No. 7. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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CROP REPORT. , 



A report of the various Farm Products grown in Pennsylvania 

 shows generally an increased yield and a market demand greater in 

 many localities than could be supplied with prices entirely satis- 

 factory, with the added value of rye, potatoes, wheat, buckwheat, 

 corn, oats and hay, together with horses, mules, milch cows, sheep, 

 swine and eggs makes a grand total of |233,214,000. In another part 

 of this report will be found the amount accredited to each of the 

 products mentioned. 



The following comparison of these tables for the past four years 

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

 sj'lvania: 



TABLE OF COMPARISON. 



Wheat, 



Corn 



Oats, 



Rye, 



Buckwheat 



Hay, clover, 



Hay, timothy 



Horses, average 



Mules, average, 



Cows, average 



Lambs, average 



Ewes, average, 



Steers, fat, per pound 



Steers, for feeding, per pound, 



Swine, shoats, per pound, 



Hogs, fat, per pound 



Chickens, dressed, per pound, 



Chickens, live, per pound 



Apples, per bushel 



Peaches, per basket 



Pears, per bushel 



Plums, per quart, 



Cherries, per quart 



Blackberries, per quart 



Raspberries, per quart, 



Potatoes, per bushel 



Butter, per pound, at store 



Butter, per pound, at market 



Milk, wholesale, per 100 pounds, 



retail, per quart 



per dozen, 



short, unwashed 



short, washed 



medium, unwashed 



medium, washed 



long, unwashed 



washed, 



Farnri 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, ... 



Milk 



Eggs, 



Wool, 



W^ool, 



Wool, 



Wool, 



Wool, 



Wool 



1908. 



$0.96 



.71 



.55 



.76 



.73 



10.50 



13.00 



150.00 



166.00 



36.00 



4.00 



4.50 



.05 



.04 



.06 



.07 



.14 



.10 



.70 



1.20 



.85 



.07 



.07 



.07 



.09 



.80 



.27 



.30 



1.30 



.06 



.27 



.20 



.25 



.22 



.26 



.24 



.30 



60.00 



38.00 



200.00 



20.00 



1.05 



1.35 



310.00 



1.75 



2.75 



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