Saturday August 10th

Frank and I had to go up to Ham Thompson's this morning and when we got back we all three went back to straighten up some of the oat sheaves in the back field Some of them were pretty wet but not sprouted. Dad. finished fixing up the calf pen and let the whole six of them out This after noon Frank cut around the oat field just east of the lane and cut a road through it. Dad. and I shocked up. I got a couple of loads of oats with 100 grains on them. Frank found them and we are going to keep them for seed. To-night Dad. Enah and Frank all went down town. It has been pretty hot to-day and doesn't feel clear yet.

Sunday August 11th

Frank Tid. and I walked down to Sunday school this morning but as there was no teacher for the Bible Class Frank and I went down town the beach and got back in time for church. Mr. Farney took the sermon as Mr. Butcher has been called up for service that is military service Dad. and Enah drove down to church. Tid and I stayed down at Aunty's for dinner and all the after noon. Huby was over here for tea. It has been very hot all day winding up with a small thunder storm.

Monday August 12th

Last night's rain made it too wet to cut oats first thing this morning so I finished making a trough to feed the calves in and Dad. and Frank put a fence around the cucumbers back of the barn so that the calves wouldn't get at them, and also the sheep as we intend letting them out on the wheat stubble. Frank cut for about an hour before dinner and all the after noon and got all the east half of the field cut when but about one round when the double-tier broke so he quit. Enah was down town nearly all day as Elva and Brant got married. Frank went up to tell Tige McBride to-night that I made a mistake in telling the boys that they could enter the live stock class and the fruit & grain classes for fifty cents as I had a letter from Neff to-day telling me they were fifty cents entry fee for each class. The War News has been great lately. The Germans are on the defensive along the whole Western front and are steadily being pushed farther back. The American & French drive between Saissons & Reims where they drove them to the {?} river had just showed up when Sir Douglas Haig started another one farther north with British, French

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