Friday August 16th

We got the back field cleared by to-night instead of last night as we had hoped. Our delay to-day was caused by me upsetting a load on the gully hill just coming out of the gate. my off wheel got in the rut and before I knew what was coming off I was on the ground and the waggon on its side. We took Frank's load up and unloaded it then came back with Jack' s rack (it was our rack that upset) and put part of my load on it and Frank got a reach from Tupper as ours was broken. we had a hard job getting it put in but managed to at last and then put the rest of the load in our rack. but had to load carefully as one arm of the rack was broken. After we got the loads off we had to put an old hinge {iron?} on the broken arm and Frank had to go to town after some bolts It all took time and by the time we got two more loads up (the last two) it was after seven, we put the load off of Jack's rack and Frank took it home. Enah's sister Mrs. Johnson was over here to tea and Uncle Ward came over to get Dad. to offer a special prize at the Horti cultural Show so he did for honey. Frank drove them home, or at least Dad. drove Uncle Ward home after Frank got back from taking Mrs. Johnson. Cool.

Saturday, August 17th

Frank had to go thrashing over at Quanbury's this morning so Dad. spoke to Pickford last night about getting one of the boys to help us to-day and Arthur came over this morning. He turned sheaves on the stack for us all day and was a good little worker. Dad. kept telling him that if the stack was a good one he would claim to be the builder of it, but if it was a poor one, he would tell that Arthur built it. We put five loads on the stack and left one standing on the barn floor. Dad. took a lot of pains building it as he laid every sheaf by hand and kneeled them all in, but one corner of it slid out a little much to his disappointment. Frank didn't get home till nearly dark and then went over to Quanbury's to tea but they finished over there and got about 1300 bushels from the 30 acres. Frank went down town to-night and said there were a bunch of Dominion Police down there rounding up fellows who didn't have their military and registration papers. Frank said they had quite a bunch of them in the lock-up but let them out on bail. He also said that Aunty Alice went to Toronto with Rebecca this morning and that, Ada,Clem, Kathleen & Lars all came up last night. Cool and strong north east wind.

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