Farm Products

farm produce í'or fifty-tliree years ras eompiled for the " American Almanac," and the figures are said to be very accurate. The prices given are the average prioes in New York city for the month oí Jaunary for e;ich year: _ ykah. : : I : ; ■ ï : 1826 $ .43 f 1.01 $ .27} 8.87 $ :-2y3 1-26 74 .90 ; .554 11.ÍH M 127 76 .93 .66 11.67)$ .28 18Í8 . .67 1.16 .04 14.12i .85 leg 59 1.(18 .30! 11.25 1830 51 1.04 . 11.60 .21% 1831 58',. 1.86 JS1JS 1S.8T .25 188S .75 ' 1.36J4 .5U 13.50 .27} is.-:; :::... .sr-v u mu is. .sa 1SM .V.l'.2 1.06 .44 14.50 .324 1886 i .74 1.05 .49 13.75 .27 18 MH 1.78 .C(s 18J .32 1887 1.06 1.77 .57 2;i.5O .45 1888 '■ .86 l.!y. .425 SI .50 .80 is-'i' .98 1.S4H -S5 ! 28-45 1840.!.. ! .69} 1.(1) .331.5 14.26 .WA 1841 .52 1.08 .52 13.28 .87 184S .H7 1.S5 .4Í1 D.li'Jü .20 1848 ' .50% .8S3Í .S3H 8.S7}si .li) 1844 ' É8 1.00 .43 10.12 ,2B 1845 .51 H l.ysi, ,m% 8.i} .2.1 184 ,74 1.S1 ' Aiy-, 15.5fi .7 1847 80 1.08K .40; 10.25 .23 1848 .77 125 .50H 11.00 .39 ISJI) (4 1.22S .41 14.18 .86 1SS) 1 1.25 .435i 11.81 .31 .WM JJM -48H 12.18 .31% l.sflO .70j 1.06 .4T 14.68 .31 1858 JH 1.32 .51H W.(i2 .311 I834'" &}$ 2.04 .4;-í 13.48 .39 18S6" !! 1.01 3.67 .55V4 12.B2 M% 1856 ■'■ I 2-14 .40;á 17.37 .82 1857 ' .75HÍ 1.76 .47 10.C7 .88 1858 .61 ! 1.87 .42Í3 15.75 .2!) l-.-,l' .80H 1 40 .BOX 17.57 .38 1860 .91X1 1-45 )% 36.18 .89 1S61 73 1.14 .88 16.12 .33 1%.) 071.88 .40H 12.25 .47 1 gira 75 1 .53 .70)4 14.43 .fi3% 1884 1.26 1-64JS MU líl7 .28V5 1885 1.94 1.85 1.03 85.25 .56 IMMi . .S5}. 1.57; 1.20 29.18 .70 1867 1.16)4 3.00 .80 19.12 I .60 186S 1.20 2.45 .5 21.00 .48 186U 0 1:70 .75 S8.00 .57 1S70 1.J2 1.30 .78 29.75 .1 1871 80 1.42 .75 19.75 .48 1874 .78 1.50 I .54 14.50 .70 1878 ..... .. ■"' I-W I W-2S .70 (874 84 1.65 .77 16.50 .55 187B . .97 1.25 .65 20.50 M IBM ' .71 1.80 .59 20.75 .-19 ni""!..'.. -b! I ï-47 .55 17.50 .18 This is a good table to keep for reference. It will be seen that prices of leading farm products have not been controlled so much by war at home or abroad as by the supply. For instance, the price of wheat during the first two years of our Bebellion was less than in January, 1877. And again, duriug the prevalence of the Germán war prices were lower than last ycar. The maximum price, $3 per bushei, was reached nearly two years after the close of our RebeÚion. A foreign demand may make an active market, but unless tliere is a short erop at home it seldoni carries the price up very high.