May 30, 2013

this is my Great Grandpa Berts financial diary pages for May 1913....

what they sold or earned for income:
53 lbs of butter = $16.74

200 dozen eggs = $42.16

18 bushel potatoes = $7.85

berry plants = $.60

rubbers = $.50

so $67.85 came in

what they purchased or paid:
groceries (not specific) = $6.60

  feed  = $8.78

baker = $.50

berry plants = $4.00

labor = $3.30

Bangor trip - Mrs. = $3.41

Dentist - Mrs. = $4.50

mower = $7.15

egg cartons  = $.85

nails = $.65

dress & dress supplies = $3.75

sun bonnet = $.35

tithing= $1.00

posts = $2.40

road tax = $11.40

wire= $11.90

shades = $.90

so $71.44 went out

some interesting things.....

• lots of money spent on Alice again, a trip to Bangor, dress, bonnet, going to the dentist...my grandpa would have been 11 months old by now...so maybe this was his first visit away from the farm.
• road tax...$11.40 seems really high to me for the early 1900's
• wire....$11.90...he must have wired in some sort of area for animals
• no salary this month...so clearly in May they were already out of school

Pleasant Dreams!!!