PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS. 

 Table XVI. — Wholesale prices of hogs — Civil War and World War. 



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Hogs, New York City (good to prime, live weight ).i 



Year. 



Average, October, 1856 to 

 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 



1870: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1871: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1872: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



1873: 



January 



April 



July 



August 



1874: 



January 



April 



July 



October 



Price per 

 pound. 



Cents. 

 5.75 

 6.088 

 5. 512 

 6.062 



3. 9375 



3.75 

 4.625 



3. 5625 

 4. 1875 



■ 4.6875 

 5.50 

 5.50 



4. 9375 



7. 125 



8.75 

 11.05 

 11.25 



13.75 

 12.00 

 10. 625 

 14. 375 



10. 375 

 10.75 

 10. 375 

 10. 875 



6.625 



8.375 

 7.25 

 7. 1875 



7. 4375 

 9.375' 

 8.875 

 9. 9375 



10.25 

 11.00 

 9. 4375 

 10. 375 



10.25 

 9.50 

 9. 1875 

 9. 0625 



6.75 

 7.00 

 4.75 

 5. 1875 



5.00 

 4.875 

 4.50 

 5.25 



4.75 

 6.50 

 5.125 

 5.375 



5.28 

 5.50 

 5.50 

 6.25 



Index 

 No. 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



65 



65 

 76 

 65 

 69 



82 

 90 

 100 

 81 



124 

 144 

 200 

 186 



239 

 197 

 193 

 237 



180 

 177 

 188 

 179 



115 

 138 

 132 

 119 



129 

 154 

 161 

 164 



178 

 181 

 171 

 171 



178 

 156 

 167 

 149 



117 

 115 

 86 



87 

 80 



82 



87 



83 

 107 

 93 



92 

 90 

 100 

 103 



Live hogs (bulk of sales), Chicago. 2 



Year. 



Average, October, 1909 to 

 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 



Index 



pound . 



No. 



Cents. 





7.655 



100 



8.26 



100 



8. 316 



100 



7.82 



100 



7.775 



99 



6.80 



89 



7.20 



87 



7.10 



85 



7. 725 



99 



7.25 



95 



9. 625 



117 



9.725 



117 



9.55 



122 



10.80 



141 



15. 675 



190 



15. 25 



183 



17. 125 



219 



15. 975 



209 



16. 85 



204 



17. 625 



212 



19. 125 



245 



17. 75 



232 



19.75 



239 



21. 05 



253 



14.00 



179 



15.10 



197 



14.38 



174 



14.75 



177 



14.12 



181 



9.45 



123 



9.27 



112 



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. 

 ' As reported by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



