AUGUST. -8TH MONTH. 1881.

1. MONDAY. [213-152]

Took off stones & stumps off summer fallow adn took down old goat house.

Afternoon harrowing. Evening Ploughing. Th epods are cut in squale blocks rather rough tooking. Very warm & plough hard to hold. Called on John Duncan. we are to have his orcen & driver no Thrusday if all well.

2. TUESDAY. [214-151]

Ploughing S. F. all day. very very hot; heat of pail that came but of old pool house. Father to Willie finished mangolds to Carols.

3. WEDNESDAY. [215-150]

Finished ploughing then harrowing till suppertime. Then made 3 hand spikes for tomorrow. Willie was picking peas.

4. THURSDAY. [216-149]

Logging all day go tup 24 or 25 heats and oven 1 1/2 acres. We had G. Duncan with ocen G. Morden & Wesley Blover's hired man. We intend the land we have logged for fall or heat if possible to got it in.

5. FRIDAY. [217-148]

Pulling peas till 4 oclock then caught hroses & put on the rack.

Got rapphew & in one load barley when a squall proceeding a thunderstorm came up but it brought no rain. Got in another load & felt 16 stocks they only got a few drops of rain so we took it all in also the fall wheat.

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