Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - April 23, 1935

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - April 23, 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

1935-04-23

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

April 23, 1935

To Miss Taft

A week ago to-day we had a very bad snow storm. the wind blowed hard then it had all winter. You could not see the barn at times and there a very cold wind blow ever afternoon since.


I guess I did not ans you in regard to pop corn dutch cheese. You take 1 quart of whole milk and let set till it is sour and thick and at nite put it into 1 gallow skim milk which be thick in morning. set in a pan of hot water keep the temperature at 120 degrees. take a sharp knife cutting cheese like this ##. Wash twice and fix the way you like best. It is not so hard and so sour.

Yes we had a suprise to on the check. We expect it be there on Monday so Max load the car with corn + oats for cattle and we went as far mail box and come back. Max say this nice the fires didn't even go out while we were gone.

Max has the dorment spray on Saturday and started discing orchards. Max say is getting very dry. The grass is hardly green.

Max had to hire a man for this spray till horses get wore down a little. Tony Dohm had come and get engine on sprayer started. Max say the spray barrels don't leak this year.

This booklet inclose is what the farmers are using around here instead of black leaf 40. There a meeting at town hall on it by men that has used it. .95 cents per gallon.

Ronald fell on stone a cut big cut on his eye brow. I thought first we would have to have some stitches take in it. His eye is nearly swollen shut.

Max say the fence is nearly done. Manure is all spread. Had Russell Gore spreadin at .10 Cnts per load. $150.

Max payed weigh bill on manure but Tom payed him back so that all right.

Mrs. Richard lost her baby a 4 1/2 months. She lookss terrible. She say she to old to raise a family.

I guess that all news. Oh yes the man name Max got manure from was Mr. Benson

Sincerely

Max + Hazel

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