Sugar, 7 to 8 cents
Sugar (house), 6-1/2 to 7-1/2 cents
Butter, 25 to 40 cents
Eggs, 15 to 40 cents per dozen, according to season
Coal oil, 1.40 per 5-gallon can.
One of my clients recently visited England with his family, and says that one can live cheaper at Merced than in England.
The cost of a twelve-roomed house is 3,000 to 4,000 dollars, according to finish, i.e., from £600 to £800. Most of the houses are built of wood, and such a house could be built in twenty to thirty days, if necessary.
Stabling for two horses, with room for buggy, wagon, harness, and hay, would cost 250 dollars or £50.
A ten-roomed house would cost from 2,500 to 3,500 dollars, according to finish.
An eight-roomed house would cost from 2,000 to 2,500 dollars.