Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - May 20, 1933

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - May 20, 1933

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

1933-05-20

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

Thursday Morning To Miss Taft

We have had three nice showers in last week. which helped very much. Your garden has been in three week and radish are up quite high.

and tomatoes are up and coming good to as I look out the kitchen door the sweet cherry's are in full bloom this morning. and leaves on the maple are coming out to

There wasent any place mention for the pumpkins to be put.

We got a strawberry bed in two rows across the garden by the currents. The raspberrys look good this spring. I got to find a few to fill in. that are dead.

There are a family living in Dad [?] griffin old house down here in thirty acres.

Max has breed the cow back. we have decided to keep the other calf. for some beef. next winter the cow is doing pretty good in making butter but very thin. Max put her out on grass know hopeing will pick up a little

There meeting up to town hall Max say did amount to any more then the rest of them a lot of talk back and forth. There full account in paper.

Max say the there propspeck of a good cherrys crop Max had to have Tony Dohm come a fix the spray rig some about he couldn't get the right amount of pressure. His trip was .50[$] and new path are a fisted cap for base spray rig 

				.65
" " " ' "	 	 	 65
Hose clamp			.15
gas for engine			.32
" " " "				.32
" " " "				.32
1 quart oil			.15
Harness snap			.10
" " "   clip			.10
gas for oil spray		.43
gas for late spray .15 gal.   $2.39

I finished pay on a part in spray rig because Max had have then which you will see in the account yes the banking is terrible to traverse even one is discouraged. Murry Tompkins went up the day before it closed. and say How ever thing coming know and danger of her closeing again. Thay say oh no even tho is coming fine So he just drew out $50.00 for to put in a sulply of gas. The next day it closed. He say. Here I am I could of drew enough on .65 per cent to keep a going all summer on expence's we seem be only bothered with water. just three field's. The old Lady that stays with Mrs Richard a Mrs Haywood. was by the door say she never saw so much water down here before. as long as she been here.

I guess that all the new's I can think this time.

Sincerly Max & Family

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