Sept 1912

Teenie Stover was here to dinner Hermans Called after supper

30 Benj'n & is Men helped & they drew in 21 loads W. Cler AM Cloudy PM Cool W. Air

31 Boys went to Benj'ns to help draw in heavy shower stopped them they Came home & ganged in field east of dam I went to Murisons for Butter & to Joes for Bread PM W. sharp AM partly Cloudy PM stead East wind

Sunday Sept 1 at home J went to Henry's PM brought Willis with him he stays all night J & A & Willis went to Elias's after supper W. some thunder Early this morning & some heavy rain cloudy AM some Cler PM

2 Boys & Benj'ns Man finished ganging field East of dam & began in NE Corner field Henry Came PM for some seed Wheat Willis went home with him W. Cloudy all day

3 J & Benj'n finished ganging A helped JD's thresh AM he ganged too PM W. Cloudy Mostly AM Cler & quite warm PM

4 Boys finished ganging NE field AM they harrowed PM W. Misty & Cloudy AM Clered up PM Herman was here for some grain PM M Barkey got a lot of Duchess Oldenburg Apples

5 J took Cream & took 9 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove @ AM A helped pick some Imperial Gages I took 5 Baskets to M Barkeys PM he takes them to Toronto Boys helped drew in one last of harvest Ernie & Carl helped awhile then our Boys helped Benj'n PM a very heavy storm of Rain thunder & lightning after supper not so very near but Menno Groves barn was burned & a few More west from here

6 A cleaned seed Wheat alone AM J went to Ceder Grove he got Horse Billy shod they Picked Golden sweet aples & then harrowed PM W. very very warm some thunder showers went around PM

7 J took cream AM then Plowed A Plowed too they both helped Benj'n finish drawing in PM I took grist chop to Davids PM Flavius Fanny helped us AM W. very fine Cool & clear, warm through the day Henry's were here this evening

Sunday 8 A & Susanna went to Meeting at Widemans Alma Frank & May Barkey were here to dinner Aunt Lizzie Burkholder was here all PM W. fine & cool AM warm PM {illegible line}

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Sept 1912

9 A helped Benj'n draw dung with team J took cream then stopped at Hermans & helped him draw in {illegible} W. partly cloudy quite warm

10 A helped Benj'n draw dung J Cultivated in sod AM he helped Thomas to thresh PM W. Mostly clear very very warm I walked to Elias's PM got very tired

11 J helped Alick Milroy thresh AM A helped Benj'n draw dung AM he helped NB thresh PM J Cultivated south of Pasture PM W. a very welcome change in the weather very {illegible} & Cool North Breeze all day slight shower last night some thunder not raining

12 Boys sowed the Wheat south of bush & on Knoll I & Nancy went to JD's to dinner W. fine Cler East Breeze Boys took 13 doz Eggs to Ceder Grove this evening @ 25 cts

13 Boys Plowed in Wheat stubble NW Corner field I & Nancy went awhile to Elias's & awhile to Joes PM W. quite warm PM Turning Cooler wind from East this evening

14 A Plowed at Benj'ns J Plowed at home W. Cloudy & warm nearly all day slight rain awhile PM Herman's Called this evening

Sunday 15 I & Nancy walked to Thomas's A went to Herman's Susanna went Lydia & Bertha went Joes we were not at Thomas's long till Willis & J came for us Henry's were here then Benj'n & family Came they were all here for dinner W. a steady rain after dinner rained a few times some distant thunder over the lake PM warm

16 A Plowed at Benj'ns J Plowed at home I went to Elias's with some Cucumbers Susanna & Mrs Mayberry were at Hermans PM W. Cooler

17 Boys both Plowed I took grist to Davids PM we Peeled a lot of Apples this evening for sauce Flavius & Thomas's helped W. partly Cloudy not so warm

18 A Plowed J took some apples to Lapps for Sauce AM he Plowed too PM they finished NW Corner field Teenie Stover was here PM & to supper partly Cloudy warm PM

19 A & George Mayberry Plowed west of dam J took grist Chop AM he put up Wire fence along wheat south of bush to keep Cows off where they are in the {illegible}

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