20 
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Table, showing the average 'prices of No. 1 spring wheat in each 
'month of the years 1863—1869. 
Months. 
1868. 
1864. 
1865. 
1866. 
1867. 
1868. 
1869. 
January . 
$1 
$1 
181 
11 
591 
|1 
26| 
$2 
13 
12 
071 
$1 
191 
February . 
1 
25 
1 
17| 
1 
951 
1 
201 
2 
131 
2 
Oil 
1 
191 
March. 
1 
17 
1 
15| 
1 
221 
1 
351 
2 
31 
1 
961 
1 
13f 
April. 
1 
18i 
1 
241 
1 
09| 
1 
461 
2 
65 
2 
091 
1 
Ilf 
* 
May. 
1 
m 
1 
21,1 
1 
691 
1 
771 
2 
68 
2 
HI 
1 
171 
June. 
1 
17 
1 
761 
1 
131 
1 
96 
2 
14 
1 
971 
1 
20 
July. 
1 
00 
o 
2 
14 
1 
161 
1 
841 
2 
221 
1 
961 
1 
86 
August. 
954 
2 
05 
1 
291 
1 
92 
1 
871 
1 
86 
1 
40| 
September. 
994 
1 
81 
1 
371 
1 
971 
1 
83f 
1 
63 
1 
241 
October. 
1 
10 
1 
61f 
1 
401 
2 
09 
1 
921 
1 
39f 
1 
051 
Noyember. 
1 
08i 
1 
841 
1 
401 
2 
101 
1 
841 
1 
26f 
921 
December. 
1 
141 
1 
69f 
1 
261 
2 
08 
1 
901 
1 
22 
864 
According to the Milwaukee rules of inspection, the quality 
of the wheat crop of 1869 was also much below the standard, 
as will appear by the following figures taken from the reports 
of the grain inspector for that and the preceding four years : 
Crop of 
Per cent, of whole 
graded as No. 1. 
Percent, of whole 
graded as No. 2. 
Per cent, of whole 
graded as No. 3. 
Per cent, 
rejected. 
1865 . 
_ 77 _ 
_ 15.6 _ 
_ 7,4 
1866 . 
_ 10.8 _ 
_ 50.7 _ 
. 28.8 _ 
9 7 
1867 . 
_ 60.2 _ 
_ 34.3 _ 
_ 4.8 _ 
.... 07 
1868 . 
O o 
_ 57.7 _ 
_ 3.9 _ 
1.1 
1869 . 
_ 38.5 _ 
_ 54.9 _ 
.... 6 T - - t 
0.6 
Of the new varieties introduced during the year, the 
Tappahannocjk, as a v inter wheat, has given good satisfaction, 
in general. It appears to be better adapted to more southern 
