this is my Great Grandpa Berts financial diary pages for April 1913....
what they sold or earned for income:
46 lbs of butter = $16.06
46 lbs of butter = $16.06
184 dozen eggs = $37.15
23 bushel potatoes = $9.75
1 month salary = $50.00
so $112.96 came in
what they purchased or paid:
groceries (not specific) = $6.54
what they purchased or paid:
groceries (not specific) = $6.54
feed = $4.55
baker = $.75
books = $2.33
Phosphate & Clover Seed = $15.00
Baby Shoes = $2.00
Teaman = $.38
Hat Mrs. = $4.50
Preacher Money = $5.00
Window = $1.00
Newspaper = $1.50
Dr. Reichard = $4.50
Drugstore = $.72
12 apple trees = $6.50
Hatching Eggs = $1.60
100 lbs Bran = $1.25
Plow Share = $.70
Cow Served = $1.00
so $59.82 went out
some interesting things.....
- that is a lot of money for a Hat for Alice....10% of the salary that month
- 10 month check up for my grandpa...and some baby shoes
- here is the WINDOW again....i still would guess it was for a church
- they didn't use the word STUD FEE but SERVED
Pleasant Dreams!!!
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