Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — PRODUCE PRICES 20 YEARS AGO [ARTICLE]

PRODUCE PRICES 20 YEARS AGO

Yesterday’s local markets: Corn, $1.10; oats, 66c; Wheat, $2.11; rye, $1.50, The prices a year ago were: Corn, 85c; oats, 68c; wheat, $2; rye, $1.60. Twenty years ago today The Democrat said: “Eggs are 18 cents per dozen in the Rensselaer market, and scarce even at that price,’’ which was, no doubt, considered an almost unheard of figure in that Republican year of our Lord, 1898. Other prices, as shown by the files of The Democrat, in its “Rensselaer Markets,” were: Wheat, 55 to 60 cents; corn, 27c; oats, 23 to 26 cents; rye, 40c; hay per ton, $4; hogs per cwt., $3.50 to $3.60; potatoes per bushel, 45 to 50c; butter, 15c; hens, 4c; young chickens, 3% to 4c; ducks, sc; roosters, 2c; turkeys, 5 to 7c; hides, 4 to sc; lard, 7c; tallow, 2c.