BUREAU OF STATISTICS. 



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than in 1899; the purchasing power of an acre of wheat in 1910 was 

 about 20.2 per cent less than in 1909 and 53.2 more than in 1899; 

 and the purchasing power of an acre of cotton in 1910 about 9.5 

 per cent more than in 1909 and 44.1 per cent more than in 1899. 

 Detailed statistics follow: 



Comparative prices of articles purchased by farmers in 1910, 1909, and 1899. 



Articles. 



Coal oil, gallon cen ts . . 



Coffee, pound do 



Flour, barrel dollars. . 



Lard, pound cents. . 



Matches, box do 



Salt, barrel dollars . . 



Soap, cake cents. . 



Starch, pound do 



Sugar, pound do 



Tobacco, plug, pound do 



Brooms, each do 



Dish pans, each do 



Dinner plates, set do 



Fruit jars, dozen do 



Kitchen chairs, each do 



Lamps, each do 



Stoves, each dollars. . 



Tin pails, each cents. . 



Wooden buckets, each do 



Wooden wash tubs, each do 



Gloves, pair do 



Hats, each dollars . . 



Jumpers, each ■. cents. . 



Overalls, each do 



Raincoats, each dollars. . 



Rubber boots, pnir do 



Shirts, flannel, each do 



Shoes, brogan , pair do 



Calico, yard cents. . 



Muslin, yard do 



Sheeting, yard do 



Axes, each do 



Barb wire, 1(X) pounds dollars. . 



Dungtorks, each cents. . 



H atchets, each do 



Lanterns, each do 



Nails, 100 pounds dollars. . 



Pitchforks, each cents. . 



Pincers, each do 



Saws, buck, each do 



Screw hooks, box do 



Screw eyes, box do 



Shotguns, each dollars. 



Steel traps, each cents. 



Shovels, each do. .. 



Staples, 100 pounds dollars. 



Steel wire, 100 pounds do... 



A\ ire fence, rod cents. . 



Axle grease, box do. . 



Buggies, each dollars 



Bugg\' whips, each cents. . 



Com cutters, each do 



Churns, each dollars. . 



Cream separators, each do 



Grindstones, each do 



Halters, each ^ cents. . 



Harness, single set dollars . . 



Horse blankets, each do 



Hoes each cents.. 



Harrows, ordinary, each dollars. . 



Uanure spreaders, each do 



Mowers each do 



Picks, each cents.. 



Plows, turning each dollars.. 



Scythes, each cents. . 



Saddles each dollars. . 



Tedders each do 



Wagons single, each do 



Wagons, double, each do 



Carbolic acid, crude, pound cents.. 



1910 



13.0 



22.5 



5.9 



16.0 



1.62 

 4.26 

 7.4 

 5.64 

 45.8 

 52.9 

 31.0 

 70.0 

 78.4 

 82.1 



22.3 

 24.5 

 28.0 

 85.2 



85. 



1. 

 78.; 

 84. 



4. 



4. 



4 



90 

 5 

 6 

 05 

 57 

 1.45 

 1.99 

 6.8 

 9.4 

 19.4 

 88.8 

 3.15 

 71.3 

 59.3 

 73.2 

 3.13 

 58.4 

 44.1 

 77.2 

 32.7 

 32.1 

 11.3 

 27.4 

 77.6 

 3.73 

 3.71 

 35.7 

 10.1 

 78.6 

 42.3 

 27.8 

 1.04 

 58.01 

 3.87 

 73.4 

 18.48 

 1.79 

 45.9 

 10.54 

 103. 18 

 47.89 

 70.7 

 11.53 

 87.7 

 16.86 

 30.34 

 48.78 

 72.41 

 35.4 



1909 



14.2 

 18.9 

 6.3 

 15.7 

 5.0 

 1.6 

 4.19 

 7.4 

 5.73 

 45.0 

 44.0 

 31.2 

 71.5 

 78.4 

 81.6 

 48.2 

 21.8 

 24.4 

 27.2 

 82.6 

 84.4 

 1.88 

 74.0 

 80.6 

 3.97 

 4.18 

 1.44 

 1.94 

 6.6 

 9.0 

 18.2 

 89.8 

 3.16 

 69.0 

 59.0 

 77.0 

 3.15 

 56.8 

 44.2 

 76.8 

 33.2 

 32.4 

 11.3 

 27.6 

 76.8 

 3.81 

 3.76 

 36.0 

 10.0 

 76.8 

 42.1 

 27.3 

 1.04 

 59.19 

 3.78 

 70.6 

 18.21 

 l.W 

 44.8 

 10.49 

 103.33 

 47.23 

 70.7 

 11.45 

 86.0 

 16.56 

 29.40 

 47. 45 

 68.83 

 36.0 



1899 



15.1 

 17.2 

 4.76 

 10.3 

 5.0 

 1.39 

 3.99 

 7.2 

 5.27 

 41.7 

 28.6 

 28.7 

 67.8 

 72.8 

 72.3 

 46.0 

 19.7 

 23.0 

 22.6 

 70.4 

 71.6 

 1.67 

 61.4 

 65.6 

 3.32 

 3.24 

 1.21 

 1.48 

 5.2 

 7.2 

 14.3 

 82.6 

 2.96 

 62.0 

 53.8 

 72.4 

 2.98 

 50.8 

 41.6 

 71.0 

 31.6 

 31.0 

 12.3 

 24.6 

 70.0 

 3.51 

 3.57 

 34.1 

 9.6 

 70.3 

 39.8 

 25.0 

 .92 

 64.95 

 3.44 

 63.0 

 15.21 

 1.58 

 38.8 

 9.27 

 100.55 

 46.01 

 66.0 

 10.76 

 74.1 

 14.52 

 27.40 

 44.47 

 00.72 

 30.0 



Percent- Percent- 

 age 1910 I age 1909 

 to 1909. to 1899. 



102.2 



100.3 



103.0 



103.2 



101.2 



101.0 



106.1 



105.0 



102.0 



109.3 



100.8 



102.5 



102.5 



104.6 



106.5 



98.9 



99.7 



103.3 



100.5 



95.0 



99.4 



102.8 



99.8 



100.5 



98.5 



99.0 



100.0 



99.2 



101.0 



98.0 



98.7 



&9.0 



101.0 



102.4 



100.4 



102. 



10a2 



98.0 



102.5 



103.9 



101.5 



101.2 



102.5 



100.5 



99.8 



101.4 



100.0 



100.7 



102.0 



101.8 



103. 2 



102.8 



105.2 



101.0 



93.9 

 109.8 

 132.4 

 151.5 

 100.0 

 114.9 

 105.0 

 102.8 

 108.7 

 108.0 

 153.8 

 108.7 

 105.4 

 107.7 

 112.9 

 104.8 

 110.7 

 106.1 

 120.4 

 117.3 

 117.9 

 112.6 

 120.5 

 122.9 

 119.6 

 129.0 

 119.0 

 131.1 

 126.9 

 125.0 

 127.3 

 108.7 

 106.8 

 111.3 

 109.7 

 106.4 

 105.7 

 111.8 

 106.2 

 108.2 

 105.1 

 104.5 



91.9 

 112.2 

 109.7 

 108.5 

 105.3 

 105.6 

 104.2 

 109.2 

 105.8 

 109.2 

 112.6 

 91.1 

 109.9 

 112.1 

 119.7 

 112.0 

 115.5 

 113.2 

 102.7 

 102.7 

 107.1 

 lOti.4 

 llG.l 

 114.0 

 107.0 

 106.7 

 113.4 

 116.7 



