Status and ready cash do not always travel together, Lowell, particuarly in a mixed barter/cash economy. Like to see a breakdown of those Sterlingworth buyers by occupation or profession--might find more doctors than you imagine. As for the turnip patch types, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to find that just as many turnips were grown and layered into a trench by the good Reverend and Ol Doc as by their bucolic neighbors for whom corn, beans, hogs and steers were the main event.

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