after breakfast and after doing chores went down town with some eggs and to get my chicks at Chris's. By the time I got every thing I needed in town it was noon when I got over after my chicks and Chris was home. We filled the two egg crates with chicks putting about 100 in one & 50 in the other and Chris lent me a regular chick box which held 100 and that was all I could get in the buggy so I came home with them and Marj. helped me grease all their heads with lard and put them in the brooder Harry B and Gay were out with us and greatly interested in the "burdys" as Gay called them. As soon as we had dinner I went back after the rest and got about 150 more so that as near as we can count there were 409 chicks and I killed a cripple out of those. They are a healthy looking lot although there are a few weaklings I walked up to the Shand's about six to call up the Co-Operative to see if they had any hay for sale but they hadn't. I swept the school house on my way back as I had to milk Mary to-night and give the calf a lesson in pail feeding which he refused to take, it was late when I got through to-night and Marj. & I were both pretty tired.

Marj. raked up the lawn in front & north of the house tis after oon. I went out a couple of times before bed to look at the chicks as they were screeching loudly amd I am a little,afraid they aren't quite warm enough, and sinc eI ah dloosened the nut on the regulator, it hasn't been hot warm enough to rais rhe top damper,a dn i don;tknow what else to do. It ahs been anideal day for moving them. Sunny & very warm, coole rto-nigjht.

Sunday May 2nd