Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - December 9, 1925

Old Mission, Mich. Dec. 9th 19-25 My Dear Miss. Taft:- I held my breath while I was opening your letter for fear you would not approve of Ledger bringing your hay out. It began to snow Mon. morning & Jos. told Ledger to go ahead & bring your hay not waiting to hear from you. He was sure you would say yes but I felt in doubt. So am very glad he had the right thing done. It won't be much longer that people can use trucks as the roads are dreadful rough & it just tears them to pieces. There was 62 55# of Alfalfa and is very nice. Jos. is well pleased with it. The last few times you bought hay from the Milling Co. it was very very poor. That is where the mean weeds came from. I said there was a little over a ton of the straw so he will charge $3.00 for the hauling. It certainly did seem nice to have a place to store the hay. He drove right into the barn with his truck & unloaded. Storm windows are on & we feel much warmer now. It won't take so much fuel to keep the house warm. We hired Mr. Berton to buzz our wood & he charged $1.00 per hr. It almost robs a fellow. Jos. build a little wood shed onto the back part of the stairway & it looks rather good too for being made out of odds & ends it will be a shelter for our fuel so it won't be all snow & ice. Beauty is all O. K. and is a fine looking little lady. I love all the animals altho last Summer when my butter turned to greese I never wanted to see any more butter or cream. It was a trial all Summer to keep going it was so hot & dry. Kauer cow is doing well but hasn't come into heat yet. My but it is cold out side ice frozen on the Kitchen windows I nearly froze hanging out clothes Well my eyes are hurting so will get ready for bed. With love, Essie K.