Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 26, 1920

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 26, 1920

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

1920-10-26

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 26th 1920

My Dear Miss Taft:-

Joseph took those apples up yesterday & Mr. P would not take them he said that apples were so cheap that he did not care for them unless they were perfect. Joseph asked him why he told [use] us to bring them & then not care for them. It is discouraging to bring anything so far & then not get anything out of it. He told Joseph to go to G. Lardie & he said he did not want them so he took them to the cider mill instead of bringing them home. For people don't know what to do with their fruit. We would have been very glad to have had a couple bu. of good apples for winter what we have are the culls but will have to do. I am so sorry for the way things are turning out but we surely can not help it. Just think of people that have mortgages on their homes & have to depend on their fruit.

And as for the hogs he could not sell them & they were as fat as they will get the butchers don't like to take such light weight hogs and no one is buying in T.C. so that is another problem. What shall we do with them? Any other time they would have sold but at present every thing has gone Democratic. I most sincerely hope there will be some change. We have been left here to care for your interests but can't seem to dispose of your hogs & apples as we would like to. You know how you would feel if you were in [my] our place. The horses were shod & had 4 new shoes. Jim's shoes were not any good.

Would you please let us know what you would like to have did about those hogs? It is hard for you I know when you are so far away from here. But you are your best judge.

I have not bought that paper for the room yet for it is so very dear that I thought it might come down later on. Joseph got 1/4 ton hog feed 500 lbs.

16.01 your credit. 3 30 3.00 horseshoeing 

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12.71 .30 dinner for J.

Your's Essie E. K.

[Receipt attached from the Traverse City Milling Co. 10/23/1920 CJ.Taft for 1/2 ton [?chuma?h?] [500# gone] all gone J Kitchen]

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