BUREAU OF STATISTICS. 



793 



Table 3. — Prices of specified products, and value per acre, 1911, 1910, 1909, 



and 1899. 



» Hay in dollars per ton, tobacco and cotton in cents per pound, other crops in cents per bushel. 



T.\BLE 4. — Yearly value per acre of 10 ci'ops eomhined. 



(Com, wheat, oats, barley, rve, buckwheat, potatoes, hay, tobacco, and cotton, which comprise nearly 

 90 per cent of the area in all fielil crops, the average value per acre of which closely appro.ximates the 



value per acre of the aggregate of all crops.) 



1887 $10.14 



1886 9.41 



1885 9.72 



1884 9.95 



1883 10.93 



1882 12.93 



1881 13.10 



1880 13.01 



1879 13.26 



1878 10.37 



1877 12.01 



1876 10.80 



1875 $12.20 



1874 13.25 



1873 14.19 



1872 14.86 



1871 15.74 



1870 15.40 



1869 14.67 



1868 14.17 



1867 15.09 



1866 14.17 



Table 5. — Cmnparative prices of articles purchased hy farmers in 1911, 1910, 



1909, and 1899. 



Many articles enumerated below vary widely in grades, quality, or size and consequently vary widely in 

 prices; price:! civen arc approximate averages for the United States of the grades or qualities most gen- 

 erally sold to farmers; prices given for the different years are for the same grades or qualities.] 



Coal oil, gallon cents 



Coffco, pound do.. 



Flour, barrel dollars 



l>ard. pound cents 



Malcncs 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 i dozen do.. 



Fruil jars, dozen do.. 



Kitchen cnairs, each do.. 



Lamps, each do. . 



Stoves, ciu-h dollars 



Tin pails each cents 



Wooilen nuckeis, "ach do.. 



Wooden wash tubs, each do.. 



Comparative prices. 



1899 



1.5.1 

 17.2 



4.76 

 10.1 



5.0 



1.39 

 3.99 

 6.6 

 6.33 

 40.3 



28.0 

 37 I 

 49.6 

 72.8 

 62.3 



46.0 

 24.75 

 23.0 

 26. 6 

 70.4 



Percentage of 1911 price 

 compared with price 

 in— 



1899 



82. 1 

 1.57.0 

 127.7 

 138. 6 

 100.0 



120.9 

 107.5 

 104.5 

 126. 6 

 110.9 



178.6 

 107.8 

 104.8 

 109.9 

 116.7 



106.7 

 11.V4 

 106.5 

 130.8 

 12&.9 



