You continue to work hard in the fields and eke out a bare living for you and your wife. Because you have had no help in the fields, much of your time is spent carrying buckets of water to irrigate the land. The work is a little more than you can handle by yourself, and you are beginning to walk stooped because of all the water carrying.
You have heard of water pumps and wish you could own one. It would ease your workload and allow you more time to keep the weeds and rocks out of your fields and to make needed repairs. With your brother-in-law, who farms the acres next to you, you have the opportunity to buy either a gasoline pump or a bicycle-pedal pump. The gasoline pump would not require your time and energy to run, but it would require the purchase of gasoline. Both are available from your landlord along with financing terms. You will have to borrow a portion of the cost from the landlord.
You and your wife decide to buy a pump with your brother-in-law and discuss whether to purchase the bicycle-pedal or gasoline pump.
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