lO BULLETIN 9% U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XI. — Wholesale prices of winter wheat — Civil War and World War. 
Winter wheat in New 
York City 
.1 
No. 2 Red winter wheat New York City f. o. b. 
afloat .2 
Year. 
Price per 
bushel. 
Index 
No. 
Year. 
Price per 
bushel. 
Index 
No. 
Average, October, 1S56, to 
July, 1861: 
$1. 372 
1.437 
1.442 
1.299 
1.32 
1.43 
1.345 
1.19 
1.285 
1.485 
1.725 
1. 4925 
1.36 
1.61 
1.74 
2. 6275 
1.975 
1.85 
1, 475 
2.30 
2.05 
1.95 
2.45 
2.75 
3.10 
3. 175 
2.40 
2.70 
2.70 
2.725 
2.30 
2.125 
1.85 
100 
100 
100 
100 
102 
104 
94 
83 
99 
108 
120 
104 
105 
117 
121 
182 
152 
186 
129 
102 
177 
149 
»136 
170 
212 
226 
221 
166 
208 
197 
190 
160 
164 
135 
Average, October, 1909, to 
July, 1914: 
SI. 075 
1.083 
1.023 
1.0105 
1.168 
1.50 
1.644 
1. 316 
1.24 
1. 474 
1. 364 
1.348 
1.976 
2.165 
2. 578 
100 
100 
Julv 
Julv 
100 
October 
100 
1861: 
1914: 
116 
1862: 
January 
1915: 
140 
152 
Julv 
July 
129 
October 
October 
123 
1863: 
January 
1916: 
137 
April 
April 
126 
Julv 
Julv 
132 
196 
1864: 
January 
1917: 
January 
201 
April 
July 
238 
Julv 
October. 
2.29 
2.26 
2.26 
2. 365 
2,38 
2.38 
2. 38 . 
2.38 
2.38 
2.65 
3.01 
2.92 
2.34 
2.08 
1.70 
227 
1865: 
Januarv 
1918: 
210 
April 
April 
209 
Julv 
231 
October 
236 
January 
1919: 
January 
221 
April 
220 
July 
Julv 
233 
October 
1920: 
January 
April 
Julv 
236 
247 
1867: 
January 
A pril 
278 
Julv 
285 
October 
232 
193 
1868: 
January 
1921: 
January 
April . 
157 
Julv 
1869: 
January 
April 
July 
1.445 
1.415 
1.285 
1.225 
1.42 
1.30 
1.48 
•1.68 
1.55 
1.67 
1.58 
1.70 
1.65 
1.56 
1.92a 
1.925 
1.575 
1.615 
1.665 
1.615 
1.40 
1.175 
100 
109 
94 
85 
98 
100 
108 
117 
107 
129 
115 
118 
114 
120 
140 
134 
109 
124 
121 
112 
97 
90 
October 
1870: 
January 
Julv 
1871: 
January 
April. 
Julv 
October 
1872: 
January. 
July 
1873: 
January 
April 
July -. 
October 
1874: 
January 
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. 
