Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 10, 1937

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - February 10, 1937

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

1937-02-10

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

Everthing is covered with sleet again.

We surely do use all the ashes. that we get. with so many slopes. or we would get any where.

I heard over the radio Feb 4 at 9 oloak. a song by Lullebell + Scoty over W.L.S. Dectated to a little deaf + dum. girl in Jacksonville Ill. The song was whip or will

Max want know if you like to have the two cows with horn's Dehorned - before thay have to be sew up. or he has eye put out. thay are wicked with there horn's. and make live miserable for old cow. Ray Hooper has Dehorning shear's. Suprise will be fresh. The last of March. Suprise has one tit that gone bad. the milk is pink with blood. some clots of blood. Max milks it on floor. we were wishing we had Dr Book for cow's Max say's its not garge over

We are all pretty well. Ronald has not lost very many day's on account of sickness He is out slideing ever day. Cold don't seem to bother him any.

Tom Richard + Family have moved away to Buckley. Levi Kitchen has truck.

There isent much new's around lasts of sickness

Sincerly max + Family

P.S. I could not make out you abb. in your lettere.

inclose is little writing it happened to max But only luck it was the thumb of his glove instead. Never left a scratch on thumb

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