In the journals of my Mormon pioneer ancestor is a meticulous account of tithing paid to the LDS Church. Cash-strapped and starving, Korihor Kirby made his offerings “in kind.”
Here’s how it worked. At the end of the harvest, Korihor would look around his meager patch and decide how much of it represented a tenth. Most early years it would fit into a small tote sack.
For example, 1856 was a particularly lean year for Korihor and his three wives. They lived in a tree in Cache County and had litt...
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