The prices of past years, as reported by county correspondents, the 

 State averages of -which are recorded in the following table, do not show 

 fluctuations and variations so striking as those which appear in the 

 table for corn, but afford a sufficiently vivid illustration of the effect of 

 the rate of yield, distance from market, the relation of home supply to 

 local demand, and other local causes of fluctuations. Prices were 

 highest in 1867, and the lowest in January, 1870, after the great crop of 

 18C9 ; higher again in January, 1871, and now advanced still further. In 

 Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska, the averages are higher than in Janu- 

 ary, 18G9, but in other wheat-growing sections they do not equal tho 

 rates recorded at that date. 



Average price of tvheat per lushel on January 1. 



Maine 



INew Hampshire *. 



Vermont 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



Connecticut 



New York 



New Jei'sey 



Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Missouri 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



Califoi-nia 



Oregon 



1871. 



$1 78 

 1 59 

 1 G3 

 1 75 



1 52 

 1 41 

 1 43 

 1 27 

 1 25 

 1 28 

 1 24 

 1 21 

 1 89 

 1 47 



1 28 

 1 52 



1 73 



1 30 



97 



1 22 



1 00 



91 



94 



1 00 



1 09 



1 08 



ro 



83 

 78 

 86 

 04 

 1 10 

 95 



|1 83 

 1 85 

 1 57 

 1 75 



1 40 

 1 37 

 1 34 

 1 28 



1 30 

 1 21 



1 53 



2 09 

 1 65 



1 62 

 1 75 

 1 25 

 1 70 

 1 51 

 1 15 



$2 40 

 2 42 

 2 26 

 2 40 



2 00 

 2 08 

 2 11 

 1 98 



1 90 



2 09 



1 90 



2 00 

 2 25 

 2 20 

 2 75 



1 98 



2 19 



2 25 

 2 00 

 1 88 

 1 88 

 1 86 

 1 49 

 1 20 

 1 50 

 1 65 



$2 79 

 2 89 

 2 76 

 2 81 



2 63 

 2 64 

 2 58 

 2 43 

 2 38 

 2 43 

 2 12 

 2 11 

 2 38 

 2 35 



2 05 

 2 40 

 2 50 



1 89 



2 01 

 2 11 

 2 39 

 2 17 

 2 00 



1 97 



2 21 

 2 36 

 2 34 

 1 77 

 1 48 

 1 43 

 1 84 

 1 32 



1667. 



2 83 

 2 67 

 2 93 



2 67 



3 00 

 2 94 

 2 85 



2 72 



3 19 

 2 72 



2 34 

 2 53 

 2 50 



1 45 



2 0(5 

 2 21 

 2 67 

 2 30 

 2 01 



1 93 



2 41 

 2 52 

 2 55 

 1 67 

 1 36 

 1 42 

 1 91 

 1 23 



1866. 



2 37 

 2 08 

 2 32 

 2 05 

 2 00 

 2 06 



1 89 

 1 70 

 1 62 

 1 09 

 1 35 

 1 59 

 1 65 

 1 09 

 80 

 1 00 

 1 77 

 1 49 



Price of hay. — The short crop of 1871 has made prices higher than for 

 several years. The advance is greatest in the Eastern and Middle States, 

 in Texas and in California. The States showing a decline are Delaware, 

 Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne- 

 braska, and Kansas. The highest average reported is that of New 

 Jersey, $20 70 per ton 5 the lowest, that of Nebraska, $1 70. The 

 average for the Southern States exceeds $21 — a region where hay of 

 suitable grasses can be cheaply grown, though there is a prevalent con- 

 trary opinion elsewhere which may even be shared by southern agricul- 

 turists. The average for the Middle States, with their millions of city 

 population, is but little laiger. The followiug is a statement of the 

 average prices of hay in the several States for seven years past : 



