Friday August 11th

We did intend cutting oats this. monring but it looked so much like rain that we hauled hay and fixed our stack up it did sprinkle a few droiops. After dinner we went at the oats Frank and I went back an. w=ith the binder and Toby wentnback the lane to take Jim a drink he found poor old Jim past wanting water she waas dead so we turned out early and as soon as Frank got up with the team he went over and got Ben Iveys stoneboat and after tea Toby went over to the old garden to dig her grave and Frank and I went back and got her after taking the his eoff her and and putting her in and filling up the grave it was 12.30. It was a very cool ight and I had a horrible toothache.

{Toby resumes the diary}

Saturday August 12th

We got back at the oats this morning about nine o'clock, and Rank fonsihed cutting at one I shooked up but had to go back to the house once to turn the