through with his chores so didn't come up. I didn't get home till about twelve o'clock but got quite a few pointers on judging fruit which I knew very little about. Neff also announced that he was going to award prizes for general proficiency and best kept notes at last years winters short course and I was very agreably surprised to learn that I had won First Prize for General profiency and Tige McBride second. Leo Challand won first prize for best kept notes and Frank second. The prizes were all books mine was "Principles of Breeding" by Davenport and Frank's was "The Breeds of Farm Animals" by Gay. This after noon Frank and Dick burned some of the old {?} grass that was in the wind rows out by the side road and Dad, Enah and Tid went down town and got some salt. Fine, cool & breezy.

Wednesday August 28th

It rained hard early this morning and all the after noon. We didn't do much but sit around and read. Dad. did a little ditching this morning and I took Ham Thompson's old red hen home about noon. Just at dinner time an auto mobile party ran in here out of the rain to put chains on their wheels. The three women of the crowd came into the house and told us they were from Tilsonburg and on their way to Bridgeburg. About the middle of the after noon Harvey {?} came over well protected from the weather by rubber coat and boots. He was after cream.

Thursday August 29th

First thing this morning Dad. Dick and I went down and started to tear down Lew Brock's old stable. Frank came down late. with the team. We got more than half of it down and the nails out of the boards by noon and took one load home. This after noon Dad. and Dick got most of the rest of it down and Frank and I went down town and got a load of soft coal and took the wheels of the old wag gon down to Hallam to have the tires sets. We came back to Lews and got another load of boards after we had put the coal off. Mr. James and Mr. Johnson were over here this after noon and Dess and win came over to tea. Dick went down with them to the dance this evening. I felt rather rough to-day, think I had a touch of the colic. Fine day cool and breezy.

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