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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Lynda, you might consider scanning in the journals for your family and for 
research.  These type journals have been used for years to better tell the 
real history rather than the guesswork that used to be used.  It has been 
common prectice for graduate students or other reaseachers to run ads asking 
to borrow from book sellers or collectors this type of material.  Usually, 
xerox copies were made and sent.  You will see attribution from these type 
journals in Univesrity press publications.  

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--- On Tue, 1/6/09, Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net> wrote:



> Nope, my great-grandfather didn't do any work off the
> homestead.  The boys

> 
> Out of his 1870 journals, here's a few things he sold: 
> mutton - $0.08/lb,
> beef - $0.07/lb, pork - $0.05-$0.10/lb, carrots &
> turnips - 1/2 cent/lb,
> beets, cabbage & peas - $0.01/lb, eggs - $0.25/doz.,
> apples - $0.01/lb, soup
> bones - $0.50/pkg, mixed veggies - $0.25/basket.