July 1921

SUNDAY 17

Drove to church in morning. brock to Nefkey for lea. Brock 28 years old. Fine and warm.

MONDAY 18

Choring and putting in cement tallo in part of horse stable. Heavy rain in night and heavy thunder storms going around all day. Very heavy rain about midnight, a lamb worried my dogs.

TUESDAY 19

Choring , cleaning pens, chapping, and putting down more cement in horse stable. Allo and Mr Moner here in evening, Lew Corbett here to look at lamb. Cleaning up and some chores. Filling in the ditch back on farm in afternoon.

WEDNESDAY 20

Brock cutting hay in back 14 ac. Lorges having and picked up two fence bottoms. Brock to town at night. Fine but cool breeze.

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