Greencastle Retail Market - Putnam

Greencastle Retail Market

Flour - $3.00 to $3.25 per 100#; $6.00

Wheat $1.05 and $1.10 per bushel

Corn – in the ear, but little or none in market, would command high price 75 and 80 cts

Corn Meal – 90 cents per bushel – Ready

Butter – 15 and 20 cents per pound.

Eggs – 12 ½ cents per dozen

Beef – Green, City Butchers retail at 8 and 10 cts per pound

Bacon – hams, 10 cents; sides 8 cents – shoulders, 5 cents

Potatoes – 50 and 60 cents per bushel

Green Apples 40 cents per bushel for those that will keep well

Beans – dried but few or none in market – would bring about $2.00 per bushel

Onions - $1.00 per bushel

Honey – 15 cents per lb. None in market.

Coffee 33 to 40 cents per lb.

Chickens - $1.50 per dozen – scarce

Sugar – 12 ½ to 16 ½ cents per lb.

Molasses 75 cents to $1.00 per gallon

Sorghum Molasses – 35 cents per gallon

Teac $1.50 to $2.0 per lb.

Salt $3.50 per barrel

Wood - $2.50 and $3.00 per cord

Coal Oil – 70 cents per gallon