PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS. 33 
Table XIV. — Wholesale prices of cheese, Civil War and World War. 
Cheese, Boston. 
Year. 
Average, October, 1856-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 
O ctober 
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 1 
July 
October 
1873: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1874: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
Price 
per 
pound. 
Cents. 
9.22 
10.22 
7.00 
7.0 
7.5 
6.5 
8.0 
11.0 
14.5 
10.5 
12.0 
14.0 
17.0 
15.0 
20.5 
22.5 
21.0 
12.5 
15.0 
18.0 
21.5 
19.0 
14.5 
14.5 
19.0 
15.0 
14.5 
14.5 
16.5 
14.5 
16.0 
19.0 
22.0 
16.0 
15.5 
17.5 
14.0 
13.0 
13.3 
14.0 
13.0 
11.8 
13. cr 
13.3 
19.0 
11.0 
13.3 
13.3 
16.0 
11.8 
13.3 
13.3 
16.0 
11.8 
14.5 
Index 
No. 
100 
100 
100 
100 
74 
76 
73 
93 
119 
142 
150 
149 
152 
166 
214 
254 
244 
205 
179 
195 
210 
271 
180 
157 
186 
214 
180 
157 
161 
207 
199 
206 
215 
229 
192 
190 
137 
186 
165 
152 
127 
169 
161 
144 
186 
157 
165 
144 
157 
169 
165 
144 
157 
169 
180 
Cheese, colored, New York. 2 
Year. 
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. 
Cents. 
16.6 
15.7 
13.9 
15.6 
15.0 
16.0 
15.4 
14.6 
15.0 
17.1 
16.9 
15.1 
20.9 
23.3 
25.9 
22.6 
23.9 
24.8 
24.0 
24.9 
31.8 
36.0 
31.75 
32. 375 
30. 625 
31.5 
27.0 
27.25 
25.75 
25.0 
26.0 
i 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. 
59143°— 21— Bull. 999 5 
