Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - March 23, 1932

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - March 23, 1932

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

1932-03-23

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

Scripto

Transcription

Dear Miss Taft

Received your short letter to-day Saturday.

Howard whiting co. handles the large book.

There an agent handling Barks. What are buying are buying Barks. Will find out the agent name.

The standered Oil Co. handles an oil spray also.

Mr Lardie does seem to handle the oil spray this year. There is no order's.

Max say there 1 barrel of lime + sulpur.

The spray rig will be complete next week.

We had kind of bad luck with summer squash seed the mice had a meal on them.

I have the muskmelon seed you send over

Max has got the trees that fell. cut up. and also over to your cottage to and hauled home.

We had pretty good sleighing but it all gone know nearly.

Here some neighborhood gossip Mrs May Ruff. came home from Florida and left her husband behined. He went fishing and she takes the car and starts for home.

She is going to live with Mrs Lardie I understand. thay are planning to move soon. Mrs. Lardie fell and cracked her rib awhile ago. Her eye sight is very poor.

I was over to see Mrs Richard's baby he sure is a big boy. she is and old fashioned mother feed him ever time he cries + has a pacifier for him.

The Kitchen are going to Detroit this week after a new tractor Mr Wunch bought down there

We are going dry up the cow the last of the month. We expect her to freshen in fore part of May.

Oh yes my husband had a peach of black eye for caucus. and I dident give it to him either. His son did. He was laying on bed one Sunday and Ronald astride him and he fell forward and struck him on end of cheek bone. evere one made fun of him.

oh yes Ralph McClusky is sell spray material. all farmer's nearly are getting from him because it on time. Henry Lardie say he has to have cash this year. or he would go broke. I guess some haven't payed him for last year.

The cistern is dry. I miss the soft water. The other is so hard. and take's lots of soap.

I guess that all the news

So will close

From.

Max + Family

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