CATTLE
Shipping Steers - 5 to 6 cents
Cows - 3 to 4 cents
HOGS - 6 to 6 1/2 cents
SHEEP, per head - 50 to 2.50
WHEAT - 60 to 75
CORN - 70
OATS - 35 to 40
BEANS - 2.00 to 3.00
FLAX SEED - 1.50
WOOL
tub washed - 38 to 43
fleece washed - 30 to 33
fleece unwashed - 18 to 22
HIDES
green - 05
dry flint - 12
BUTTER - 10
BACON
sides - 18
hams - 18
EGGS - 10
FLOUR - 2.50 to 3.00
SALT - 3.20
LUMBER
FENCING - 23.00 to 26.00
BARN SIDING - 23.00 to 26.00
SCANTLING *- 25.00 to 30.00
DRESSED FLOORING - 30.00 to 50.00
DRESSED SIDING - 17.50 to 27.00
FINISHING - 3.50 TO 6.00
LATH - 3.50 TO 4.00
SHINGLES - 2.50 TO 5.50
* - defined by Random House Dictionary of the English Language as wood used as studs or rafters in a house frame.
Source: Osceola Centennial Issue 1851-1951, section 3, page 5.
Return to Farming