No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



51 



The following comparison of these tables for the past four years 

 shows an almost uniform advance in the various products of Penn- 

 sylvania: 



TABLE OF COMPARISON. 



1902. 



1903. 



Wheat, JO. 73 



Corn, .45 



Oats .37 



Rye .53 



Buckwheat .43 



Hay, clover. 9.43 



Hay, timothy 10.47 



Horses, average 84.00 



Mules, average 77.00 



Cows, average, 28.00 



Lambs, average 2.76 



Ewes, average, 2. SI 



Steers, fat, per pound, .05 



Ste«rs, for feeding, per pound, .03 



Swine, shoats, per pound, .06 



Hogs, fat, per pound .06 



Chickens, dressed, per pound .11 



Chickens, live, per pound .08 



Apples, i)er bushel .35 



Peaches, per basket, .75 



Pears, per bushel .81 



Plums, per quart .06 



Cherries, per quart .06 



Blackberries, per quart, .07 



Raspberries, per quart, .OS 



Potatoes, per bushel .50 



Butter, per pound, at store .18 



Butter, per pound, at market ! .22 



Milk, wholesale, per 100 pounds 1.16 



Milk, retail, per quart .05 



Eggs, per dozen 



Wool, short, unwashed, 



Wool, short, washed 



Wool, medium, unwashed 



Wool, medium, washed 



Wool, long, unwashed ; 



Wool, washed, 



Farm land, improved, value per acre 



Farm land, value per acre, average 



Farm wages by year, with board 



Farm wages, summer months only 



Farm wages, by day, with board 



Farm wages, by day, without board, ... 

 Farm wages, whole year, without board. 



Farm wages, harvest, by day, 



Farm wages, household help, female, ... 



$0.75 

 .57 

 .41 

 .60 

 .57 



11.40 



14.00 

 115.00 

 120.00 



33.00 

 3. SO 

 3.45 

 .04 

 .03 

 .06 

 .06 

 .14 

 .10 

 .50 

 1.15 

 .98 

 .07 

 .08 

 .07 

 .08 

 .58 

 .24 

 .24 

 1.41 

 .05 



1904. 



$1.08 



.62 



.44 



.70 



.58 



10.50 



12.00 



120.00 



125.00 



35.00 



3.50 



3.50 



.04Vi 



■ 03^ 



.06 



.«6V< 



.13 



.10 



.44 



.82 



.94 



.08 



.08 



.08 



.09 



.52 



.22 



.24 



1.50 



.(S 



.24 



.21 



.28 



.22 



.30 



.23 



.31 



57.00 



37.00 



185.00 



20.00 



1.00 



1.35 



300.00 



1.60 



2.50 



1907. 



.90 



.07 



.08 



.07 



.08 



.59 



.22 



.25 



1.30 



.05 



.24 



.25 



.31 



.26 



.32 



.29 



.34 



55.00 



35.00 



190.00 



19.00 



1.00 



1.35 



295.00 



1.60 



2.50 



.90 



.07 



.07 



.07 



.08 



.60 



.23 



.27 



1.50 



.06 



.25 



.25 



.30 



.26 



.32 



.30 



.34 



60.00 



40.00 



210.00 



20.00 



1.10 



1.40 



300.00 



1.65 



2.50 



$0.95 



.65 



.53 



.73 



.68 



11.00 



10.50 



148.00 



155.00 



37.00 



4.25 



4.75 



.05 



.04 



.06 



.08 



.15 



.10 



.70 



1.50 



1.10 



.08 



.09 



.08 



.09 



.70 



.27 



.30 



1.50 



.06 



.27 



.26 



.31 



.27 



.32 



.28 



.33 



60.00 



38.00 



225.00 



22.50 



1.45 



1.45 



315.00 



1.75 



2.75 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



The County Agricultural and Horticultural Societies of the State are rapidly- 

 adjusting their conditions to the needs of advanced agriculture. Pool selling 

 and other forms of gambling and games of chance are gradually giving way 

 to legitimate agricultural exhibits. The recent act of the Legislature making 

 a conditionally appropriation to these societies will no doubt accomplish much 

 in the way of encouraging strictly agricultural exhibits at these fairs. We have 

 distributed, where requested, many copies of the act and will continue to do so 

 when requested to unless the supply should become exhausted. 



The attendance for 1906 was 1,829,389, as compared with the previous year, 

 975,100, shows an increase of 854,289, or almost double the attendance over tht 

 year 1905; total membership, 18,852, previous year, 11,015, an increase of 7,837; 

 membership fees, $46,729.45, previous year, $7,530, increase $39,199.45; amount 

 paid in premiums, $99,603.82, previous year, $116,039.32, decrease, $16,489.50; 

 amount offered in premiums for 1907, $159,145.00, previous year, $143,460.00, in- 

 crease of $16,489.50. 



