Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - September 25, 1927

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - September 25, 1927

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

1927-09-25

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 Sept. 25th 1927

My Dear Miss Taft: - There isn't any news only write & let you know every thing on farm is fine. Have had no frost so far but some very cold & rainy weather. The 1st planting of corn is ripe but the other isn't yet. The buck wheat is white with blossoms.

It sure is dead here this fall no business going on of any kind. Don't hear of any one buying or selling property. Hope the Spring brings better luck for farmers. I hear that the people whom bought the old Howe farm are doing a lot of work there. Mrs. Marshall is boarding the surveyers at her place.

Mr. Courtade is sueing Mr. Wunsch for damages the trial will come off next month. Will let you know how it comes out.

Jos. got a new land sicle for plow but waited to see if you would sell this fall. He wanted it ready for to do the fall plowing here. I guess we won't be able to sell either no one seems to be buying property. Jos. has kind of held off from buying tools and has used Perry's plow & drag most of the time so as not to have money invested in them. But guess he had better begin to buy as every thing looks junk. First comes a new lever drag & he will use that here as well as for ourselves.

We had some of the warmest weather after you left. We nearly cooked. It seemed a big comfort to be able to breathe again. I thot' of you so many times altho' you were warm & very uncomfortabe here some times it must have been much worse there. A week ago some Ohio people came to Mich. and told us it was so hot there they had to get out. It has turned so cold now that they will shiver here.

I can't think of one thing more to say so will say good bye until next time. Yours with love Essie K.

P.S. Little Goose I was I carried this to Traverse City to mail to you & carried it back home again. Dear but I would like to give your hand a good squeeze.

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