Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - July 9, 1933

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - July 9, 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

1933-07-09

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

To Miss Taft Saturday noon.

We are having quite hot weather and need of a rain very bad. look very much like rain but doesen't rain.

We picked two half day on the light sweet finiahed Friday noon and started Thursday afternoon with a totall .51 crates and a test of 9690

Are starting dark sweet Monday thay want them a light mahogany color. this year.

Max hired 3 men pickers to-nite. and have 4 of Michans pickers are scare this year. ever one is comlaining not enough pickers. Max is thru haying both mows are bull. to the brim & a load on drive floor. Old Queen took haying pretty hard this year. I though she was done for one nite Max bathered her over with water.

My brother Walter Widdis helped Max with the hay 6 1/2 day and 7 meal's

Your beans are coming on I had a small mess and Rebecca got a 5 quarts pail full. I picked 1/2 quart of raspberrys.

I guess that all the new's I can think know.

Sincerly Max & Family

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