Tuesday August 17th

This morning Dad. Frank & I all dug a little more at the tile ditch out in the old timothy sod and this afternoon got started to cut the barley, but only got a few rounds cut as it was in awful shape, all tangled up and in some spots as Colin Ryerse says, the big wheel "drug." I spent a long time to-night catching young chickens which came back from the colony house to roost around the brooder, there are a couple of dozen which persist in coming back to the yard everyday and then don't go back. I had quite a time catching them as I had shut them out of the brooder and they were roosting on a sheep's back and when I went out the sheep got frightened and ran away up the orchard with the chickens. It hasn't rained all day and looks like fair weather for awhile.

Wednesday August 18th

It took us the whole day to finish cutting the barley and then we didn't get much of it shocked up. It was in such a tangled mess and thislley that we didn't take our hands to it but Frank and I shocked it up with forks what little we got done. Dad. cut my O.A.C. 72 Oats the last thing and we got 37 nice straight sheaves out of them some of them about four feet long. I didn't feel very well to-day. Aunty & Aunty Alice went to Pt Rowan to-night.

Thursday August 19th

We decided to haul the barley right in to-day instead leaving it for although some of it was pretty green in the butts it would be in a hopeless mess if it ever got rained on so we hauled in all day but didn't finish, it was very slow as there was so much loose stuff and we hauled good big loads, we only got in four loads. Walt. McCall came over this after noon and got Dad. to go over to see Jack Martin to see if he would go to Simcoe in Huby's interests but Jack wasn't home. Huby came over to night at half past twelve and wandered all over the house before he could wake any of us up and he wanted Dad. to go with Harry Ansley & Cousin Willie in the morning to Delhi and Waterford to see executive of the Conservative committee to whom the appointment of customs officer is left. This was Dover's Boughner Picnic but I guess they didn't have much of a crowd as all the farmers were too busy to attend and besides they had one in Simcoe last Saturday, there has evidently been a split in the house of Broughner over the decision of a suitable place to hold their annual reunion. Aunty & Aunty Alice were home from Port Rowan to-night, they were in Simcoe all the after noon and had Lila go up and meet them to give her a treat in Simcoe but as it was Thursday after noon all the stores and restaurants were closed and no-one on the streets. Fine day

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