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Mon Sept 3 Quite nice but rather too warm for comfort. John and I picked fruit all day plums and crabapples and I irrigated. Finished the little meadow above the house then watered the potatoes the little plum batch and the piece North of the barn. Judge Osburn was here and got a few Lombards Duanes purple and some Gidion apples to exhibit at the state fair.
Tues Sept 4 Quite a nice day to day [today]. Johny and Mother and I went to town this morning had quite a lot of Lombard plums and I tried peddling with varied success but on the whole got them off. Had some crabs but fetched some of them home again. We got 7 or 8 dollars for what we sold and I guess that we have paved the way to sell more fruit over in town.
Wed Sept 5 Hot and dry. Johny picked and took over to town some plums and crabapples. I mowed oats on the windy hill place. Found it a pretty hard shaky job.
Thurs Sept 6 Pretty fair but the wind blew quite a bit a couple of times and rained a little too but not enough to stop work. Johny picked plums this forenoon and raked oats this afternoon. I finished cutting the oats at the windy hill place this forenoon and this afternoon I cut over a part of the wheat ground. Mrs Randell took over a little over a hundred lbs of wild plums to Mr Evans's grocery.
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Fri Sept 7 It acted like rain a good deal and about 3 O clock it began to rain and kept it up until nearly night and most of the time it rained very hard. I think that as much as 2 inches of water fell if not more. When we went up to the windy hill place to shock oats the ditch up above the house had about 20 inches of water running in it and when we came down the ditch was running over just above the bridge and in lots of places it was an awful big rain. Johny finished raking and bunching the oats in the forenoon and in the afternoon he shocked until stopped by the rain. I finished cutting the wheat piece this forenoon and this afternoon I shocked oats till got drove off by the rain. Ett and Mrs Evans came here to day [today] and are going to stay all night on account of the rain.
Sat Sept 8 Cloudy and awful muddy all day and will be muddy for several days. Johny went to town and got some wire and staples and done sundry othe chores. Mrs Harris was here to day [today] and got 2 dollars worth of Crabapples and plums. I fixed a pitchfork and made a coupling pole for the old wagon and sowed up the long tear in the big sheet.
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Sun Sept 9 A cold raw wind especially towards night. Lew and Mary came along about noon and we went over to Franks. Had a nice little visit and we are enjoying the time visiting and looking at some new Montgomery Ward and Co's catalogues of carriages and furniture.
Mon Sept 10 Clear and pretty and no frost this morning. We fixed the fence that runs down to the lake from the corner of the wheat field to keep the cattle from going around. John went to town this afternoon and took over some fruit and I spread out oats upon the windy hill place.
Tues Sept 11 A fine day. Johny gathered some fruit and went to town with it. I worked at the oats up at windy hill.
Wed Sept 12 Very nice day. Mr Marsh helped us to day [today] and we mowed in the orchard this forenoon and worked at the oats this afternoon. The boys hauled and stacked thre [three] loads and I finished shocking it. Mr John Armstrong and wife were here to day [today]. They seem to think well of our place.
Thurs Sept 13 A little too windy this afternoon in fact it was all day. Marsh and John finished stacking the oats in the forenoon and picked fruit this afternoon for Mr Blackmer and Johny has gone to town with 300 lbs of crabs [crabapples] and plums for him. I chored this forenoon and mowed on the 10 acre piece this afternoon.
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Fri Sept 14 Clear mostly but cold and windy. Johny picked fruit and hoed strawberries. I mowed on the 10 acre piece.
Sat Sept 15 Very good day to day [today]. I finished cutting the ten acre piece this morning then shocked the rest of the day. Johny raked the south half of the 10 acre piece then shocked the rest of the day.
Sun Sept 16 Nice again. Lew came over this morning and we branded and castrated the calves and we kept Sunday mostly. Had quite anumber of callers.
Mon Sept 17 Clear and pretty. Bert Jolly came out last night and has helped haul to day [today]. Marsh came a little before noon and has helped to haul this afternoon. Johny raked and bunched the north half of the 10 acre piece then he helped to haul the rest of the day. I gathered up the hay that we cut in the orchard and helped to stack some and picked fruit some and Mother and I went over to Charleys and got a couple of pigs.
Tues Sept 18 Cloudy and cool in the morning but it cleared off and the latter part of the day was warm and sunshiny. We finished hauling the hay to day [today]. Had 9 loads in all. Marsh helped until noon and Johny and Bert finished the hauling and I stacked it. W B and M Y Osburn were here to day [today] collecting fruit for a display at the State and the Loveland Street fairs. Got a good assortment.
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18 continued Charley Evans was out and bought our hyslop crabs and 800 lbs of Lady Elgins and is to pay us 2 cts pr [per]pound for them.
Wed Sept 19 Clear mostly and fine and warm. I and Johny and Bert Jolly and Mrs Dixon and Lill picked apples all day and a young man that Evans sent out helped too. Johny took over 7 barrels of Hyslops and we have quite a lot left yet that are picked.
Thurs Sept 20 Very nice day. We picked apples until about 3 O clock then went to town with them. Our load yesterday came t [to] $24.46 cts and to day [today] to $26.16 cts. We got home pretty late but I am feeling pretty mean too.
Fri Sept 21 Nice day. Johny picked apples for Cheyenne. I went to town to be a witness in a case between the Storage and Water Supply company and the North fork co but the was set for next Thurs instead of to day [today] so I loafed around most of the day.
Sat Sept 22 Clear and as windy as the old nick and turned quite cold towards night. Johny went up to Spring Canion [Canyon] to get Clayton the bull. He has not got back yet. I fixed the wagon for Cheyenne and then this afternoon picked some apples.
Sun Sept 23 Real nice to day [today]. We kept Sunday tolerable well and had quite a lot of company too.
