except for finishing up the last loads and Dad. finished them up this after noon. Dad. decided not to sow barley on the knoll west of the ditch as the wheat is pretty good in spots on it and we thought we would leave it for the sake of comparison; so we took the barley out of the drill and Dad. took it home. When he got back he disked with Joe & Queen till noon and this after noon Frank took them and disked. A Mr. Broadley from Charlotteville came in just before dinner with a big grey Pickeron stallion. and he stayed here to dinner. The stallion was "Jason" the one Chart Wooley bought at Yeager's sale. This Broadley has just bought him from Chart and wants to travel him down this way. He is the same one that Stinhoff had through here last year and didn't have many colts. I did odd jobs & chores all day. Neil Elliott was in this after noon and looked at m my big steer and offered me 10 cts for him now, but I didn't sell him. Sunny & cool.

Wednesday May 1st

Frank and I worked on the five acre field pretty much all day and have gone over it twice with the disk lengthways and twice with the harrow the same way and Frank started over it with the disks crossways. Dad. did chores and cleaned out ditches all day. and to-night just before tea went over to Quanbury's and bagged up six bags of oats to sow, where we are working now. After tea the Quanbury boys brought their flat rack and the oats over here and left them as we want the flat rack to sheer sheep on. I went down town to-night. It has been sunny but very cold north wind all day.

Thursday May 2nd

Frank disked the field north of the orchard crossways this morning getting over it by a little after twelve but he didn't lop the disks half. Dad. and I sawed up one of the oak limbs and then cleaned up the oats that the Quan bury boy's brought over. This after noon I harrowed with Queen & Dave and Dad. started to drill with Harry and Belle. We hoped to have been through seeding to-night but Dad. ran out of seed so we had to stop. Frank went down town and got a board at the {Widespread?} and spent the after noon making a wool-pressing box. Pickford came over to-night to borrow the clover seeder and was here all the evening. Not cold but very strong south west wind.

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