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Title
Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - December 5, 1925
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
1925-12-05
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
Dec. 5th 19-25 My Dear Miss Taft:- Ledger just brought your straw and said hay is $29 per ton & he can get alfalfa hay all ready bailed and will deliver it for the same price as Milling Co. is charging that will be $29 per ton. He has to haul it from Kewayden Most of the larger farmers who have trucks are getting their hay from there. If Ledger will decide to buy from there will he get yours too? That price includes hauling & all. If he hauls hay from T.C. he can't haul it for less than $2.50 per ton. Am in such a hurry I can't write as I want to send this to T.C. please answer right away. We may be snowed in any time With love Essie K. It has rained or poured now for 12 hours steady.