meal,
35c; (9) bu. meal, 75c; 10 lbs. bacon, $1.15 5.54

July 18. 8 lbs. bacon, 92c; (19) sack feed, $2.60; (25) bu. meal,
90c 4.42

Aug. 6. Half bu. meal, 50c; 4 lbs. bacon, 46c; cash, 35c 1.31

Aug. 6. Interest 15.34

Oct. 6. Cash, 75c .75
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$138.70

The second family consists of three adults and three children. They have
three one-roomed cabins, own one mule and two cows, and are leasing
fifty acres of land, the effort to buy it having proven too much. Their
account for 1900 and 1901 was as follows:

1900.
Balance Jan. 1 $ .50
Cash 9.00
Clothing 9.79
Feed 11.50
Provisions 13.48
Tobacco .80
Tools, etc. .40
Interest and recording fee 5.77
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$52.24

1901.
Balance Jan. 1 $ 4.15
Cash 2.82
Clothing 7.55
Feed 21.22
Provisions 17.69
Tobacco .55
Tools, etc. .70
Interest and fee 7.90
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$62.48

The debit for 1900 was all paid by November first and by November first,
1901, $58.40 of the charge for that year had been paid. In 1900 the man
paid $94.61 towards his land but has since been leasing.

The third family consists of two adults and three children. They live in
a board cabin of two rooms, have one mule, one cow and one horse. They
are purchasing 50 acres of land. Their accounts for 1900 and 1901 stand
between the two already given.

1900.
Balance 1899 $17.24
Cash 23.20
Clothing 4.73
Provisions 19.80
Tools