Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - December 15, 1931

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - December 15, 1931

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

1931-12-15

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

Dear Miss Taft

In reply to your letter we recieved to-day.

We have had just a little touch of winter but was all gone in a few day. But it is snowing quite steady to-nite It is coming down real easy.

Max has been helping Bill Dohm buzzy wood in return for the use of his engine to buzz up some he has got piled up again.

He has the box stall nearly full of screaded corn fodder.

The carrots + beet are not keep thay seem to rot so bad. ever one is having the same trouble. and ever one is lossing lots of apple to.

The cow is going down on her milk a little at a time. But still am getting enough to make end meet.

Ronald is very cross with a cold + cutting teeth.

They say Mrs. Ida Lardie is able to see across the the room know. and set up for first time last week for 15 minutes

There isn't much much new's this time. We haven't killed the pigs yet waiting for cold weather.

Mr Wilber is still very busy building his two cottages. It seem thay have hauled enough lumber by here to build five cottages.

Mr Richards is doing all the plowing down there. Which is very luck for him. to get the extry work.

Will close for this time Max + Family

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