Sep 11th I have been very remiss in my writing {?} try {?} to be {?} busy working on the {?} all the time except {?} {?} went to the Exhibition {?} the hour worked both {teams?} on the land across from the creek and finished preparing it for the drill today. We have had some cool weather and a little rain since I last wrote but it has been pretty {?} to day.

Sept 12th First thing after breakfast Toby and I went to Blakie after his faning mill and and we also got 8 sack of oats 16 bushels. When we got home we found Vyse here, he and Toby cleaned up the seed wheat