204 



Agricultural Prices 



PACKERS' CHICAGO HAM PRICES. 



(No. 1 Reg., Smoked. 16 pounds.) 

 (Per hundredweight) 



1910.|1911.1912.|l913. 1914.(1915. 1916. 1917 



1918. 



1919. 



Ten- 



yr. 

 av. 



January . 

 February 

 March . . 

 April . . 

 May . . . 

 June . . . 

 July . . . 

 August . . 

 September 

 October . 

 November 

 December 



14!80il3, 

 15.60|13. 

 17.60112 

 17.60!11, 

 16.80113, 

 17.20!l4. 

 17.2015 

 15.60115 

 15.40115 

 15.20;i4 

 14.30il3 

 13.70113 



7012 

 7012, 

 00|l3 

 90113 

 50113 

 50il3 

 30113 

 30114 

 00114 

 00115 

 .00115 

 ,00|15 



70|15. 

 70il5. 

 ,30115. 

 ,40116. 

 ,40117. 

 40[17. 

 .50il7, 

 ,50117. 

 .70117 

 .40116, 

 .20115 

 .20115 



15.30 

 15.30 

 15.20 

 14.80 

 14.80 

 16.60 

 16.60 

 18.20 

 18.30 

 16.30 

 15.00 

 15.00 



14.7016 

 13.7016 

 13.3017 



13.00 



14.00 



14.70 



14.70 



14.10118 



14.10:i8 



15.70119 



15.70119 



15.70119 



2019.70 

 2020.50 

 30122.50 

 ,00125.00 

 ,2025.30 

 ,7025.30 

 ,70!25.30 

 ,50124.50 

 .70126.30 

 .30128.30 

 .40128.00 

 .60128.00 



30.00 

 30.50 

 30.50 

 31.50 

 31.50 

 30.00 

 31.00 

 33.25 

 33.25 

 34.50 

 37.00 

 37.50 



$ 

 37.00 

 34.00 

 35.50 

 37.50 

 38.50 

 38.50 

 39.00 

 39.00 

 37.00 

 33.50 

 29.25 

 29.25 



18.93 

 18.77 

 19.30 

 19.92 

 20.30 

 20.55 

 20.91 

 21.07 

 20.97 

 20.82 

 20.19 

 20.20 



Yearly aver. |15.92!13.74|13.95|16.37115.95I14.45|18.07|24.89|32.54|35.66 



20.15 



*These figures, previous to 1917, were taken from charts furnished by 

 Dr. L. D. H. Weld, of Swift & Company. Since 1917, the source has been 

 the Daily Trade Bulletin of Howard Bartels. The top price for the month 

 is used in every case. 



PACKERS' CHICAGO BACON PRICES.* 



(No. 1 Bacon, smoked, 10-12 pounds.) 

 (Per hundredweight) 



I1910.I1911.I1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916.11917. 1918. 



1919. 



Ten- 



yr. 



av. 



January . 

 February 

 March . . 

 April . . 

 l\Iay . . . 

 June . . . 

 July . . . 

 August . . 

 September 

 October . 

 November 

 December 



(16.30117.' 

 117.00116. 

 I2O.2OII5. 

 120.1015. 

 120.0015. 

 I21.50I15. 

 121.5015. 



19.7015. 

 120.80115. 

 t20.80!l4. 

 (20.80113. 



18.00113. 



00(12. 

 4012. 

 4014. 

 3014. 

 3014, 

 3014 

 30il4, 

 50|15. 

 50116 

 2017 

 70|l7, 

 40117 



5016. 

 5O1I7. 

 20117. 

 70117. 

 70118, 

 80;i8 

 80118 

 70118. 

 3017 

 50117 

 50117 

 ,0017 



3016.201 

 0017.00' 

 50117.20 

 80117. 20: 

 70117.20i 

 7017.70 

 70118.60 

 70|20.40 

 60|20.40 

 ,20'20.30 

 00119.70 

 ,10119.00 



17.2015. 

 16.3016. 

 15.3018. 

 15.00'19. 

 15.6019. 

 16.6019, 

 16.60|l9. 

 16.2019. 

 17.0019, 

 17.70il9 

 17.7019, 

 16.7019 



P ! : 

 40|21. 

 40123, 

 5026 

 70(30, 

 70133 

 ,10133 

 00|31 

 0033 

 1035 

 ,10|36 

 ,10(35 

 ,00135 



0036 

 ,5037 

 ,40l38 

 60139 

 .30139 

 .30139 

 .20139 

 ,5042 

 .7042 

 .70145 

 .50(47 

 .40I47 



00(33 

 5033 



21.24 

 21.16 

 22.32 

 22.99 

 23.52 

 23.75 

 23.57 

 24.22 

 24.24 

 24.45 

 24.10 

 23.61 



Yearly aver. |19.721519|15.1917."69I18.41(16.4918.59 31.34!41.15I38.87|23.26 



*These figures, previous to 1917, were taken from charts furnished by 

 Dr. L. D. H. Weld, of Swift & Company. Since 1917, the source has been 

 the Daily Trade Bulletin of Howard Bartels. The top price for the month 

 is used in every case. 



