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<p>[QUOTE="LauraGarnet02, post: 4350337, member: 20118"]I would bet home raised chickens were a valuable commodity in the 1930s. Eggs and meat, much needed vital protein. </p><p><br /></p><p>Both of my great grandma's, still in the 1960s and '70s referred to going to town grocery shopping as "going to town to do the trading". In their younger years they used to take eggs, cream and butter to the General Store and trade for other things they needed, but couldn't raise themselves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LauraGarnet02, post: 4350337, member: 20118"]I would bet home raised chickens were a valuable commodity in the 1930s. Eggs and meat, much needed vital protein. Both of my great grandma's, still in the 1960s and '70s referred to going to town grocery shopping as "going to town to do the trading". In their younger years they used to take eggs, cream and butter to the General Store and trade for other things they needed, but couldn't raise themselves.[/QUOTE]
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