April 5, 2012

My Great Grandpas Financial Diary for April 1912.....

what they sold or earned for income:
55 lbs of butter = $13.34

180 dozen eggs = $33.07

8 bushel of potatoes = $14.08

9 qts of milk = .45

1 month teaching salary = $50.00
so $110.94 came in

what they purchased or paid:
groceries (not specific) = $5.44

1220 lbs coal = $2.44

Alvin Morey  = $1.25

mill feed & flour = $10.58

horse harness & shod = $25.78

1/2 ton phosphate = $14.00
school cards = $1.95

mowing plot = $1.05

medicine for the Mrs. = $2.00
carpet = $8.98

lodge dues = $2.00

lime = $1.35

cow served nellie = $.50

so $77.32 went out

still trying to figure out a few things...

• my great grandma was pregnant with my grandpa, so that could have been the medicine
• still not sure who Alvin Morey is, will find out more when we go to pennyslvania in june...he did however get a 25 cent raise this month...I am guessing that he was a farm hand.
• all the money on the horses, phosphate and lime would be for getting the fields ready
• not sure what SCHOOL CARDS are (maybe flashcards for his students)
• the cow served nellie line is a stud fee (we guess)
• and CARPET for the house they just paid off...well done Great Grandpa!!!

Pleasant Dreams!!!