No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



63 



*CROP REPORTS. 



Gill' crop report lias been placed in bulletin form and upwards of 

 3,000 copies distributed amongst the farmers of the State. Since 

 1899 there has been, with but few exceptions, a uniform and steady 

 advance in the price of farm products. Along with this increase in 

 crop values has come advanced wages for farm labor, as will be 

 noted bv reference to brief table scheduled since 1899, as follows: 



Wheat 



Corn, 



Oats 



Potatoe.s 



Hay, clover 



Hay, timothy, 



Butter 



Ewes, 



Lambs 



Horses, 



Cows, 



Chickens, live, per pound 



Chickens, dressed, per pou:jd 



Labor, per day, without board, 



Labor, per month, without board, 

 Farm land, improved, per acre, .. 

 Farm land, average, per acre, 



1899. 



$0 68 



42 



26 



42 



8 20 



10 69 



20 



3 72 



3 22 



78 49 



39 13 



OS 



11 



1 11 



20 00 



1900. 



1901. 



1902. 



10 73 

 48 

 32 

 53 



11 20 

 13 85 



22 



3 GO 



3 26 



87 61 



33 08 



08 



12 



1 15 



20 55 



58 CO 



38 00 



?0 71 



58 



41 



75 



10 81 



13 30 



22 



3 48 



$0 74 



54 



39 



55 



10 00 



12 50 



20 



3 50 



2 76 



110 00 



38 00 



10 



13 



1 25 



55 00 

 37 00 



The Farmers' Institutes in Pennsylvania have, since their organi- 

 zation, experienced a steady and uniform growth. The demand on 

 the part of the farmers of the State for accurate information rela- 

 tive to every subject associated with his occupation exemplifies 

 the importance of the work. When we come to consider its im- 

 portance, the vast interest involved, yet he must realize the fact that 

 last year we held 327 days of institute at the nominal cost of $37.50 

 per day. This sum includes all expenses connected with said meet- 

 ings, both under county and State management. In order that this 

 great work should be equipped in a manner commensurate with its 

 importance and the demands of the farmer, the coming Legislature 

 should, and I trust, will, appropriate the sum of |25,000 annually 

 for the carrying on of this great and important work. 



Respectfully submitted, 



A. L. MARTIN, 

 Deputy Secretary and Director of Institutes. 



*See Appendix for Tabulated Report. 



