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Whilst the number of animals is now much greater in consequence of th e 

 war, yet peace would have seen the more valuable, per head, largely iuadvanco 

 of what they now are, as seen in the middle column. We have given no increas 

 to hogs, supposing that the loss of the corn crop in 1863 would have prevente d 

 any. The above table is not to be regarded as merely speculative ; it shows that 

 the tendency of peace will be to bring back the numbers of stock to what they 

 would have been but for the Avar, That is, that sheep will begin to decrease 

 unless their increase is maintained by such legislation as will guard the wool- 

 grower against those foreign antagonisms which so depressed this important in- 

 terest in forftier years. 



EXPORTS AND PRICES OF FARM PRODUCK 

 Exports from New York of the leading agricultural products from January 1, 

 1866, to Mai/ 1, compared with those for the same time in 1865, and their 

 prices in New York. 



Articles. 



1866. 



1865. 



Prices in New 

 York May 1. 



Prices in Chicago. 



Flour, wheat bbls . 



Rye flour bbls . 



Com meal bbls . 



Wheat bush. 



Rye bush . 



Barley 



Oats bush . 



Peas bush . 



Com bush. 



Cotton bales. 



Hay bales . 



Hops bales. 



Leaf tobacco hhds. 



Leaf tobacco pkgs. 



Manufact'd tobacco . . lbs . 



Petroleum galls . 



Pork bbls. 



Beef bbls. 



Beef tierces . 



Cut meats lbs . 



Butter lbs . 



Cheese lbs. 



Lard lbs . 



Tallow lbs. 



Wool, fleece 



344, 490 



1,074 



43, 523 



109, 467 



171,823 



407, 973 

 1,160 



48, 874 



199, 241 



141 



g7 10 to $12 30 



5 00 to 5 75 



at 4 40 



1 75 to 2 45 



at 78 



JO 16 

 5 75 



$9 00 

 6 00 



676, 620 



26, 614 



2, 077, 156 



235, 852 



17, 646 



382 



13,420 



21,905 



962, 543 



9, 035, 296 



39, 536 



12, 015 



21,379 



21, 636, 355 



743, 055 



2, 989, 191 



12, 087, 482 



5,163,116 



24, 473 



16, 104 



149,127 



16, 490 



6, 228 



11,672 



26, 534 



27, 101 



1, 817, 366 



2, 630, 029 



45, 652 



15,415 



27, 944 



21, 504, 341 



6, 843, 827 



9,641,861 



13, 275, 105 



9, 727, 969 



43 to 



62 



1 64 to 

 64ito 



1 05 to 

 30^ to 



07 

 5U 

 60" 

 25i 



81 to 



60 to 



20 to 



3ito 



....do. 



86 

 38 

 85 

 65 

 17 



49^ to 



48 



13 50 to 8 00 

 60 to 75 



65 to 1 50 



42 

 26 00 to 27 62i 

 12 00 to 24 00 



26 00 to 30 00 

 16 00 to 20 00 



11 to 



28 to 

 15 to 

 17^ to 



Hi to 



35 to 



17^ 

 50 

 21 

 ■20f 

 13 

 60 



11 to 



20 to. 

 2.0 to 

 16.i to 

 lOi to 

 38 to 



22 

 31 

 23i 



20| 

 Ui 

 40 



PRICES U NEW YORK. 



We are indebted to the Journal of Commerce of New York for the following 

 table. It is a suitable accompaniment to our tables of the prices of farm pro- 

 ducts and of live stock : 



