Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 6, 1933

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 6, 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

1933-10-06

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

Wednesday Nite To Miss Taft

Your letter arrived Monday. I am sorry you have not got full detail of the farm. But i have felt so miserable for 3 week with a cold and trying to ward of quincy. and Ronald had an other convulsion. So have had my hand more than full. The piece by pig pen is plowed & draged. and Max has piece by little orchard nearly ready to drag.

Seeing some place are good and some place are very thin. Max say hard to say till spring But look as tho there have to be more seed. The cherries trees are all neady to pull and apple tree in a short time.

High wind have put lots late apple on the ground. Max thought twice before he spent your money. and decide not to take the teams so your check will be back were it came from. Max went and look at them again to make sure.

The rains have done quite a lot of good to meadows and trees if was late. you can see a difference in the greens.

If there a new team in neighborhood ever one is curious to know how much thay cost. Regardless if there has to be a story told Max says Harry Zang says he will bring the past soon.

About your key's there has been no change made in men at Ashmore. You have most likely forgotten Mrs Ashmore has two house's. and the one by Burton's that Foster lived in is the one that Kitchens moved into.

You do't need to worry about the hole in corn crib. Max say the hole was fixed iwth in a hour after you's seen the mouse go in there

I guess that all the news I can think to write

Sincerely Max & Family

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