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