think it will last now. Before it broke every time after it had been in about a month. Karl Coleman came in while we were at it and helped us. He wanted to ask Dad. about a bloated lamb. I went over this morning and got some bone meal at Jack Martin's and Quanbury's seed drill to sow my alfalfa. After I got it Cawley and Chris both told me that Jack wanted to use it this after noon to sow mangels but he hadn't said anything to Quanbury's about it. Frank gave the acre a final harrowing and rolled it while I was gone and I started in to sow it before dinner. It took me till about five o'clock to get it done I got the three pounds on the acre but had to open the drill up to a larger hole for the last nine rows and I am a little afraid it didn't sow evenly. Dad. finished plowing the garden to-day and worked it up and ran out the ditches in the last drilled oat field and the pea ground. Frank and Enah started to sow the garden this after noon. I set out some dahlia and gladiolus to-night. Much warmer and very smoky. It looks like rain.

Thursday May 17th

Dad. and I took the four old hens which we put eightysix chicks out of the incubator under last night and put them in three coops in this end of the old hen house and in the other new coop outdoors. As soon as we got that done I went