No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 67 



TRICES OK FARM PRODUCE, LAND AND LABOR. 



The Department collects and publishes statistics each year, show- 

 ing the wages paid for labor throughout the State, and the prices of 

 farm crops, animals, and land in all of tlie counties. A detailed 

 report on these subjects is given in the report of the Deputy Secre- 

 tary, who has charge of the collection of these statistics. The gen- 

 eral averages of prices for the year are as follows: 



Wheat, |0 76 



Corn, 62 



Oats, 44 



Potatoes, 54 



Clover hay, 11 33 



Timothy hay, 14 25 



Butter, 24 



Ewes, 3 50 



Lambs, 2 75 



Horses, Ill 88 



Cows, 33 22 



Chickens per lb. (live), 10 



Chickens per lb. (dressed), 13 



Labor per day with board, 1 25 



Farm laod per acre, improved, 55 00 



Farm land per acre, average quality, 34 00 



These prices are, in nearly every case, in advance of those of last 

 year. 



LEGISLATION NEEDED. 



The following items of legislation are, in my opinion, needed by the 

 agricultural interests of the State, most of which have been dis- 

 cussed in the body of this report, and are collected here for refer- 

 ence: 



For the purpose of assisting in the construction and maintenance of 

 country roads, .f 1,000,000. 



