Tuesday July 11th

It took Dad. and me till noon to cock up the rest of the corner field and Frank finished cutting the other field by noon, he left the south west corner of it for alsike along with the wheat stubble next to it. He went down and got the mail after dinner and I got a letter from Lloyd Jones inquiring about the lambs Douglas had told him we had some nice ones. I wrote him to-night. We got one load in after dinner but spent all the rest of the after noon getting the car on the track and the ropes & pulleys in place ready for business, we just got our load off about six. Mrs. McBride was here to-day. It has been a fine hay day.

Wednesday July 12th

We got three loads in this morning but didn't put the last one off. We got out pretty early but Lloyd Crysler delayed us a little, he was in telling Dad. about a lame cow he had. Dad. said he would go over and see it if Lloyd would call for him at 4.30 but he didn't come. We have been getting out earlier lately as we all get up at five o'clock and Enah has breakfast ready before seven. It also makes a great difference havin the three of us in the field when we are hauling in. Frank loads and Dad. and I pitch on to-gether, we get on much faster and it is not nearly such hard work as when there is only one. This after noon Frank raked up the long field of clover along the side road which he cut yesterday and Dad. and I cocked up all the after noon. To-night Frank and I went for a swim in the pond just this side of the bridge at the bottom of Marshall's hill. Carl Coleman and a bunch from up town go in there every night, they have a spring-board rigged up so that they dive right into the deep hole where the man & horse were drowned years ago It has been sunny but pretty breezy this after noon.

Thursday July 13th

We all three cocked up this morning and just finished the field at noon, and just as it began to rain, it rained two light showers one just at noon and one after dinner when we were unloading the load that was in the barn, we didn't go out for an hour or two as we thought it would be too wet to haul.

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