Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. II

Wheat, from 62 cents to 1 dollar a bushel-- Corn from 37 to 50 cents a bushel -- Rye from 50 cents to 62 cents, a bushel -- Hay from 6 to 12 dollars a ton -- Butter and Cheese, 10 to 16 cents a pound -- a yoke of oxen, 50 to 80 dollars -- milk cows from 16 to 25 dollars -- Cattle for driving, 3 to 4 dollars a 100 lb -- A pair of good working horses, 100 to 125 dollars -- Sheep from 2 to 4 dollars -- Pork, fresh killed in winter, 4 to 6 dollars a hundred, and salted in spring, 8 to 10 dollars -- Whiskey from 50 to 75 cents a gallon --Salt, 1 dollar a bushel weighing 56 pounds -- Field ashes, 4 to 9 cents a bushel : -- 600 bushels may be manufactured into a ton of pot or pearl Ash, which has been sold at market at 125 to 150 dollars ; and some persons by saving their ashes, or by manufacturing them, have nearly cleared the cost of improving land -- The wages of a laborer, 10 to 15 dollars a month, and board -- A suit of clothes made at 4 to 5 dollars -- A pair of shoes, 175 to 250 cents Store goods are sold at very moderate prices, the expense of carriage from Albany to New- York being about two dollars a hundred weight.

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Containing a description of the military lands in the State of New- York.