Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - April 16, 1929

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - April 16, 1929

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

1929-04-16

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.

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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. Apr. 16th 1929

My Dear Miss. Taft:-

Received the little package and thanks so much for same please take out the cost in our next check.

We had Mr. Lardie haul the Ford Fertilizer the price came up and they charged $20 for #5-00 Roger went down to OM today and paid him for it. Mr. Lardie gave him a receipt for it. We got 5 gal. of gas out of our own money but must get more. The lime has been put on and use of drill paid for. Archie Helfick's drill was in use so Jos. got Murray Tompkin's instead.

Yes we had about a week of real warm weather and thunderstorms then it turned cold and snowed again. Have a white frost every night lately. The fuit buds started some but not hurt any as we can see.

Archie brought the hay so will send that bill in with the rest.

Oh dear but every cent we can scrape goes out on that farm. Some times it would try the patience of a Saint. And we always have Doctor bills. Joseph Doctor all the while I wish he could go to Ann Arbor and see some good ones and perhaps they could tell him what ails him. I have felt so much better after going away on a little vacation. I still get nervous about the way things go but have to hang on and be patient.

There is too much work for me during the Summer but if everything goes right I'm not going to work so hard this year. I dearly love to pick cherries and will do all I can if I'm well enough

The [auer?] cow had her calf some time ago and it was dead when Jos. found it in the morning. Altho' it hadn't been born very long.

We hear there is a new canning factory going up at Elk Rapids I hope so it means more for we farmers here. They are talking [$.06] cherries here perhaps [$.06 1/2]. Mr Wunch is setting 900 trees again this Spring.

Jos. is coming along nicely with the Spring work. And I think you will like the new horse. She needs to have shoes on as her hoofs are broken up a little from going barefoot. Fay will give Jos. her old shoes so that will save buying new ones.

Well I can't think of more to write aobut.

[3,1,90#] hay at $19 per ton=$30.30 $20 you sent me 20 paid for fertilizer 1.00 paid lime drill 

.90 you owed me

1.90 you owe me

With love as ever Essie

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