310 



April 1st 80a 85 1 25al 30 1 TOal 75 



" 15th 87a 90 1 30al 35 1 90a2 GO 



May 1st, 90a 93 1 50al 56 2 00a2 12 



" 15th 9Cal 00 1 75al 87 2 12a2 25 



June 1st 96al GO 1 '75al 80 2 12a2 25 



" 15th 96al 00 1 87al 90 2 l-2a2 25 



July 1st 96al 00 1 50a I 55 2 12a2 25 



" 15th 9Sal 03 1 30al 35 2 G0a2 12 



August 1st 98al 05 1 35al 40 1 80al 90 



" 15th 1 OOal 05 1 45al 50 1 60al 75 



September 1st 1 05al 10 1 75al 80 1 25al 30 



" 15th 1 lOal 15 1 55al 60 1 IBal 30 



October 1st 1 13al 18 1 38al 45 1 20al 40 



" 15th 1 20al 23 1 40al 45 1 35al 62 



November 1st 1 18al 24 1 75al 80 1 45al 62 



" 15th 1 30al 35 1 63al 75 1 35al 50 



December 1st 1 20al 25 1 75al 80 1 45al 62 



" 15th 1 25al 30 1 62al 65 1 45al 62 



« 31st 1 30al 35 1 63al 70 1 25a2 50 



CORN. 



The receipts of corn by the Michigan Central Railroad during 1 855, 

 were 365,741 bushels less than during the previous year, while the 

 shipments from this point eastward were considerably greater. There 

 was, however, at the opening of navigation last year, a large amount of 

 corn in store here, which had accumulated through the winter, while at 

 the present time the stock is very small. The following figures will 

 show the shipments eastward for two years : 



Bushels, 



1855 629,895 



1854 587,489 



Increase in 1855 _ 42,405 



Michigan is not so great a corn-growing State as some of her sister 

 States in the west, therefore the amount of corn which changes hands 

 in this market, is small in comparison with some of the other Lake 

 cities. A large proportion, however, of the shipments eastward change 



