Lyle,

I think you'll find some of what you're looking for, or at least pointers to
the next source, here:
http://www2.census.gov/prod2/statcomp/documents/CT1970p1-06.pdf>

Karen Stuart


On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Lyle E. Browning <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> >
> >> I'm working on a set of sites dating from the Reconstruction Era to the
> >> early electricity period (1865-1940) in tobacco country. The literature
> on
> >> the subject refers to average incomes per year in various places but
> never
> >> mentions the costs of basics, staples and/or farm machinery. Could
> someone
> >> point me in the direction of compiled information that has staple prices
> and
> >> income figures (cost of a loaf of bread, pound of butter, average yearly
> >> income, etc.) for that time period? Also, has anyone compiled farm
> equipment
> >> prices for that time period on a yearly or decade basis?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Lyle Browning, RPA
>

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