Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - May 21, 1938

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Title

Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - May 21, 1938

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

1938-05-21

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 have had only one day of sunshine week and that was Monday. it has rained the last two days The sweet cherry are a good crop. The sour cherries look better then they did. The sour cherry are blossoming for second time again. some tree are loaded and again there not hardly any they are spotted. its hard to say what percent of crop there is. Max want to know if you want to put some corn the south part of little orchard as there no cherry on trees. Max say the hay crop look good. Ronald out of school this week. passing in 3rd grade. I haven't my garden in yet its been so cold it was no use. Henry Kitchen hauled the fertlizer & hay. $4.00. We are haveing a new central at Mapleton. Mr & Mrs Arnold White. She is Mr. Lardie sister. Dorothy Lardie is going back and finish her nurse training and she the only one to take care of board. Mr & Mrs Isdore Lardie was good operators. We will miss them. Of course Mrs Lardie is dead. Mrs Will G.Tompkins has cancer of throat. Thay say she was operated on for goiter. and found the other. I guess that all the news. Sincerely Max & Hazel & sonny

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