PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS. 
Table XVI. — Wholesale prices of hogs — Civil War and World War. 
35 
Hogs, New York City (good to prime, live weight). 1 
Live hogs (bulk of sales), Chicago 
.2 
Year. 
Price per 
pound. 
Index 
No. 
Year. 
Price per 
pound. 
Index 
No. 
Average, October, 1856 to 
July, 1861: 
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 
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 
86 
87 
80 
82 
87 
83 
107 
93 
89 
92 
90 
100 
103 
Average, October, 1909 to 
July, 1914: 
Cents. 
7.655 
8.26 
8.316 
7.82 
7.775 
6.80 
7.20 
7.10 
7.725 
7.25 
9.625 
9.725 
9.55 
io.8a 
15. 675 
15.25 
17. 125 
15. 975 
16.85 
17. 625 
19. 125 
17.75 
19.75 
21.05 
14.00 
15.10 
14.38 
14.75 
14.12 
9.45 
9.27 
100 
100 
July 
July 
100 
October 
100 
1861: 
1914: 
99 
1862: 
1915: 
89 
April 
87 
July 
July 
85 
October 
99 
1863: 
Januarv 
1916: 
95 
April./. 
117 
July 
July 
117 
October 
122 
1864: 
Januarv 
1917: 
141 
April. .*. 
-190 
July 
July. . . 
183 
October 
219 
1865: 
January 
1918: 
209 
204 
July 
July 
212 
245 
1866: 
January 
1919: 
232 
April 
239 
Julv 
July... 
253 
October 
179 
1867: 
Januarv 
1920: 
197 
April 
174 
July 
July 
177 
October 
181 
1868: 
January 
1921: 
123 
April 
112 
July 
October 
1869: 
April 
July 
October 
1870: 
April 
July 
October 
1871: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1872: 
April 
July 
October 
1873: 
January 
April 
Julv 
August 
1874: 
April 
* July 
October 
1 Wholesale prices, wages, and transportation. Report by Mr. Aldrich from the Committee on Finance, 
Mar. 3, 1S93. Senate Report No. 1394, Fifty-second Congress, second session, Part II. 
a As reported by the United States Department of Agriculture. 
