end of the old chicken house, but didn't have quite enough to do it all so it didn't improve the look of it much. Enah went down town this after noon and Dad. stayed in with the baby all the after noon. To-night Frank and I tested rthe eggs and took out 68 unhatchables, most of them were clear. It has been very mild and sunny all day.

Tuesday April 4th

We spent most of the morning tending to lambs. When I went out this morning there was old Greynose and a yearling with the tag our of her ear on the barn floor each with a pair of twin lambs and later on in the morning another yearling lambed out in the field, she had twins too, we pruned two or three trees in the orchard this after noon. Wyatt Waddle and some other fellow were in this after noon trying to sell Dad a cultivator but they didn't manage to do it. I took 8 doz. eggs over to Martin's this morning. Alex James was in this morning to ask Dad. about a sick cow. Aleta McBride was here washing most of the day. Very mild and no wind, sunny & nice.

Wednesday April 5th

Did chores and pruned a little more in the orchard to-day. Dad. has just been tending to sheep and doing chores most of the day, he went down to the mill on foot and got a bag of bran. Lorne Jackson was in before dinner to get him to file his old mare's teeth. Sam Law came in this after noon and invited us all down there to-night. He said a few friends were coming out and they wanted to have all the neighbours, they will be moving down to John Watt's in a few days. Dad. was quite alarmed about old Splitear to day, soon after he gave her some oats and bran both this morning and to-night, she got down and rolled and kicked and was aparently in pain, but neither spasm lasted so very long. Mild but not so sunny to-day. To-night we all went down to Law's and had a great time dancing, there wasn't any crowd there, just about enough for two sets and give every one a chance to rest Cliff {Name?} was the fiddler and {Tat?} Robinson who got up the dance did most of the calling off, though Alan did some Alan and Sam both danced all evening in their shirt sleeves. Dad. and Enah brought the baby home soon after mid-night and Frank didn't stay till the end

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