PRICE OF GOODS, 1870 |
Food Prices |
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Horses, cattle & gear |
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Wheat per bushel |
$1.02 |
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Horse, average work horse |
$150 |
Flour per barrel |
$3.00 |
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Horse, good saddle horse |
$200 |
Corn per bushel |
40 cents |
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Molasses, gallon |
15 cents |
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Saddle |
$30 |
Mess pork per barrel |
$9 |
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cowboy saddle |
$60 |
Mess beef per barrel |
$8 |
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Harness |
$50 |
Lard per pound |
6 cents |
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Butter per pound |
15 cents |
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Yoke of two oxen |
$150 |
Sugar per pound |
7 cents |
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heifer |
$18.75 |
Cheese per pound |
5 cents |
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cow |
$26 |
Rice per pound |
5 cents |
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bull |
$90 |
oranges |
$.50/dozen |
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3 year old steer |
$62 |
dried figs |
$.20/pound |
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2 year old steer |
$22.50 |
dried apples |
$.10/pound |
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yearlings |
$12.50 |
dried apricots |
$.15/pound |
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calves |
$2.50 |
dried peaches |
$.12/pound |
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fresh peaches |
3 for $.10 |
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Buggy |
$75 |
fresh apples |
2 for $.05 |
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Wagon |
$65 |
sugar |
$.10/pound |
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flour |
$.04/pound |
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Weapons and Ammunition |
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coffee |
$.12/pound |
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Pearl-handled matched set of Colt .45 Peacemakers with holsters |
$100 |
Home and farm costs |
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Classic Peacemaker |
$17.00 by mail order |
Land |
$5/acre (avg. 160 acres) |
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cartridges |
$.50 cents/box |
Homestead filing fee |
$14 |
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breach loading shot gun |
$60 |
House -- 32’x40’ (4 rooms) |
$700 |
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rifle, single shot muzzle loader, used |
$8 |
House -- 16'x22' (2 rooms) |
$300 |
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rifle, seven-shot Sharps repeater |
$50 |
Shanty -- 8'x10' (1 room/dirt floor) |
$25 |
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Stable and well |
$150 |
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Prices from Montgomery Ward's First Catalogue, 1872 |
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Plows, cultivators, field equip. |
$325 |
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Gentleman's toilet set, including toothbrush, nail brush, razor, razor strop, lather brush, comb, hair brush |
$1.00 |
Chairs |
$1.25 each |
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2 colored undershirts -- (white -- $1.00) |
$1.25 |
Bed, bureau and commode |
$15 |
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2 colored drawers -- (white -- $1.00) |
$1.25 |
Cookstove |
$25 |
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3 New York Mills white shirts |
$2.50 |
lantern |
$1.00 |
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6 pairs men's cotton socks |
$1.00 |
Coal |
about $80/year |
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6 pairs Army wool socks |
$1.00 |
Kerosene |
$.15/gallon |
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7 yards blue denim |
$1.00 |
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3 yards plain cassimere [cashmere] |
$1.00 |
Dry Goods |
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1 hoop skirt, 1 bustle, & 1 hair braid |
$1.00 |
calicos |
10 cents/yard |
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1 ladies gold locket, plain
enameled |
$1.50
$2.00 |
bleached cotton |
15 cents/yard |
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1 pair ladies earrings & pin set, imported |
$4.50 |
brown shirtings |
13 cents/yard |
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1 pair ladies solid gold ear drops |
$3.00 |
domestic ginghams |
15 cents/yard |
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1 plain gold ring (all sizes) |
$2.00 |
blankets |
$3.00 each |
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1 silver plated hunting case watch |
$6.00 |
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1 silk parasol |
$1.00 |
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1 heavy plaid shawl |
$3.00 |