Schedule of prices.
A schedule of prices agreed upon by the
Commissioners of the
State of Virginia for the ensuing months of April and May is published by the
Secretary of War.
We give below the prices fixed for the most important articles:
Wheat —
Red and
white, per bushel, $25.50.
Flour — Fine, $123 per barrel; superfine, $125; extra, $126; family, $128.
Corn, $20 per bushel.
Corn meal, $21. Rye, $29. Oats, $15.
Wheat bran, $3.
Shorts, $4. Brownstuff, $5. Shipstuff, $8.
Bacon, hog round, $4 per pound.
Salt pork, $3.25. Fresh pork, $2.75. Lard, $4.
Horses and mules, first class, $1,200.
Wool, washed, $10 per pound; unwashed, $8.
Peas, $30 per bushel.
Beans, $30.
Irish potatoes, $20 per bushel; sweet potatoes, $20. Onions, $50. Peaches, $20; peaches, unpealed, $15. Dried apples, $15.
Hay, baled, per one hundred pounds, $7; unbaled, $6. Oats, baled, $11; unbaled, $10. Fodder, baled, $10; unbaled, $7.
Shucks, baled, $7; unbaled, $6.
Wheat straw, baled, $3; unbaled, $2.
Pasturage, inferior, per month, $5; superior, $6; first-rate, $7; good, near cities, $8; superior, near cities, $9; first-rate, near cities, $10.
Salt, $10 per bushel.
Soap, $8 per pound.
Candles, $7.
Vinegar, per gallon, $5. Whiskey, $25. Molasses, $15. Apple and
Peach Brandy, $15.
Sugar, $5 per pound.
Rice, $1. Coffee, $10. Tea, $15.
Iron, bloom, per ton, $760; smiths, $1,100; railroad, $450; pig, from $328 to $400.
Leather, harness, per pound, $8; sole, $7; upper, $9.20.
Beef cattle, from $50 to $70 per one hundred pounds. Salt beef, $2 per pound.
Sheep, per head, $70.
Cotton Shirtings, ¾, $2.50; ⅞, $3. Sheetings, $3.50. Osnaburgs, ¾, per yard, $3.50; ⅞, $3.80.--Cut Cloth, per yard, $4.
Army Shoes, per pair, $25.
Shoe Thread, per pound, $6. Wool Socks, per pair, $5.
Top Fodder, baled, $2; unbaled, $1. Wheat Chaff, baled, $7; unbaled, $6.
Sorghum Molasses, $15 per gallon.
Pasturage for sheep, $1 to $1.50 per head.
Baling long forage, per one hundred pounds, $1. Shelling and bagging corn, 20 cents per bushel.
Hauling, 2 cents per cwt. per mile. [!]
Hauling grain, per bushel, per mile, $15. [! !]
Hire of two-horse team, when found by owner, $30 per diem; when found by Government, $15. --For four-horse team, found by owner, $50; found by Government, $25. Six-horse team, $70 and $35.
