here is the financial info from my grandpas diary for February 1912.....just amazing!!!!
what they sold or earned for income:
3 lbs of butter = $.90
86 dozen eggs = $27.70
3 bushel of apples = 1.80
1 month teaching salary = $50.00
1 calf that weighed 156 lbs = $12.48 so $92.88 came in
what they purchased:
groceries (not specific) = $5.89
coal = $1.45
tea man = $1.02
baker = .25
missionary tithe = $1.00
line rent (phone) = $2.25
Alvin Morey = $1.00
mill feed & flour = $7.35
pants = $6.63 so $26.62 went out
simplier times for sure......have a GREAT night!!!
Pleasant Dreams!!!
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