The author's family used to have a dairy. Her mom raised chickens for something called egg money, which was very common. A paper titled The Social Meaning of Money, Special Moneys in 1989 explained that among farm families, women's egg money and butter money were distinguished from husband's wheat money or corn money. It suggests a dual economy with women providing for living expenses while husbands paid for mortgages and new machinery.

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