Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 26, 1937

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - October 26, 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

1937-10-26

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

We are hopeing to get some good weathere this week. We sure have had snow + rain enough.

Are neighborhood have been quite upset with death of mr Helfrich + Mr Colerick.

Ronald ricieved letter from Alberta saying she recieved the apple. Ronald has started a lettere to her But get tired after one line.

Suprise had an othere set back. Saturday Nite she only gave about a cup of milk and Sunday morning about 2 cups. So we called Dr Scott and told him the simptons. He said has she been out and filled up on apples. She was out one day. she is a very hard cow to keep in especially this time of year. So the Dr said 1 1/2 of Salt So Neomia Salts came in play. But went to Store and got an other pound.

all the apple are picked all has gone but Levi took Baldwins to-day. Levi bill is $6.00 returning all crates. and all. he made 6 trips in all.

So the next time max goes to town he will straight out apple. money.

I havent stared sonny sweater yet I have been waiting for my sister to come home from Detroit.

I guess that all news.

Sincerly Max + Hazel + Sonny

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