Tuesday October 4th

There was a white frost last night, we noticed it on the stable roof but nowhere else. It is the first we have seen although Bill Donald said he had seen it before at his place. There has been a very cold north wind all day and every now and then a driving little drizzle which didnt wet any thing but which was strong enough to make the sheep huddle in a bunch and the colts hump around with their backs to it. I went over to Tom & Mark's this morning to borrow a couple of bags of wheat. Dad thought that as they had the mill they would have some cleaned up, but they hadn't used it yet. They were both out working on their wheat ground but came in and cleaned up a couple of bags for me. I took it right to the back field and Dad. drilled it. I harrowed after the drill and this after noon Dad. ran out the ditches.

Wednesday October 5th

Marj and I struck off this morning on the nine o'clock car to take in the Simcoe Fair. We parted when

we reached Simcoe and I went out to the Show Ground to take part in a Judging Competition and Marj went to see Miss Hogg and to het a pattern for a dress. We had three classes to judge, sheep, hogs & dair cattle and I didn't plav=ce any of them right according to the other judges so of course didn't get anything. There were eight others judging. I saw Neff up there, he is here picking his apples. I wernt back to town ant noon and met mrj. and we had lunch a very poor one as far as quality went but costly with down at Gettas' the Greek restaurant. Marj. also bought some cookies which we took to the oark and devoured We then went out to the Fair again and poked around among the crowd all the after noon They had a big this year and we spent cpnsiderable time looking for Quint who was withGirt some where on the grounds with some sort of booth but we couldn't find them. We took a walk through the sheep pens and saw McEwen who told us that things were still pretty dull in the sheep business. There was a big exhibit of Shropshires this year Belzner was there wuth qyiute a flock and so has Waterbury. Ham Thompson had