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Hoping for Home
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May 23rd, 1954
A beautiful day. To Sunday school and church. To Crawfordsville after noon. To Kathleen's. To Walter Mc's @ nite.
By Way of Comparison
We still find lumps of coal in the barnlots and around the house. I can't imagine what 11 tons of coal would've looked like in the basement! The company (Brown Brothers) that sold the coal is long gone, and it's tough to find sources of heating coal now. But I did run across this article with the following tidbit:
One ton of coal costs about $200 on average, that equals 200 gallons of oil, 310 gallons of Propane, 1.7 tons of wood pellets, 1.4 cords of wood, 27,000 cubic feet of natural gas, or 8,200 kWh's of electricity.
So that 9 and a half tons of coal that was $125 in 1954 would be $1900 in 2009. What a difference 55 years makes, eh? But in the end, it's pretty much the same: $2000 is about what I spent last year on propane to heat the house throughout the season.
May 21st, 1954
A pretty day. Worked. Brown Brothers brought our coal - 9,670 lbs. - $125. There are two ton in the basement. Earl came @ nite.
May 16th, 1954
To Honk's folks - Bob & Carmen there. The children came @ nite for Jane. Had sandwiches and Cokes, drumsticks, coffee. Rained.
May 3rd, 1954
Washed. To Crawfordsville, bought black shoes, girdle & ear rings.
To Mary Shaumons funeral. Songs "I Came to the Garden Alone", I Am Coming Home". Funeral preached from 23rd Psalm.
White Leghorn Chicks
Fifty five years later, there are still White Leghorn's in the henhouse, although we'll probably brood a little later this year as we already have a goody supply of eggs. Helen bough her day old chicks for 3¢, the price this year is $1.91 - here's a link to the birds at one of the few remaining interstate hatcheries, McMurray. I'm sure Helen's came from a lot closer than Iowa, but can't pinpoint the exact source.
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