Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - January 12, 1928

Old Mission, Mich Jan.12th 1928 My Dear Miss. Taft: Well I will celebrate today by writing to you Jos & I have been married 14 years today.I feel old & worldy wise now. I went to Traverse City the other day & deposited $35.75 of coin money the other two dollars I kept out for expenses. We haven't had any chance to go in to get the grain so Mr. Lardie brought it down we paid him for hauling it and he had the grain charged at milling company. We are having rain now for about 10 days & thaws nearly every night it is so dreadfully damp. Joseph will have to dispose of most of the corn as it is starting to get mouldy again the crib will have to be moved as there is no way for the wind to get at the crib where it is we never lost corn until the crib was changed.Jos. feels sick about it. He can't move it now as the ground is frozen out there but if you have the place another year it ought to be done.The corn was in fine shape when stored Mr Eiman & several nieghbors saw it and said it was beautiful. It is the cribs fault & not his. Of course if it had of stayed cold it would have kept then but rain & dampness does the work.The crib is full & it is a shame. I hate this weather as it means harm to us if it continues as it is now the sweet cherry buds are quite fat.Joseph scolds me for worrying but it makes me uneasy to see so much failure in everything. The buyers have held their cherries for a high price & times are so poor & people every where can't afford to buy them. So they are trying to get what they can out of them & can hardly sell them. Tho't you would like to know about it . You haven't any idea how scarce money is in traverse City a great many people are on the county right now. We try so hard to keep things going & take good care of things. Say if you haven't paid Homer Willobee for cows. Don't pay him for the heiffer as she in heat again last week we supposed she was with calf so that is our hard luck & darn the darn luck any way. Joseph took her to Gore's this time to see if there is any difference. The Kauer cow is all O.K. but not this one. Thats the way things go all the time. The children want their supper so I must get busy. I also had the good luck to break my glasses they had to be sen't to Grand Rapids so I have felt real sweet & kind all week.expected them back today. But they didn't come. So please excuse poor hen tracks. As ever with love, Essie Hauling grain .60 2 gal. gas .40 Salt petre .20

            ____
             1.20 exp.

1.10 on hand

	2.00 put on account from corn

P.S ____

	$3.10 in all

$1.20 exp _____ $1.90 total on hand Jan 12th Joseph looked arround the neighbor hood & borrowed pieces needed for cutting box & will use it with out buying to make expense less. As these wouldn't be any use to buy if there is a chance of selling this spring. Salt petre for horses.