Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - November 6, 1927

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - November 6, 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

1927-11-06

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 Nov. 6th 1927

My Dear Miss Taft: - Some change in the weather since you last heard from me. It has snowed & blowed for about 36 hours now. It seems rather queer after 2 weeks of warm weather.

Hope the pain in your head is better. Your whole body will feel better after the weather cools off. I was in Chicago about 2 hours & that was enough Illinois for me. When I left here it was cold with ice & snow and then go there where I nearly suffocated for a breath of good Mich. air. I think as a whole Mich. & Wis. have the nicest well water I have tasted yet & I have lived in 4 different states & been in several others for a short time.

I have been sick for three days with a bad cold in my throat. I feel better but my back & shoulders still pain considerable.

Received the pictures from Alberta and thanks to you all for the trouble.

Now for corn the second planting is all the poor corn you have & that isn't so dreadful much so far. Joseph is sorting it very carefully & not leaving a poor poor ear with the good. Milton Gove was passing by when Joseph was working out in the field & said your corn was the nicest of any he had seen any where. There is 91 bu. of No. 1 corn in the crib. And about 20 bu. of poor grade. He wants to try & sell that for a little if he can of course it will only rot if put in crib & we will never take a chance again & ruin the good. Jos. thinks he has a 1/3 or about that husked. He let it cure in the stalk a long time as that helps to make it firmer.

The stock wil have to be on dry feed from now on and the horses need either bran or oil meal. Jerry goes down hill as soon as he has to have dry feed. Poor old fellow is like I am never got entirely over the flu. His nose runs & he coughs quite a lot. Joseph wants to take good care of him so nothing goes wrong. Every thing is fine so far.

Straw will cost $17 a ton delivered do you want some at that price? Joseph has inquired different places & that is the best he can do.

Will let you know how corn turns out you will hear from me sooner this time. With love, Essie Kitchen

P.L. Had a mouth full of buck wheat for cows.

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