652 



ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The above table shows that from the year of greatest depression, 

 1896, to 1909, there was a practically constant yearly increase in 

 value of the output of an acre of produce, the total increased from 

 $7.94 to $10.42, being nearly 107 per cent. In 1910 there was the 

 first reduction from the preceding year since 1898 — a reduction from 

 $16.42 per acre to S15.49, equivalent to 5.7 per cent; however, values 

 per acre in 1910 were 69.7 per cent higher than in the census year of 

 1899. The following table shows acreage, yield, and value of speci- 

 fied crops in 1910, 1909, and 1899: 



Acreage, yield, and value of specified crops in 11/10, lUO'j, and 18U9. 



Crops. 



Corn 



Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Rye 



Buckwheat 

 Potatoes... 



Hay 



Tobacco... 

 Cotton 



Total 



Acres (000 omitted). 



1910 



114,002 

 49.205 

 35.288 



7,257 



2,028 

 826 



3,591 

 45, 691 



1.234 

 32, 403 



1909 



108,771 

 46,723 

 33,204 



7,011 



2,006 

 834 



3,525 

 45,744 



1.180 

 30,938 



291,523 



279,936 



1899 



94.914 

 52, 589 

 29,540 



4,470 



2,054 

 807 



2, 9.39 

 61,691 



1.101 

 24. 275 



274,380 



Yield per acre. • 



1910 



27.4 



14.1 



31.9 



22.4 



16.3 



20.9 



94.4 



1.33 



797.8 



170.7 



1909 



25.5 



15.8 



30.3 



24.3 



16.1 



20.9 



106.8 



1.42 



804.3 



154.3 



1899 



28.1 



12.5 



31.9 



26.8 



12.4 



13.9 



93.0 



1.4 



788.2 



184.0 



Crops. 



Com 



Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Rye 



Buckwheat. 



Potatoes 



Bay 



Tobacco 



Cotton 



Average. 



Farm price per unit, Decem- 

 ber 1— 



1910 



Cts. 

 48.8 

 89.4 

 34.1 

 57.8 

 72.2 

 65.7 

 .55. 5 

 1,226.0 

 9.3 

 14.2 



1909 



as. 



59.6 

 99.0 

 40.5 

 55.2 

 73.9 

 69.9 

 54.9 

 1,062.0 

 10.1 

 13.9 



1899 



as. 



30.3 



58.4 



24.9 



40.3 



51.0 



.55.7 



39.0 



727.0 



6.6 



7.24 



Farm value per acre, Decem- 

 ber 1— 



1910 



$13.37 

 12.63 

 10.90 

 12. 92 

 11.76 

 13.71 

 52.35 

 16. 37 

 74.13 



S20.32 



15.47 



1909 



$15.20 

 15.62 

 12.29 

 13. 40 

 11.87 

 14.61 

 58.59 

 15.07 

 81.23 



«22.06 



16.42 



1899 



$8.51 



7.30 



7.94 



10.80 



6.32 



7.74 



36.27 



10.18 



52. 02 



s 13. 32 



9.51 



Per cent increase or 

 decrease in value 

 1910, compared 

 with— 



1909 



-12.0 

 -19.1 

 -11.3 



- 3.6 



- .9 



- 6.2 

 -10.7 

 -+-8.6 



- 8.7 

 -1-14.8 



1899 



-1-57.1 

 4-73.0 

 -f37.3 

 -fl9.6 

 -f86.1 

 -f77.1 

 -1-44.3 

 -1-60.8 

 -1-42.5 

 -1-90.1 



5.8 



-1-62.7 



Hay in tons, tobacco and cotton in pounds, other crops in bushels. 



' Average for season. 



The statistics given above show that the value of 1 acre of the 

 farmer's crops in 1910 was about 5.8 per cent less than in 1909, but 

 62.7 per cent more than in 1899. 



An extensive inquiiy has been made by the Bureau of Statistics 

 among retail dealers doing business with farmers relating to prices 

 paid by farmers for articles usually purchased by them. From this 

 mquiry it appears that most articles purchased by farmers cost more 

 in 1910 than in 1909, the average increase being about 1.5 per cent. 

 Therefore the purchasing power of produce of 1 acre in 1910 was 

 about 7.3 per cent less than in 1909, but still about 44.1 per cent 

 more than in 1899. The purchasing power of an acre of com in 

 1910 was about 13.3 per cent less than in 1909 and 39.2 per cent more 



