Sentence:  The price of the paper was two dollars a year, but he took in three subscriptions for half a dollar apiece on condition of them paying him in advance; they were going to pay in <WSD>cordwood</WSD> and onions as usual, but he said he had just bought the concern and knocked down the price as low as he could afford it, and was going to run it for cash. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Split and cut firewood as an economic commodity.