Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 12, 1928

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 12, 1928

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

1928-10-12

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 Oct. 12th 1928

My Dear Miss. Taft:

I intended to write several days ago but have been very busy Mrs Dohm came & I helped her paper for two days it was pretty hard work but looks enough more cheerful to pay for extra time spent. I was very tired of the old paper and it was quite soiled too. The rooms look very good and the paper could not be more suitable. Mrs. Dohms labor came to six dollars.

Mr Courtade was here Wed. and would like to you send him $11 [???tal] on the phone he couldn't find you when he came here to collect this Fall.

Homer Willobee mentioned about the cows too. He thinks the last calf Kaurer cow had wasn't settled for and these other breedings. I don't know what or how you did so it is between you and him. He wanted me to mention it in the next letter.

Joseph has picked the winter apples but it is raining so he can't haul them today. There are only a few bushels of them.

He had the corn all cut before the frost hit us here. Sept was a very cold rainy month and made it difficult to get much work done.

The trench behind the cows has been repaired and cistern cemented.

Am so glad to know you could take that little trip and thanks for the card.

The Wealthy apples turned out much nicer than we thot' they would for a while I thought there wouldn't be any canners they were so small but the rain helped them to grow.

I took Hazel in town a week ago and had her eyes tested they are coming along fine. She likes her teacher and is doing well at school. The Dr. told me that if she couldn't do good at her school work to keep her home rather injure her eye.

Haven't started the rug yet but will try to get at it later on. Am sorry you was sick hope your are well by now.

The Wealthy apples 4870# ciders and $13.72 canners total $30.77.

Joseph took the lime & sulphur barrel to Lardies so there is $2.00 left here. I got 4# paste to put wall paper on that [$] .60 and Jos. got a [$] .15 can axle grease. $2.00 sulphur barrel 

                          2.37 expenses
                          ____
                           .37 you owe me

$1.62 owed me 

 .60 paste
 .15 axle greese
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2.37

With love Essie.

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