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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Just wondering..
Does anyone recall what the Ingalls family did for cash? (Laura Ingalls 
Wilder)

B

Lynda wrote:
> Ah, James, that's kinda what I said.  The homestead should support itself 
> and its occupants.  Not sales for the purpose of acquiring gold but for the 
> purpose of sustaining the homestead.  There are things that do not grow in 
> all areas.
>
> And it isn't things that the agri-business models seems to need --  
> fertilizers, Frankenseeds, etc.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
> > Our definitons would still vary.  And historically those on homestead or
> > pasoral economy often, if not most often, did other things not directly 
> > related to
> > farming or husbandry. 

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