Money

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 * Six to twelve chickens (with a rooster) will produce all the eggs (and then some) that a family would need.
 * One milk goat (with a Billy of course) would produce all the milk needed and is much healthier than cow’s milk. Plus, you’ve got a young goat each year to slaughter.
 * Rabbits take up little space and produce more meat per pound of feed than a calf or hog. Rabbit meat is also higher in protein and lower in cholesterol than skinless/boneless chicken breast. Another rabbit advantage is you can breed and slaughter them as needed as apposed to being stuck with 200 to 500 pounds of meat at one time to have to try to preserve.
 * Pigeons are another consideration as they take up little space, little feed and taste much like dove.
 * One other suggestion was that raised bed gardening would require less space, less equipment, less maintenance, and a quarter acre could produce as much produce as an acre of row type gardening.

For instance, the Delta region along the Mississippi River in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi has been a hot spot for bargain hunters in recent years.

What are other examples of relatively liquid hard assets?
• coins that are worth their face value or more if melted down: nickels, pennies, gold coins, silver coins, platinum coins—not current dimes, quarters, or other coins • the most popular metal and wood building materials and tools like 2 x 4s, copper tubing, brand name tools, aluminum ladders • your business inventory if you are a retail merchant • agricultural products if you have a farm or garden • popular brand name children’s clothing and women’s accessories • popular brand name gadgets like calculators, iPods, iPads, cameras, and so on (beware of obsolescence) • consumer consumables in their original unopened packages like soap, shampoo, razors, canned or bottled food, vitamins and over-the-counter medicines, computer paper, toner cartridges • tires • condoms, fishing equipment, ammunition, batteries, forever stamps, Coleman lanterns, diapers

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Adobe Garamond','Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">Basically, you want <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Adobe Garamond','Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">• popular items that sell in high volumes during normal times <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Adobe Garamond','Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">• basic rather than luxury items <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Adobe Garamond','Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">• items where there will be no argument about its quality or whether it is a counterfeit <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Adobe Garamond','Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5;">• value that is not so great you would have to sell it in pieces to use it to buy the sorts of things you will want to buy (e.g. a nice car could only be used to buy a very expensive item)