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The Springers grew wheat, barley, and rye for themselves and their livestock, as well as to trade.

Mill
 
Illustration from The Young Mill-Wright
and Miller's Guide
, 1795.
Courtesy Library Company of Philadelphia

Grain was taken to the local mill to be ground into flour. Surplus grain was sold or exchanged for food and other goods.
 

 
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