September 4th.

Tuesday September 4th. 1923

Showerey
At home
E. Mayes Horsehoeing Beet in the morning take horse to Blacksmith in the afternoon.
J. Howe on Double Plough
F. Reynolds 2 hrs
Edith laid up with a son
(N.B The son was my uncle, who owns this diary - Happy Birthday!)

Farm Work for the Year
September:
Arable Farm:
Harvest work proceeds, finishing in the Southern counties and being the chief work in the North. Corn ricks should be thatched as soon as they are built. the outsides may be shorn and the ears thus cut off may be mixed with the rakings to be thrashed on the first opportunity. Ploughs are busy in the stubbles as soon as cleared before the end of the month; bean stubbles for wheat, and in other stubbles for beans, or winter tares or rye. Lime may be applied broadcast, 80 to 100 bushels per acre. Marl is early, and weeds can grow, it is well to pare the stubbles, harrow and gather the rubbish together, and burn it before ploughing. Clover for seed is ready to cut towards the end of September. The ploughing of clover lea for wheat proceeds. Bare fallows receive their last ploughing as a seed furrow, and may be sown.