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Old Mission Mich Oct 26th 1920

My Dear Miss Taft:-

Joseph took those apples up yesterday & Mr. P would not take them he said that apples were so cheap that he did not care for them unless they were perfect. Joseph asked him why he told [use] us to bring them & then not care for them. It is discouraging to bring anything so far & then not get anything out of it. He told Joseph to go to G. Lardie & he said he did not want them so he took them to the cider mill instead of bringing them home. For people don't know what to do with their fruit. We would have been very glad to have had a couple bu. of good apples for winter what we have are the culls but will have to do. I am so sorry for the way things are turning out but we surely can not help it. Just think of people that have mortgages on their homes & have to depend on their fruit.

And as for the hogs he could not sell them & they were as fat as they will get the butchers don't like to take such light weight hogs and no one is buying in T.C. so that is another problem. What shall we do with them? Any other time they would have sold but at present every thing has gone Democratic. I most sincerely hope there will be some change. We have been left here to care for your interests but can't seem to dispose of your hogs & apples as we would like to. You know how you would feel if you were in [my] our place. The horses were shod & had 4 new shoes. Jim's shoes were not any good.

Would you please let us know what you would like to have did about those hogs? It is hard for you I know when you are so far away from here. But you are your best judge.

I have not bought that paper for the room yet for it is so very dear that I thought it might come down later on. Joseph got 1/4 ton hog feed 500 lbs.

16.01 your credit. 3 30 3.00 horseshoeing

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12.71 .30 dinner for J.

Your's Essie E. K.

[Receipt attached from the Traverse City Milling Co. 10/23/1920 CJ.Taft for 1/2 ton [?chuma?h?] [500# gone] all gone J Kitchen]