Page Forty John Braden's Diary
sunday the 6
i sold 3 pigs today for $6 00 & 4 more to go in september for $8 00 i wint up town saw emel we got a letter from effie
monday the 7
worked on the railroad baxter paid me the $3 00 on pigs
saturday the 12th
work on railroad wint over to toms to a dance ma went over to johns john gatton's sick
sunday the 13th
john sent his horse over here last night tom & grace & Hatty Harry & John went out to my tater pach to get me some patatoes
monday 14
i work today
tuesday 15
i work today
wensday 16th
dident work to day i sold $22 70 worth of chickens bought a bundle of laths to fix the fence poot $6 00 in the bank for E. ____ for my rent george & pa got to Johns to day pa is here to nite
thursdat the 17th
worked today
posted by The Travelers Journal @ 11:17 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
He sold pigs for $2 and $3 each - and sold $22.70 worth of chickens?
That must've been a LOT of chickens!
I can't even imagine how many chickens that would have to be. Maybe the intent was $6 or $8 per pig, but even still that seems like a big difference!
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