Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 13, 1914

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 13, 1914

Subject

Old Mission Peninsula (Mich.)
Agriculture
Farmers
Crops and climate

Description

Carolyn Gay Taft (1873-1952), was the owner of a small cherry farm on Old Mission Peninsula in the early 1900’s. While she spent her summers on the Peninsula, her primary job as a teacher at the Illinois State School for the Deaf required hired hands to run the farm in her absence. These farmers, and their families, lived on the farm and sent frequent written reports to Ms. Taft. Most letters are written by the farmer’s wives, and provide a record of both agricultural and social history.

Creator

Ralph Kitchen, Joseph Kitchen, Essie Kitchen, Max Gilmore, Hazel Gilmore

Source

Collection donated to Peninsula Community Library by the surviving members of the Taft family.

Publisher

Peninsula Community Library

Date

1914-10-13

Contributor

Mary T Morgan

Rights

This document is protected by copyright law. Contact the Peninsula Community Library for permission to reproduce, display, or transmit this document.

Relation

None

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Document

Identifier

LHC 010

Coverage

Traverse City, Peninsula Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Scripto

Transcription

Old Mission, Mich. Oct. 13, 1914 Miss Taft, The weather has been very rainy for the past few days and is cold and windy today. I picked six bushel of wagnor apples and took them to Stutsmans. The tar paper is on the corn crib and there is 59 bu. of corn in the crib and two bu. of seed corn up stairs. There is 110 shocks early corn and 24 shocks late corn. I boarded up the south side of wagon shed. and put a lock on the cellar door. I put some tar paper on the hen coop that Mrs. S gave me. Earnest and I went out Sunday morning and got a coon that weighed 27 1/2 lbs. and it was very good eating. Do you want all the oat ground plowed this fall? I think I can make the hinges work alright. The horses are all right. Ralph Kitchen

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