194 EEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



were glad to accept 40 cents in New York, tlie grain being fit only for 

 feeding. The new crop was better than its predecessor, yet it wasj defi- 

 cient in choice brewing grain, hence a large quantity was imported from 

 California, Canada^ and other quarters. The fall trade in western bar- 

 ley was, therefore, as unsatisfactory as in the previous part of the year. 

 The low grades were shipped eastward for feeding, while the small pro- 

 portion of No. 2 remained to be speculated on, though orders from the 

 East were few. The annual and monthly range and average of prices 

 for 187G and for the last four years were as follows : 



K»ath. 



January . . 

 February . 

 March.... 



April 



May 



Jnn« 



July 



August... 

 September 



Lowest. nighe«t. Areraf*. 



10 75 

 51 

 52 

 55J 

 62.i 

 55 

 49 

 69 

 72 



to tl 



80 

 64 



64 

 80 

 63 

 71 



m\ 



38i 



|e 31. 31 



67.1 



58.8 



59.72 



63.76 



59 



59.8 



73.8 



70.5 



Month. 



October . . . 



NoTcmber 

 December 



Tear — 



1876 



1875 



1874 



1873 



JLo-wftst. Highest. Ayerag*. 



to 80 

 62 



62i 



♦0 S5 

 80 



681 



*5 



1 40 



2 00 

 1 5< 



to 85. 48 

 73.63 

 65.91 



19. 39 

 12S 



The flour and grain movement of the last fiye years may be summa- 

 rized as follows : 



MTLT^AUKEE. 



Flonr. — The receipts of Hour from other points during 1S76 at Mil- 

 waukee amounted to 2,0S2,GS8 barrels, an increase compared with 1875 

 of 638,887 barrels, or over 44 per cent. The' number of barrels manu- 

 factured was 047,581, a decline of 98,545 barrels, or 13 per cent., from the 

 figures of 1875. The aggregate of receipts and manufactures of 1876 

 was 2,730,260, an increase of 540,342 barrels, or nearly 25 per cent,, over 



