SUNDAY, 8

Mr. & Mrs. McDace, Donald & Douglas Here in afternoon and for tea. Drove to town at night. Beautiful day.

MONDAY, 9

Done chores and cultivating nape ground and on other place in forenoon. Harrowed and sowed other half and west sacks and the corner lots Fine bright day.

TUESDAY, 10

Drove and cultivating on other place in forenoon. Then sowing and harrowing in afternoon. Jack sick to-day but for a couple of hours in P.M. Fine and warm.

WEDNESDAY, 11

Done chores. Cultivating discing, harrowing and sowing on other place and field back. Terrible windy day but fine & sunny. Luke Osby dead.

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