Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - November 7, 1933

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - November 7, 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

1933-11-07

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

To Miss Taft

We received your letter on Tuesday. After haveing winter are weather just know is beautiful. Nite & day such beautiful moon light nights. I expect its to good to last long.

Your trees came the 25 of October. Max is working at them.

The man that tryied to buy queen was back with an other man to buy both horses. The man seemed quite anxious to buy them. Max said no thay weren't for sale know. I am starting to give Ronald cod liver oil It is very expence's. I course I am not thinking of the price if it will only do some good.

The meet at packing Co. consisted of Mr. Roger said they had sold enough of cherry to pay there debts. and could barrow enough to pay growers an other 1/2 cent bush didn't figure it was good business to barrow. The market was good and steady. and by spring could pay the farmers 3 cents and still make a profit. But would promise them that. and that thay didn't want to come up there next spring and say he did Thay are wondering wether to pay the farmer 2 3/4 cents. and pay government and be thro with them or pay farmer 3 cents and still be in debt.

The Truckes dident come back. Max waited a week. So Max had Tom take them to town to L. F. Perkett. We haven't the money yet. He waits till he get's a carload. and the saturday you can have your check. by coming I think your will be ready. He pay .60$ hundred and .50$ hundred. and takes almost anything.

The paper has come off of the outside stair way. on the house.

No Max has not heard of any one haveing manure for sale yet.

The trees are all pulled at 1 1/2 day at $20.00 and big tree by the fence. He broke chain in about twelve piecies. Thay had to work quite a while to get it out. it had roots bigger then a stove pipe. It sure is slick way of pulling them

Mr Henry Ficthen is buying a farm near Tompsonville. 80 acre's

I guess that all the new's

Sincerely Max & Hazel & Ronald.

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