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Carolyn Gay Taft Farm Letter - May 20, 1933

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Thursday Morning To Miss Taft

We have had three nice showers in last week. which helped very much. Your garden has been in three week and radish are up quite high.

and tomatoes are up and coming good to as I look out the kitchen door the sweet cherry's are in full bloom this morning. and leaves on the maple are coming out to

There wasent any place mention for the pumpkins to be put.

We got a strawberry bed in two rows across the garden by the currents. The raspberrys look good this spring. I got to find a few to fill in. that are dead.

There are a family living in Dad [?] griffin old house down here in thirty acres.

Max has breed the cow back. we have decided to keep the other calf. for some beef. next winter the cow is doing pretty good in making butter but very thin. Max put her out on grass know hopeing will pick up a little

There meeting up to town hall Max say did amount to any more then the rest of them a lot of talk back and forth. There full account in paper.

Max say the there propspeck of a good cherrys crop Max had to have Tony Dohm come a fix the spray rig some about he couldn't get the right amount of pressure. His trip was .50[$] and new path are a fisted cap for base spray rig

				.65
" " " ' "	 	 	 65
Hose clamp			.15
gas for engine			.32
" " " "				.32
" " " "				.32
1 quart oil			.15
Harness snap			.10
" " "   clip			.10
gas for oil spray		.43
gas for late spray .15 gal.   $2.39

I finished pay on a part in spray rig because Max had have then which you will see in the account yes the banking is terrible to traverse even one is discouraged. Murry Tompkins went up the day before it closed. and say How ever thing coming know and danger of her closeing again. Thay say oh no even tho is coming fine So he just drew out $50.00 for to put in a sulply of gas. The next day it closed. He say. Here I am I could of drew enough on .65 per cent to keep a going all summer on expence's we seem be only bothered with water. just three field's. The old Lady that stays with Mrs Richard a Mrs Haywood. was by the door say she never saw so much water down here before. as long as she been here.

I guess that all the new's I can think this time.

Sincerly Max & Family