making better drainage Frank stayed home from school again to-day, my cold is better to-night but Dad thinks he is getting another one now. Frank took a boquet of wild flowers down to exhibit at the horticultural show to-morrow night. Cloudy all day, didn't rain very long.

Thursday September 18th

I haven't dne a tap of worlk all day, I have felt all day like a cake of soap after a hard day's washing and just lay around trhe house. This morning Dad. thought it was a littlw rtoo wet to work on the land so after he did chores he went out and got a load of rails and took back Ivey's disks. This after noon he drilled in the rest of the wheat. He ran out of seed whhen he was within a round or two of finishing and had to go down to Alred's to get another bag, when he got back it was too late to finish so he will have to wait till morning, he thinks Alfred's wheat a better sample that John Wess's as there is not so much cracked wheat in it. Frank went