down the creek than the others had gone but another got stuck near the long one: so Frank conceived the idea of making a raft out of three logs and riding down on it and loosening some of the others that were fast. I went up to the barn to get spikes and some pieces of scantling and discovered Mary & Bobbie in the barn. I had left them in the yard but as their stable door was swelled I couldn't fasten it shut and they had gone in and walked right through their stancions into the barn Mary had knocked over a bag of wheat and spilled a lot but I don't think had eaten much. I turned them out in the field. After we got the raft made and launched, we found it wouldn't hold us up so we had to take it to pieces and let the logs go separately. We then put in two logs from the big tree and by this time it was getting late so we went down along the creek and loosened up one or two that were stuck on this side. Frank had his rubber boots so could get at them better than I could. We didn't see any go down near the end of the gully but we were sure we put in 11 logs and when we went down could only count 10. I went down through Dave's as far as the culvert but couldn't locate the missing one, so we don't know whether it has gone on down through the woods or whether we made a mistake counting. Very mild, sunny for awhile this after noon but raining again to-night. Cistern full.

Tuesday February 24th