VARIOUS PRICES IN THE FELTWELL AREA
1856/1904
(Prices are per coomb unless stated otherwise)
Barley |
Wheat |
Oats |
Other items |
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1856 |
13/6 |
26/3 |
10/- |
Pig 17st. 6-lbs @ 7/- per stone |
1858 |
22/6 |
12/- |
Beans 20/-,15 chickens for 27/6 |
|
1864 |
19/- |
10/6 |
One sheepskin 12/-, Pigs 7/6 per stone |
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1865 |
16/- |
18/- |
10/6 |
One sheepskin 9/-, Pigs 8/6 per stone |
1869 |
24/3 |
Potatoes 6/- per sack |
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1874 |
24/- |
25/- |
Beans 20/- Mustard 24/- |
|
1877 |
24/9 |
Ryegrass Seed 15/6 per coomb |
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1882 |
Four hams for £2 10/- |
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1883 |
One bullock's hide 9/- |
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1888 |
11/3 |
15/3 |
10/- |
One hundred fleeces at 24/- each |
1889 |
12/6 |
20/- |
9/3 |
Peas 13/6, Cow to Bull 2/6 |
1889 |
13/- |
Sold 7 acres of coleseed for £ 14 |
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1893 |
12/- |
8/- |
Beans 18/- Four fleeces for12/- |
|
1893 |
9/6 |
One plough for £3, Some barley @ 13/4 |
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1893(Oct) |
8/- |
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1894 |
10/6 |
11/- |
Mustard seed 30/- |
|
1896 |
11/- |
7/6 |
Clover 65/- per ton, Chaff 50/- per ton |
|
1897 |
13/- |
8/6 |
Hire of 2 men, 2 horses and one boy for drilling - 8/6 |
|
1897 |
13/6 |
11/- |
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1898 |
13/6 |
14/6 |
10/- |
Cutting three acres of sanfoin 12/- |
1899 |
13/- |
10/6 |
Two sheepskins at 4/- each |
|
1900 |
15/- |
Mustard 48/- |
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1900 |
Cutting four acres of Mustard 26/- |
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1900 |
Sold two trees at £2 10/- each |
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1901 |
14/6 |
14/- |
Chaff 50/- per ton |
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1901 |
Drilling six acres of Mustard 9/- |
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1902 |
15/6 |
15/- |
10/6 |
Mustard 30/- Sold one bullock at 34 stone at 7/9 per stone |
1904 |
16/6 |
Chaff 50/- per ton |
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1904 |
4 cows to bull - 5/ - each |
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1904 |
Two stone 12 pounds of binder twine 18/- |
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