Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - May 22, 1929

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - May 22, 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

1929-05-22

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. May 22nd 1929

My Dear Miss Taft:-

I have had the Ladies Aid here today and am very tired but will write you a few lines and tell you what little I can.

We have had three frosts in the past few nights the sweet cherries are harmed some but we think not very much the monts are in the pink Jos. sprayed them today. I pray we don't have a frost any more. The grass seed is up but oats are coming slow as it is so very cold out the 16th we had a snow storm and the coldest winds it burned the leaves that were coming out on the sweet cherries and some of the petals.

Jos. wants to buy Queen some worm medicine as soon as he sees Dr. Scott as she is full of them. She eats a lot but doesn't get fat and she passes worms of late so know she must have lots of them they are long white ones. I love Queen more and more I think she is so inteligent for a horse.

The carrots and corn are planted and all farm work doing nicely.

I'll try and report once a week regular and oftener if any thing comes up as I know how you feel.

Your's as ever, Essie

The bees have been here for several days but can't work much on account of its being so cold and wet it is raining this morning.

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