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BULLETIN" 1351, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table VI. — Monthly average cash prices of oats, Chicago, July, 1881, to June, 
1923 * 
Year 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
Aver- 
age 
Cents 
Cents 
Cents 
Cents 
Cents 
CeJits 
Cents 
Cents 
Cents 
Cents 
Cents 
Cents 
Ct nts 
1881-82... 
41 
36 
39 
45 
44 
45 
44 
42 
43 
49 
53 
51 
44 
1882-83... 
56 
48 
33 
34 
35 
38 
36 
39 
41 
42 
41 
38 
40 
1883-84... 
34 
27 
27 
28 
29 
33 
33 
33 
32 
30 
32 
33 
31 
1884^85... 
30 
27 
25 
26 
26 
24 
27 
29 
28 
31 
35 
33 
28 
1885-86... 
32 
26 
25 
26 
28 
28 
29 
30 
30 
29 
29 
27 
28 
1886-87... 
29 
27 
25 
25 
26 
27 
23 
25 
24 
27 
26 
26 
26 
1887-88... 
26 
25 
25 
26 
27 
31 
31 
29 
30 
31 
35 
32 
29 
1888-89... 
31 
26 
24 
24 
26 
26 
25 
26 
25 
23 
23 
23 
25 
L889-90„_ 
22 
20 
20 
19 
20 
21 
21 
20 
21 
24 
28 
28 
22 
1890-91... 
30 
37 
37 
41 
43 
43 
43 
46 
51 
55 
51 
41 
43 
1891-92... 
36 
29 
32 
28 
32 
33 
30 
30 
29 
29 
31 
33 
31 
1892-93... 
32 
33 
34 
31 
32 
31 
32 
32 
31 
29 
31 
30 
31 
1893-94... 
28 
24 
26 
28 
28 
29 
28 
28 
30 
32 
35 
41 
30 
1894-95... 
39 
30 
30 
29 
29 
30 
30 
28 
29 
30 
29 
29 
30 
1895-96... 
24 
21 
20 
19 
19 
17 
18 
20 
20 
20 
19 
18 
20 
1896-97... 
17 
17 
16 
18 
19 
18 
17 
16 
17 
18 
18 
18 
17 
1897-98... 
18 
19 
20 
19 
21 
23 
23 
26 
27 
27 
30 
28 
23 
1898-99. .. 
23 
22 
21 
23 
26 
27 
27 
28 
27 
27 
27 
25 
25 
1899-1900. 
25 
21 
22 
23 
23 
23 
23 
23 
24 
25 
23 
23 
23 
1900-01... 
24 
22 
22 
22 
22 
23 
24 
24 
26 
26 
29 
29 
24 
1901-02... 
29 
36 
35 
35 
39 
46 
46 
44 
44 
43 
43 
44 
40 
1902-03... 
50 
35 
29 
30 
30 
32 
34 
35 
34 
33 
33 
37 
34 
1903-04... 
36 
33 
35 
37 
35 
35 
38 
41 
41 
40 
40 
40 
38 
1904-05... 
38 
34. 
31 
30 
30 
30 
31 
31 
32 
30 
31 
31 
32 
1905-06... 
32 
26 
26 
29 
30 
31 
31 
30 
30 
32 
33 
37 
31 
1906-07... 
37 
30 
32 
33 
33 
34 
36 
39 
42 
42 
:;i 
45 
37 
1907-08... 
44 
49 
49 
50 
48 
49 
51 
51 
51 
52 
53 
52 
50 
1908-09... 
53 
48 
50 
48 
49 
50 
51 
54 
55 
56 
60 
58 
53 
1909-10... 
52 
41 
40 
41 
41 
45 
49 
48 
46 
45 
43 
39 
44 
1910-11... 
42 
37 
34 
33 
33 
33 
33 
32 
31 
33 
35 
39 
35 
1911-12... 
45 
41 
45 
48 
49 
49 
50 
53 
54 
58 
56 
54 
50 
L912-13... 
51 
39 
34 
34 
34 
34 
34 
35 
34 
36 
39 
41 
37 
1913-14... 
42 
43 
43 
41 
41 
42 
40 
41 
41 
40 
41 
41 
41 
L914-15... 
38 
42 
50 
48 
50 
49 
54 
59 
58 
58 
54 
50 
51 
1915-16... 
54 
54 
40 
39 
39 
44 
49 
49 
43 
46 
47 
41 
45 
1916-17... 
42 
45 
47 
51 
57 
53 
57 
57 
61 
70 
71 
(17 
56 
1917-18... 
78 
67 
61 
61 
66 
77 
83 
89 
94 
91 
79 
78 
77 
1918-19... 
79 
72 
72 
70 
74 
74 
68 
61 
65 
70 
72 
71 
71 
1919-20... 
77 
76 
70 
73 
75 
84 
87 
87 
93 
103 
112 
117 
88 
1920-21... 
102 
76 
65 
56 
52 
50 
45 
43 
44 
39 
39 
39 
54 
1921-22... 
38 
37 
39 
36 
36 
39 
40 
41 
40 
41 
42 
40 
39 
1922-23 
39 
35 
39 
43 
45 
46 
1 Averages of weekly high and low prices of No. 2 oats, Chicago Board of Trade. Annual reports. 
