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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



If we represent by 100 the quantity which could be purchased in 

 1899 with tlic vahie of 1 acre of corn, wheat, etc., the rchitive quan- 

 tity which could be purchased with the value of 1 acre in 1909 was 

 as follows: 



Purchasing power in 1909, compared uilh 1S99, represented by 100, of the value of 1 acre 



of farm crops indicated. 



From the foregoing data it appears that, whereas the value of an 

 acre of the farmer's crops in 1909 was 72.7 per cent more than in 

 1899, and the cost of articles purchased increased about 12.1 per 

 cent, the purchasing power of the produce of 1 acre in 1909 was 

 about 54 per cent greater than the purchasing power of the produce 

 of 1 acre m 1899. An acre of corn ha\dng increased 78.6 per cent in 

 value, its purchasing pow^er increased 60 per cent; an acre of wheat 

 having increased 114 per cent, its purchasing power has increased 

 91 per cent; and an acre of cotton having increased 65.6 per cent, its 

 purchasing power has increased about 48 per cent. 



