away as the barn is getting so full. We changed the car to the other end of the barn and filled it up so that the barn is now as full as we can fill it without wasting a lot of time. The last half load we put off after dinner. Alan Law drove in to inform us they were going to thrash to-morrow and wanted some help. When he left Frank went out and started to cut the timothy field, and Dad. and I hauled in the rest of the wheat. There were only about three jags. Aunty Alice came over to dinner and Frank went down with her after tea. I went to bed before nine. Still cooler but very dry.

Thursday August 3rd

Frank has cut hay all day but didn't get out very early this morning. He finished cutting the timothy and then cut the grass & weeds on the fall plowing between the wheat stubble and where Dad. replowed. He mowed over a bumblebees nest and one stung him over the eye and it swelled up so that he couldn't see out of it. This morning we waited around to see if they started thrashing over at Law's but as they showed no signs I went down town and bought a new lawn-mower with the money I got for the purpose on my birthday. Dad. sharpened the mower knives and tried to barricade the sheep out of Ivey's. Jack Martin borrowed our rack to haul in wheat. When I came home Dad & I spudded some of the buck horn around on the lawn.