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SEPTEMBER 9. Mon Quite nice again to day. We all hands including Mr Garriger and Harry Dixon picked fruit for Lew to take to Cheyenne this afternoon. In the forenoon I cut buckwheat and Lew went to town to take over fruit that had been spoken for and got Sue shod. Lew got started about sundown.

As usual SEPTEMBER 10. Tues Lew on the road for Cheyenne. Harry Dixon helped me and we done a good job on the buckwheat in the forenoon and in the afternoon we cut up the pop corn and mast two rows in the field on the West side of the pride of the North piece. I irrigated 2 weeks and four days on Howards place.

SEPTEMBER 11. Wed Pretty fair only the wind blew the latter part of the day and it got to be pretty cold towards night too. Lew still away. Mother and Lill went to town in the afternoon. I cut up the hominy corn and finished cutting the buckwheat in the forenoon and in the afternoon cut up some corn and done sundry other odd jobs.

SEPTEMBER 12. Thurs Nice again and cloudy quite a portion of the day. Will Dixon came this morning and we cut up corn on the piece at the North West Corner and got along pretty well too. Of course I attended to the water and I guess it will be pretty well irrigated by morning.

SEPTEMBER 13. Fri Pretty nice. Lew got home a little before noon and he and Will hauled seed alfalfa. Will went to the Windy hill place in the morning with old Nett and the rake and raked over the ground where the wind had scattered the alfalfa then cut corn in the ballance [balance] of the forenoon. I fussed around at a little of everything until after 10 O clock then cut up corn the rest of the day.

SEPTEMBER 14. Sat Cloudy and began to rain slowly about 9 O clock and kept it up until a little afternoon and wet down about 1 inch. Lew and Will Dixon stacked seed alfalfa until noon and didnt do much in the afternoon. I cut corn until driven off by the rain and after that did not do any thing.

SEPTEMBER 15. Sun Fine as usual. Lew with Mr Dixon and Timmies help and mine awhile in the forenoon got a load of fruit ready to start in the morning. Mother and I started for John Dragers about noon went via Charlie Pennocks found them all right and got home a little before Sundown and found Anda Corbit here and we visited as fast as we could until bedtime.

SEPTEMBER 16. Mon Very nice to day. We put in the day visiting. Went over to Mr Haags in the morning and found him at home and he entertained us splendidly by showing us around the orchard and grounds and in the house had a splendid time got home at perhaps about 3 O Clock and looked over the windy hill place.

SEPTEMBER 17. Tues Pleasant but cool. Mr Dixon and Will worked for us and had their team. They hauled a couple of loads of punkins [pumpkins] and five loads of hay which finished the seed alfalfa. We went with Mr Corbit to town to day and interviewed the Colledge [College] Court house and C and Corbit seemed a little surprized [surprised] and a good deal pleased with the looks of things about town and country.

SEPTEMBER 18. Wed Quite nice to day again. Will Dixon was here to day and cut up corn. Mother and me went over to Reas s via of town and visited hand over hand until pretty near night then came home and brought A M Corbit with us.