demand, as well as quality and kind, have an influence in fixing;' the 

 rate, and preventing uniformity. The lowest average for corn is that 

 of JSTebraska, 3G cents per bushel ; the highest in Florida. The averages 

 in jSTew Englat^d range from 98 cents in Massachusetts to |1 14 in 

 Maine, and the highest in the South are, Florida $1 3o, $i 10 in Lou- 

 isiana, $1 00 in South Carolina and Texas. 



In Januar^^, 1860, the i>rice in tlie States from North Carolina to Lou- 

 isiana ranged from $1 in North Carolina to $1 45 in Florida. The com- 

 parison is as follows in some of the principal corn-growing States : 



States. 



Kentucky. 

 Missouri . . 

 Illinois... 

 Indiaua... 



Ohio 



Michigan . 

 Wisconsin 

 Minnesota 



Iowa 



Kansas . . . 

 Nebraska. 



January, 

 1871. 



The returns of reduced yield in Kansas account for the high average 

 in price. 



The averages for the Middle States compare as follows : 



States. 



January, 



1870. 



January, 

 1871. 



New York 



New Jersey . . . 

 Pennsylvania . 



$1 03 

 95 

 92 



|0 87 

 80 

 75 



The price of wheat in Maine and New Hampshire is lower than in 

 Jaiiuary of last year ; elsewhere it is generally higher. The prices of 

 the small amount of native wheat for sale in county markets of the 

 extreme East had not at that date responded to the declining rates rul- 

 ing in the West for the large crop of 18G9. The average has advanced 

 in New York from $1 37 to $1*41, and from $1 34 to 81 43 in New 

 Jersey. In some of the Southern States, where the supply of native 

 wheat was entirely inadequate to the demand, and less than at present, 

 the average has declined ; but in the wheat-growing States the price 

 has advanced in some degree of proportion to the reduction of the crop. 

 The following is a comparison of the averages : 



