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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47

Prices of Farm Produce. — Victoria Market, 1872

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Prices of Farm Produce.

Victoria Market, 1872.

Cents. S. d. lbs. Wheat, per lb., 2¼ to 3, or English (at 3 cents), 7 9 per bushel, 62 Barley " 2½ " " 5 2 " 50 Oats " 2 to 2½ " (at 2½ cents), 4 2 " 40 Pease " 2½ " " 6 7 " 63 Potatoes " 1½ to 2 " (at 2 cents), 4 8 per sack, 56 Carrots " 2 " " 14 0 " 168 Turnips " 2 " " 9 4 " 112 Beets " 3 " " about 1½d. per lb.

Mangel-Wurzel, per lb., 2 cents, or English, 9l. 6s. 8d. per ton of 2240 lbs. Hay, per ton of 2000 lbs., 20 to 30 dollars, or 4l. to 6l. per load of 18 cwts. (2016 lbs.).

Average Wholesale Dealers' Prices of Meat in Great Britain for 3 years ending 1870—per

stone of 8 lbs. sinking offal. English. British Dollars. Columbia. Dollars. S. d. s. d. Cattle, 4 qualities, ranging from .. 3 3¼ to 5 4 or 0.82 to 1.33 Calves, 2 " " .. 4 2¼ " 5 5 " 1.05 " 1.35 Sheep, 4 " " .. 3 5¾ " 5 7¼ " 0.87 " 1.39 Lambs, 1 quality " .. 6 2½ " 6 10 " 1.55 " 1.70 Pigs, 2 qualities " .. 3 6¼ " 5 8¼ " 0.88 " 1.41

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