after noon. Dad. cut my four wheat plots and the barley this after noon with Alfred's cradle, the emmer plot is not ripe yet. He bound them and shocked them up to I guess the barley was to short and thin to bind. I cut hay with Frank most of the after noon Cool and cloudy all day looked very much like rain.

Thursday August 9th

Frank and I cut with two teams all day and got all the grass cut between the oats and the plowing along the side road and I took Jack's mower home. Dad. gathered up my barley to-day and hoed in the old garden besides doing some other chores. Lila was over this after noon. Quite cool all day, tried to rain a little {obscured word} after dinner. It is two or three days since I wrote this so I forget. Frank started to rake the hay he cut first right after dinner but the rain stopped him so he only got about two rounds cut and then helped me mow till we finished the piece. Dad. cocked up all the after noon.

Friday August 10th

Aunty came over before seven this morning with Mr. {name obscured} and was here all morning but walked back with the baby about three o'clock. I raked hay all morning and