Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 4, 1921

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 4, 1921

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

1921-02-04

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

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Transcription

Old Mission, Mich Feb 4th, 1921

My Dear Miss Taft,

I will try to ans. your letters that I know you are anxious about.

My head has ached for four days now + I feel as though I would like to run away from house work + noisy crying children for just a few hours where it would be quiet. Every time I try to write that Hazel is into every thing.

Joseph & Ledger (?) are still cutting wood over at Stutsman's place. I hope they will get through before long.

Will you please excuse me for forgetting to deposit your money in the bank. When I try to get ready to start away from home there is so much excitement that I left it home. But will try to remember next time. Joseph got the feed from the milling company a few weeks ago.

I do hope we can sell the rest of those hogs. I would offer to take care of the large one that is left but I am afraid I could not do a satisfactory job of it. Mr. Tompkins wanted to buy some of The smaller pigs but is in Lansing just now so must wait until his return before we will know about what he will do.

Mr. Wilbur is going to leave the Vaught farm some time next month. We saw him in town Tuesday. He told us he was going to get much better wages at the other place than here. He says his work is too hard for him also his wife has too much to do for other people. They have been here several times to call on us + before they leave our neighbor hood we must try to visit them. Mrs. Wilbur is a very dear little woman.

I don't know what to think of the weather. The snow was all gone for a few weeks & the ground frozen hard so I don't know about the fruit. The sweet cherry buds are swollen considerable. If you wish to have me send you some buds I will do so for I know you feel anxious the same as we all do. I will let you know about the corn as soon as we haul it all over here.

I enjoy the post very much. Thanks so many times for it.

With love Essie K

P.S. Your new seeding looks as though it has frozen but may come on in the Spring. It has began snowing this morning. I wonder what the day will be. The bay has not frozen over yet this winter & I doubt if it does.

Please ask quesions if I fail to mention the things you are most interested in for I forget some times.

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