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Bartering For Better Butter
(What A Person Doesn’t Know Won’t Hurt Them)
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Frank owned the local community
general store in the little western
frontier town. Hard cash was a scarce
commodity, and most purchases were
formulated through a barter system.
For example, if a person had chickens,
he might bring in a dozen eggs to trade
for five pounds of flour. Likewise, if
someone brought in flour, he could
trade ten pounds for a dozen eggs. It
was the difference in what Frank paid
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