Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 25, 1935

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 25, 1935

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

1935-02-25

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

February 25, 1935

To Miss Taft

We are having a touch of winter last week and this quite a bit colder.

The whole country around has settled down to living again. Since they found the body of Harry Morris Christpher. Max went two days to help drag and break ice. It as very sad. There was not and an nicer boy in country. Very big funeral too.

Max wood job is nearly to and end. Some buzzing to do yet and hauling.

Ronald had a sick spell again a week ago. But was not so hard as last one.

In the telephone bill you received there was one on it for me and I got one of yours So we are even. And also the Telephone Batteries I only charged you for one. It should have been .41 (forty one cents) two batteries. Max gave me prise one and I thought was prise.

All the animals are fine. Surprise is growing fast. Max could not get her in one nite. So he thought he would watere the cow there. Ronald was to barn and came running up well saying Dad Daddy I got her. Max say How did you. Oh he say’s she stuck her head in the door and I pushed her in. He says I said naught word to.

I could not find Alberta picture one nite. I couldn’t image where it went. So was putting more covers on Ronald and he had it in bed with him. He think a lot of picture.

Tom Richard is cutting ice for Mrs. Jennison. Mr. Wilber 25 men on ice job too.

Are apple are all gone and I don’t know what the family will do for after supper lunch.

The prise on lime they not got there prise yet for this year. Around $18.00 per ton he thought at Kyselka.

Max could locate any manure. The one he was thinking of was out of town.

I head Rodger Kitchen is expecting to be a new daddy in spring.

I guess that all the news. ` ` Best Wishes to you

Max + Hazel. Sonny

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