June 19th Mr & Mrs Williamson went to visit Franklins at Embro

" 21st Borrowed H. Cumminghams cultivator with discs for mangels and they made a fine job.

" 22nd Held our annual S. S. meeting in the evening about twenty four were present and after the business was finished we spent a little while socially with music etc after which we served cake and home-made ice-cream.

" 23rd Finished thining mangels and started to cut Lucerne clover on north hill.

" 26th Finished drawing in Lucerne off north hill 5 loads

" 24th Sowed hill next Cummingham Place with 1/2 bas of varigated Alfalfa

" 26th Nellie came from Brantford for her summer visit

" 27. Drove to Uncle Sam Sharps for Tea and They invited Nellie and I to go to Galt to Church with them in their new auto.

" 29th. Drove Nellie to Paris in the evening, as she was going to Woodstock. Brought Willie Brown home to herd cows Finished cultivating corn. 1st time a very good catch

July 1st. A very fine morning. Toby Moon and his wife and a friend came out for a visit. A very fine rain in the afternoon and as it was the day of our S. S. Picnic we held it in the orchard and instead of the Lake as we had intended, we had supper on the veranda while it was raining. and afterwards

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