Tuesday September 13th

We had a very steady run to-day, didn't have to stop at all except to change the table from one side to the other and once we had to wait for Alan to bring a tank of water. We finished up soon after dinner Arthur Pickford and I carried away and got 450 bushels of light oats which was all we looked for but the wheat was rather a disappointment as we only got 156 bushels. It looked like such a fine crop before it was cut that we thought it should have been good for at least 200 but there seemed to be a lot of shrunken wheat in it. We finished up about three o'clock and Dad. & I put the little jag of alfalfa that was on the rack in the barn. Sam. left the engine & machine here for a day or so as he wants to go home & put his wheat in.

Wednesday September 14th

Dad. ploughed all day, he didn't get started very early as it looked like rain but it didn't amount to anything. I took Tim. down to school this morning and went on down to Aunty's with