was afraid somebody would come in and catch her baking on Sunday. I helped her a little as I couldn't escape being caught in the vortex of her industrial activity but I am not cut out for big business so I went over and swept the school house and then went over to Trum's and got the milk. I was over there quite awhile talking to Trum. & Wilbur who with {Olph.?} & the kids were at Mrs. Walker's for dinner. Wilbur bought a milking Shorthorn cow down at the Caledonia sale and a Holstein heifer out at Challand's. He & Trum were discussing the merits of silos and sugar-jacks I never heard of the latter but it seems there are a lot of them being installed up west and Lorne Roberts is putting on it. As near as I can understand they make any kind of dry fodder into a food equivalent to silage but make it as it is used. Trum. has hauled a lot of gravel for a silo but has decided to abandon the idea of building as it means too much work at filling time. Froze hard last night but has been milder to-day.

Monday March 15th

It was a beautiful morning and very much milder but it clouded up and snowed about the time I went after Aunty and Aunty Alice so Aunty Alice predicted a bad day. She says it is always bad weather when they come out as it snowed the last time. There were only one or two little squalls of snow storms and the rest of the day was lovely. I went over to the farm to get them as Aunty Alice insisted on walking that far with Dick who rode out with Dad. and Enah. Dinner was ready by the time they all got here and went off in great shape. The pudding was prime Marj. was afraid all the time it was cooking that it might have gone mouldy or rancid or something hanging on the porch all winter but it was O.K. We only ate about half of it as it was bigger than it looked. Dorothy Mary in whose honour the party was slept as usual till the middle of the after noon but then woke up and enjoyed herself.

Harry B. opened her presents that they brought her, and I suppose as it was all wearing apparel & cold cash, it didn't appeal to him muchas he exclaimed "Well, this isn't much of. abirthdsaay!" but he enjoyed it never-the-less. Mabel came over after four and seemed rather dismayed to run into a party but she stayed to tea and for the evening so I went down and stayed to tea at Aunty's and wet to band practice. I didn't hurry home after practice as Huby Quint