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Isaac W. Wolfe letters, 1869-1871
1869-08-20 Page 3
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the year the spring summer and fall months so when you get a hog fat you can sell it; most any time, they have ranged from five to eight cents per pound, the spring market is generaly the best here. Chicago is the great place of trade for this part of the Country but there has been a Rail Road opend from St Louis to a little town Called Molton ten miles south east of here which has open'd trade with that place from here so we have access by Rail way to two of the largest towns in the west which will always give us a market for every thing we raise, these markets will always keep produce up in this Country, horses seells from 75 to 150 dollars, cows has sold as high as 45 dollars but a good cow would not bring over 30 now, a good last spring calf from 8 to 10 and so on, yoke of oxen 80 to 100, I saw a fine bull week before last that cost eight hundred dollars they said, I Could buy any amount of sheep at one dollar a head, a man offerd me over one hundred head at on dollar a piece said he would take any kind of trade men has got over stocked in sheep, wool seels at 25 cts unwashed or did last spring, washed wool 40 per pound, rolls 60 cts a great many takes their wool to the factory and swaps it for spun yarn, or cloth; land is pretty high well improved land sells, (or they ask) I have not heard of any being sold so high) 40 dollars per acre. I was out in the west end of this County week before last and in the east part of Wayne County land rates from 10 to 20 dollars per acre and some less a man with from twelve to fifteen hundred dollars
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the year the spring summer and fall months so when you get a hog fat you can sell it; most any time, they have ranged from five to eight cents per pound, the spring market is generaly the best here. Chicago is the great place of trade for this part of the Country but there has been a Rail Road opend from St Louis to a little town Called Molton ten miles south east of here which has open'd trade with that place from here so we have access by Rail way to two of the largest towns in the west which will always give us a market for every thing we raise, these markets will always keep produce up in this Country, horses seells from 75 to 150 dollars, cows has sold as high as 45 dollars but a good cow would not bring over 30 now, a good last spring calf from 8 to 10 and so on, yoke of oxen 80 to 100, I saw a fine bull week before last that cost eight hundred dollars they said, I Could buy any amount of sheep at one dollar a head, a man offerd me over one hundred head at on dollar a piece said he would take any kind of trade men has got over stocked in sheep, wool seels at 25 cts unwashed or did last spring, washed wool 40 per pound, rolls 60 cts a great many takes their wool to the factory and swaps it for spun yarn, or cloth; land is pretty high well improved land sells, (or they ask) I have not heard of any being sold so high) 40 dollars per acre. I was out in the west end of this County week before last and in the east part of Wayne County land rates from 10 to 20 dollars per acre and some less a man with from twelve to fifteen hundred dollars
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