CHICAGO CORN PRICES.
1860. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869. Ten-yr. av.
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
January .48 .29 .23 .47 .82 .90 .38 .70 .86 .55 .568
February .41 .28 .23 .51 .89 .88 .35 .68 .82 .56 .561
March .42 .27 .24 .50 .79 .79 .37 .74 .83 .54 .549
April .46 .30 .26 .47 .92 .63 .42 .93 .82 .54 .575
May .48 .33 .27 .48 1.04 .54 .48 .96 .88 .58 .604
June .46 .23 .26 .48 1.15 .52 .51 .88 .85 .62 .596
July .43 .23 .28 .48 1.30 .56 .56 .80 .88 .81 .633
August .40 .23 .33 .49 1.26 .67 .56 .90 .97 .90 .671
September .37 .21 .29 .60 1.30 .60 .54 1.00 .94 .84 .669
October .38 .22 .34 .79 1.25 .49 .66 1.06 .87 .67 .673
November .32 .22 .31 .88 1.35 .52 .87 .97 .76 .73 .693
December .28 .24 .37 .93 .97 .43 .76 .84 .64 .76 .622
Yearly aver. .407 .254 .284 .590 1.082 .628 .540 .872 .843 .675 .618
  1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. Ten-yr. av.
January .72 .47 .41 .31 .55 .66 .43 .44 .42 .30 .471
February .70 .52 .40 .31 .58 .64 .41 .42 .40 .32 .470
March .72 .54 .38 .32 .60 .66 .44 .40 .42 .33 .481
April .82 .54 .40 .34 .63 .71 .47 .46 .40 .32 .509
May .87 .54 .46 .39 .62 .71 .47 .53 .40 .34 .533
June .83 .53 .49 .34 .60 .67 .45 .46 .36 .36 .509
July .83 .51 .41 .36 .62 .70 .46 .48 .38 .36 .511
August .74 .45 .41 .39 .67 .69 .45 .45 .39 .33 .497
September .64 .47 .36 .40 .77 .59 .45 .44 .36 .35 .483
October .60 .47 .33 .38 .76 .55 .44 .43 .34 .41 .471
November .61 .46 .33 .38 .77 .52 .44 .45 .32 .42 .470
December .50 .41 .31 .50 .78 .49 .45 . 44 .31 .41 .460
Yearly aver. .715 .492 .381 .368 .662 .632 .446 .450 .375 .354 .487
1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. Ten-yr. av.
January .39 .37 .62 .60 .54 .37 .37 .36 .49 .34 .445
February .37 .37 .58 .57 .54 .37 .37 .35 .47 .35 .434
March .35 .40 .64 .56 .52 .39 .37 .37 .49 .34 .443
April .34 .42 .74 .53 .50 .45 .37 .38 .52 .34 .459
May .37 .43 .73 .55 .55 .47 .36 .38 .57 .34 .475
June .36 .45 .72 .54 .54 .47 .35 .37 .51 .34 .465
July .36 .48 .78 .50 .53 .47 .40 .36 .48 .36 .472
August .38 .57 .77 .52 .53 .45 .42 .40 .45 .35 .484
September .40 .67 .67 .50 .69 .43 .39 .42 .43 .33 .493
October .40 .68 .65 .48 .50 .42 .35 .42 .43 .32 .465
November .42 .61 .68 .52 .40 .43 .35 .44 .39 .46 .470
December .39 .61 .55 .59 .37 .39 .37 .49 .35 .32 .443
Yearly aver. .378 .505 .678 .539 .518 .426 .373 .395 .465 .349 .463
1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. Ten-yr. av.
January .29 .49 .38 .42 .35 .43 .27 .23 .27 .37 .350
February .28 .52 .40 .42 .35 .41 . 28 .23 .29 .35 .353
March .29 .62 .39 .41 .36 .44 .29 .24 .29 .35 .368
April .31 .71 .41 .41 .38 .47 .30 .24 .32 .35 .390
May .34 .62 .70 .42 .38 .52 .29 .24 .35 .33 .419
June .34 .58 .51 .40 .40 .50 .27 .24 .32 .34 .390
July .40 .62 .50 .39 .44 .45 .26 .26 .34 .33 .399
August .48 .63 .52 .38 .53 .40 .23 .30 .32 .32 .411
September .48 .58 .46 .40 .53 .34 .21 .30 .30 .33 .393
October .51 .55 .42 .39 .51 .30 .24 .27 .31 .32 .382
November .51 .64 .42 .37 .50 .28 .24 .27 .33 .32 .388
December .50 .49 .41 .35 .46 .26 .23 .26 .36 .31 .363
Yearly aver. .394 .588 .460 .397 .433 .400 .259 .257 .317 .335 .384
  1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. Ten-yr. av.
January .31 .37 .61 .46 .45 .43 .42 .42 .59 .60 .466
February .33 .39 .59 .44 .50 .44 .41 .44 .58 .63 .475
March .36 .42 .59 .44 .53 .47 .42 .44 .62 .66 .495
April .40 .45 .61 .44 .51 .48 .46 .48 .67 .70 .520
May .38 .51 .62 .45 .49 .56 .49 .53 .75 .74 .552
June .40 .43 .66 .50 .49 .54 .52 .53 .71 .74 .552
July .42 .51 .72 .51 .49 .56 .49 .54 .74 .71 .569
August .39 .57 .57 .52 .54 .55 .51 .58 .79 .68 .570
September .41 .57 .60 .49 .53 .53 .50 .62 .80 .66 .571
October .39 .56 .58 .45 .54 .52 .49 .61 .73 .61 .548
November .42 .61 .55 .43 .54 .49 .46 .58 .64 .63 .535
December .38 .65 .51 .42 .46 .46 .46 .60 .60 .64 .518
Yearly aver. .383 .504 .601 .463 .506 .503 .469 .531 .685 .667 .531
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
January .65 .47 .67 .49 .63 .73 .76 .99 1.81 1.40 .860
February .65 .47 .65 .50 .62 .73 .76 1.01 1.75 1.31 .845
March .63 .47 .70 .52 .67 .73 .74 1.12 1.72 1.51 .881
April .59 .50 .78 .56 .67 .76 .77 1.45 1.66 1.63 .937
May .60 .54 .79 .58 .70 .77 .74 1.64 1.62 1.77 .975
June .59 .56 .74 .61 .71 .74 .74 1.71 1.59 1.92 .991
July .63 .63 .72 .64 .72 .79 .81 2.00 1.65 2.19 1.078
August .63 .64 .78 .73 .80 .79 .85 1.97 1.71 1.95 1.085
September .55 .67 .74 .75 .78 .72 .87 2.10 1.59 1.53 1.030
October .50 .72 .64 .70 .74 .63 1.00 1.99 1.38 1.39 .969
November .50 .73 .54 .73 .70 .65 1.02 2.10 1.37 1.47 .981
December .48 .70 .51 .70 .65 .72 .92 1.73 1.45 1.47 .933
Yearly aver. .584 .592 .689 .626 .699 .730 .832 1.650 1.608 1.628 .964
CHICAGO CORN-HOG RATIOS BY DECADES.
1860–​1869. 1870–​1879. 1880–​1889. 1890–​1899. 1900–​1909. 1910–​1919.          
January 11.5 11.9 11.7 12.3 11.8 11.4          
February 12.2 12.6 12.6 12.6 12.2 12.0          
March 12.6 12.3 12.4 12.3 12.2 12.4          
April 11.6 11.5 11.9 11.8 12.1 11.9          
May 10.1 10.3 11.3 10.8 11.0 11.4          
June 10.2 10.1 11.3 11.2 11.1 11.0          
July 10.3 10.7 11.7 11.4 11.0 10.4          
August 10.3 11.4 11.4 10.9 10.7 10.3          
September 10.4 11.8 11.1 11.6 11.1 11.1          
October 10.0 11.3 11.0 11.6 11.0 11.0          
November 9.5 10.6 10.2 10.5 10.5 10.6          
December 10.5 10.9 10.9 11.2 10.9 10.5          
CHICAGO OATS PRICES.
1860. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869. Ten-yr. av.
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
January .37 .17 .16 .46 .65 .64 .24 .43 .59 .50 .421
February .33 .17 .17 .57 .65 .61 .23 .42 .57 .55 .427
March .32 .15 .18 .56 .64 .53 .25 .47 .58 .56 .424
April .31 .17 .19 .59 .67 .42 .28 .58 .60 .56 .437
May .30 .18 .25 .56 .68 .39 .32 .70 .69 .62 .469
June .28 .14 .26 .58 .73 .48 .32 .65 .67 .62 .473
July .27 .15 .27 .56 .78 .44 .30 .62 .67 .68 .474
August .20 .16 .32 .38 .69 .42 .28 .53 .56 .52 .406
September .20 .14 .31 .47 .65 .33 .33 .50 .54 .47 .394
October .18 .16 .35 .60 .62 .29 .39 .55 .51 .42 .407
November .17 .16 .34 .65 .64 .28 .41 .55 .49 .43 .412
December .17 .18 .39 .66 .66 .26 .42 .55 .49 .44 .422
Yearly aver. .259 .161 .266 .554 .672 .424 .314 .546 .580 .531 .431
1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. Ten-yr. av.
January .42 .43 .34 .27 .42 .55 .31 .35 .24 .20 .353
February .41 .49 .34 .28 .44 .55 .31 .35 .24 .21 .362
March .39 .52 .33 .28 .45 .56 .33 .33 .24 .23 .366
April .45 .51 .33 .29 .47 .60 .32 .37 .24 .22 .380
May .51 .50 .39 .34 .49 .65 .30 .42 .26 .27 .413
June .52 .51 .41 .31 .48 .60 .30 .46 .24 .32 .415
July .51 .50 .29 .31 .49 .53 .29 .31 .25 .31 .379
August .42 .32 .30 .29 .44 .48 .31 .25 .23 .24 .328
September .38 .32 .27 .31 .46 .38 .33 .24 .20 .24 .313
October .38 .33 .24 .32 .50 .36 .33 .23 .19 .29 .317
November .41 .33 .23 .32 .50 .33 .32 .25 .20 .32 .341
December .41 .34 .26 .39 .55 .32 .34 .25 .20 .35 .341
Yearly aver. .434 .425 .311 .309 .474 .493 .316 .318 .228 .267 .357
1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. Ten-yr. av.
January .38 .31 .44 .37 .33 .27 .32 .26 .30 .25 .323
February .32 .31 .42 .39 .33 .28 .29 .25 .29 .26 .314
March .30 .32 .44 .42 .31 .29 .30 .24 .29 .25 .316
April .28 .35 .49 .41 .30 .32 .27 .25 .30 .23 .320
May .38 .38 .52 .41 .32 .34 .28 .25 .35 .23 .339
June .29 .38 .52 .35 .32 .33 .27 .26 .32 .22 .326
July .25 .41 .57 .32 .30 .27 .30 .26 .31 .22 .321
August .25 .36 .48 .27 .27 .24 .26 .25 .28 .20 .286
September .29 .42 .34 .27 .25 .26 .25 .25 .24 .19 .276
October .31 .45 .34 .28 .27 .25 .24 .26 .24 .19 .283
November .31 .44 .36 .30 .26 .29 .26 .28 .26 .20 .296
December .31 .45 .38 .33 .24 .28 .25 .30 .26 .21 .301
Yearly aver. .300 .382 .442 .344 .292 .285 .274 .259 .287 .221 .308
1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1899. Ten-yr. av.
January .21 .44 .29 .31 .28 .29 .18 .16 .23 .27 .266
February .20 .46 .30 .31 .28 .28 .20 .16 .26 .28 .273
March .21 .51 .29 .30 .30 .29 .19 .17 .26 .26 .278
April .24 .53 .29 .28 .31 .29 .19 .17 .28 .26 .284
May .27 .50 .31 .31 .35 .30 .19 .18 .28 .26 .295
June .28 .40 .32 .29 .42 .28 .17 .18 .24 .25 .283
July .31 .33 .32 .26 .38 .24 .17 .18 .23 .22 .264
August .37 .30 .33 .24 .31 .21 .17 .18 .21 .21 .253
September .37 .28 .33 .26 .29 .19 .16 .20 .21 .22 .251
October .41 .28 .30 .27 .29 .18 .18 .19 .23 .23 .256
November .43 .32 .31 .28 .29 .19 .19 .21 .26 .23 .271
December .42 .32 .31 .28 .30 .17 .18 .22 .27 .25 .272
Yearly aver. .310 .389 .309 .283 .317 .243 .181 .184 .247 .245 .271
1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. Ten-yr. av.
January .23 .24 .42 .33 .39 .30 .31 .35 .50 .50 .357
February .23 .25 .43 .35 .43 .31 .30 .39 .51 .53 .373
March .24 .26 .43 .33 .40 .31 .30 .41 .53 .54 .375
April .24 .27 .43 .34 .39 .31 .32 .44 .53 .55 .382
May .23 .29 .45 .36 .42 .30 .33 .47 .55 .59 .399
June .24 .28 .44 .39 .41 .32 .38 .45 .52 .56 .399
July .23 .33 .43 .39 .42 .31 .35 .44 .56 .49 .395
August .22 .36 .28 .35 .36 .27 .31 .49 .48 .40 .352
September .22 .35 .27 .37 .32 .28 .32 .54 .49 .43 .359
October .22 .36 .29 .37 .30 .29 .34 .50 .48 .40 .355
November .22 .41 .29 .36 .31 .30 .34 .47 .49 .39 .358
December .22 .45 .31 .36 .30 .31 .34 .49 .49 .43 .370
Yearly aver. .229 .321 .373 .359 .371 .301 .329 .454 .511 .484 .373
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
January .47 .32 .49 .33 .38 .54 .47 .56 .82 .65 .503
February .48 .31 .52 .34 .39 .57 .46 .54 .87 .60 .508
March .45 .30 .53 .33 .39 .57 .45 .59 .91 .64 .516
April .43 .31 .57 .35 .38 .56 .44 .67 .86 .71 .528
May .40 .34 .54 .39 .40 .53 .44 .67 .76 .71 .518
June .38 .40 .52 .41 .39 .48 .39 .66 .76 .71 .510
July .42 .43 .50 .40 .37 .54 .40 .77 .75 .76 .534
August .36 .41 .33 .41 .41 .53 .44 .66 .70 .76 .501
September .33 .44 .33 .42 .48 .37 .46 .59 .72 .70 .484
October .31 .46 .32 .39 .47 .38 .50 .59 .69 .73 .484
November .31 .46 .31 .38 .49 .39 .54 .66 .73 .76 .503
December .31 .47 .32 .39 .48 .42 .50 .76 .71 .84 .520
Yearly aver. .381 .388 .440 .379 .419 .490 .458 .644 .774 .714 .509