32 BULLETIN &99, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XIII. — Wholesale prices of butter — Civil War and World War. 



Butter in Boston. 1 



Year. 



Average, October lS56-July, 

 1861: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1861: 



October 



1862: 



January 



April. 



July 



October 



1863: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1864: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1865: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1866: 



January 



April. 



July 



October 



1867: 



January. . .■ 



April 



July 



October 



1868: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1869: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1S70: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1871: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1872: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1873: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1874: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



Price per 

 pound. 



Cents. 

 20.8 

 21 



17. 35 

 20.65 



13.5 



19 



20.5 

 15.5 

 19 



24.5 

 25 

 19.5 

 24 



30.5 

 48.5 

 33 

 42.5 



52.5 

 31.5 

 30 

 43 



42.5 

 52.5 

 41 



41.5 



38.5 

 31.5 

 27.0 

 33.5 



42.5 

 52.5 

 31.5 

 45.5 



46.5 

 44 

 36 

 39 



37.5 

 36.5 

 27.5 

 37 



37.5 

 35 

 26.5 

 30 



32 

 34 

 24 

 27.5 



30.5 

 35 

 27 

 27.5 



30.5 

 37.5 

 26.5 

 37.5 



Index 

 No. 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



91 



98 

 89 

 92 



US 

 119 

 112 

 116 



147 

 231 

 190 

 206 



252 

 150 

 173 



204 

 250 

 236 

 201 



185 

 150 

 156 

 162 



204 

 250 

 182 

 225 



224 

 210 

 207 

 189 



180 

 174 

 159 

 179 



180 

 167 

 153 

 145 



154 



102 

 138 

 133 



147 

 167 

 156 

 133 



147 

 179 

 153 

 182 



Butter, creamery, extra, New York City .2 



Average, October, 1909-July 

 1914: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1914: 



October 



1915: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1916: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1917: 



January 



April 



July '.. 



October 



1918: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1919: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1920: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1921: 



January 



April 



Price per 

 pound . 



Cent.':. 

 35.0 

 28.9 

 27.1 



30.8 



31.5 



34 



30.5 

 27.2 

 28.5 



32.2 

 35.6 

 29.2 

 35.2 



40.8 

 42.9 

 3S.9 



44.8 



52.4 

 42.9 

 44.8 

 59.5 



58.75 

 64.25 

 52.5 

 63.75 



65.75 



70.25 



57 



60 



57.0 

 4S.8 



1 "Wholesale prices, wages, and transportation . Report by Mr. Aldrich from the Committee on Finance, 

 Mar. 3, 1893. Senate Report No. 1394, Fifty-second Congress, second session, Part II. 



2 As reported by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



