September 6, 2012

My Great Grandpa Bert's financial diary for September 1912....

 

what they sold or earned for income:
30 lbs of butter = $9.01

82 1/2 dozen eggs = $24.98

7 bushel potatoes = $4.25

3 qts of milk = $1.25

1 1/2 bushel apples = $1.60

Chicken 34 lbs = $5.44

Onions = $.35

so $46.88 came in

what they purchased or paid:
groceries (not specific) = $2.94

 roosters & feed  = $8.17

baker = $2.05

teaman = $1.20

potato pickers = $9.92

shoes  = $3.50

Dress Goods = $5.75

Suit = $21.00

Shirt = $1.50

freight = $.25

3 bags phosphate = $4.14

County & School Tax = $11.86

drugs = $.90

Suitcase & Silk = $1.08

Dress Making = $3.74

Drill & Seed = $4.50

Sand = $.50

Present for Stella = $3.75

so $86.75 went out

Pleasant Dreams!!!