72 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Dot. 



PKICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 



In the matter of crop reports, and prices received by the farmers in 

 the different counties of the State, the following table will show that 

 in most of the crops cultivated, fair and remunerative prices have 

 been maintained. Extremely dry weather in many sections, at the 

 time the early potatoes were growing, cut the crop short; later rains 

 in the different counties caused a rapid growth, early maturity and 

 ripening of the late-planted potato, which was followed by rot, de- 

 stroying many thousands of bushels after having been grown and 

 harvested; the figures will, however, show a liberal price per bushel 

 for those that were marketed. 



The ravages of the Hessian Fly k\ the wheat were not so destruc- 

 tive as the 3-ear previous, and farmers are receiving advanced f)rice 

 for this cereal; and had the price of the ditlerent crops been collected 

 some months later, the average would no doubt have been much 

 higher than this table shows for all farm products. The following 

 table presents the average market price for the various products, as 

 well as the price of farm labor, wages, etc.: 



Wheat, per bushel, |0 71 



Corn, per bushel 58 



Oats, per bushel, 41 



Rye, per bushel, 58 



Buckwheat, per bushel, 55 



Hay, clover, per ton, 10 81 



Ha}', timothy, per ton, 13 30 



Horses, per head, 98 00 



Mules, per head, 101 00 



Cows, per head, 32 00 



Lambs, per head, 3 11 



Ewes, per head, 3-48 



Steers, fat, per pound, 5 



Steers for feeding, per pound 3 



Swine, shoats, per pound, G 



Fat hogs, per pound, 6 



Chickens, dressed, per pound, 12 



Chickens, live, per pound, 8 



Apples, per bushel, 75 



Peaches, per basket, 72 



Pears, per bushel, 03 



Plums, per quart, 7 



Cherries, per quart, 7 



Blackberries, per quart, 7 



