In Chicago, the international benchmark, wheat prices spiked to $12.68 per half bushel in mid-May, a 60% jump this year.

在国际基准地芝加哥，小麦价格在 5 月中旬飙升至每半蒲式耳 12.68 美元（1 蒲式耳小麦为 52.6 斤），今年以来上涨了 60%。

Before the war each dollar would buy a bushel of wheat; in 1865 it would only buy half a bushel.

战前每一美元能买一蒲式耳小麦；1865 年， 它只能购买半蒲式耳。