22 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Inquiries wore made concornino^ turkeys as distinct from other 

 poultry, with the result that it was fountl that the farmers received 

 63.5 per cent of the fmal price. Cliickens as a separate description are 

 represented by the percentage of 68.4 wlicn priced by the pound, and 

 by 57.1 per cent when priced by the head. 



Of the price per dozen paid by the consumer, the producer received 

 69 per cent in the case of eggs; dried beans, 75 per cent when bought 

 by the bushel; cabbage, 48.1 per cent when bought by the head and 

 64.9 per cent when bought by the pound; cauliflower, 75 per cent 

 when bouglit by the dozen; and celery, 60 per cent when bought by 

 the bunch. 



THE SMALLER THE RETAIL UNIT, THE LESS THE FARMER RECEIVES. 



Tlic general fact was that the producer's percentage of the con- 

 sumer's price diminished as the quantity sold at retail was smaller. 

 For instance, the apple grower received 55.6 per cent of the consumer's 

 price when the consumer bought by the bushel and 66 per cent when 

 the purchase was by the barrel. When the consumer bought corn 

 by the bushel, the farmer got 70.6 per cent of the price, but when 

 the purchase was by the barrel the farmer received 81 per cent. The 

 strawberry grower received 48.9 per cent of the consumer's price in 

 purchases by the quart and 75.9 per cent in purchases by the crate. 

 A still better illustration is found in the case of onions. In purchasing 

 a peck at a time, the farmer received 27.8 per cent of the retail price; 

 in purchases of a barrel, he received 58.3 per cent; and in purchases 

 by the 100 pounds, he received 69 per cent. So in the case of oranges, 

 when the purchase was by the dozen the grower received 20.3 per 

 cent of the consumer's price, whereas when the purchase was by the 

 box the grower received 59.3 per cent. 



FACTS FOR MANY PRODUCTS. 



Farmers received 83.3 per cent of the final price in the retail 

 purchase of blackberries by the crate, 75 per cent in the purchase of 

 cucumbers by the third of a bushel, 66.7 per cent in the purchase of 

 egg-plant by the crate, 60 per cent in the purchase of green peas by 

 the quart, 70.5 per cent when hay was bought by the ton, and 82.2 

 per cent in the purchase of horses from retailers. 



Among the many other products represented in this list are oats, 

 with 73.6 per cent of the price going to the farmer when bought by 

 the bushel ; melons, 50 per cent when bought by the pound ; parsnips, 

 60 per cent when bought by the bunch; potatoes, 59.3 per cent when 

 bought by the bushel ; string beans, 80 per cent when bouglit by the 

 barrel; sweet potatoes, 60.8 per cent when bought by the barrel; 

 turnips, 60 per cent in purchases by the bunch; watermelons, 33.5 

 per cent when bought singly. 



