32^ BULLETIN 999, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XIII. — Wholesale prices of butter — Civil War and World War. 
Butter in Boston. 1 
Butter, creamery 
extra. New York City. 2 
Year Price ^ er 
lear - pound. 
Index 
No. 
Year. 
Price per 
pound. 
Index 
No. 
Average, October 1856-July, 
1831: 
January 
April./. 
July 
October 
1861: 
October 
1S62: 
January 
April./ 
Julv 
October 
1863: 
January 
April 
July ..:... 
October 
1864: 
January 
April 1... 
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: 
Januarv 
April./. 
July 
October 
1872^ 
Januarv 
April./. 
July 
October 
1873: 
Januarv 
April./. 
July 
October 
1874: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
Cent*. 
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 
39 
61. O 
36.5 
35 
26.5 
30 
34 
24 
27.5 
?0.5 
CO 
27 
27.5 
SO. 5 
37.5 
26.5 
37.5 
100 
100 
100 
100 
65 
91 
98 
' 89 
92 
118 
119 
112 
116 
147 
231 
190 
206 
252 
150 
173 
208 
204 
250 
236 
201 
185 
150 
156 
182 
42.5 
204 
52. 5 
250 
31. 5 
182 
45.5 
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 
Average, October, 1909-Julv, 
1914: 
January 
April. .*. 
July 
October 
1914: 
October 
1915: 
January 
April..*. 
July 
October 
1916: 
Januarv 
April... 
July 
October 
1917: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1918: 
January 
April 
July 
October 
1919: 
January 
April./ 
July 
October.... 
1920: 
January 
April./. 
July 
October 
1921: 
Januarv 
April./. 
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 
42.9 
38.9 
44.8 
52.4 
42.9 
44.8 
58. 75 
64.25 
52.5 
63.75 
65. 75 
70. 25 
57.0 
48.8 
1 Wholesale urices, wages, and transportation. Report bv Mr. Aldrich from the Committee on Finance, 
Mar. 3, 1893. Senate Report No. 1394, Fifty-second Congress, second session, Part II. 
s As reported by the United States Department of Agriculture. 
