No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



09 



The following comparison of these tables for the past four years, 

 shows an almost uniform advance in the various products of Penn- 

 sylvania : 



TABLE OP CAMPARISON. 



1902. 



"Wheat, ! 



Corn, 



Oats 



Kye 



Buckwheat 



Hay, clover 



Hay, timothy 



Horses, average 



Mules, average 



Cows, average 



Lambs, average 



Ewes, average 



Steers, fat, per pound, .» 



Steers for feeding, per pound 



Swine, shoats, per pound 



Hogs, fat, per pound, 



Chickens, dressed, per pound 



Chickens, live, per pound 



Apples, per bushel, 



Peaches, per basket 



Pears, per bushel, 



Plums, per quart 



Cherries, per quart 



Blackberries, per quart 



Raspberries, per quart 



Potatoes, per bushel 



Butter, per pound, at store 



Butter, per pound, at market 



Milk, wholesale, per 100 pounds 



Milk, retail, per quart, 



Eggs, per dozen, 



Wool, short, unwashed 



Wool, short, washed, 



Wool, medium, unwashed 



Wool, medium, washed, 



Wool, long, unwashed, 



W T ool, washed 



Farm land, value per acre 



Farm land, value per acre, average, 



Farm wages by year, with board 



Farm wages, summer months only 



Farm wages, by day, with beard, 



Farm wages, by day, without board, — 

 Farm wages, whole year, without board, 



Farm wages, harvest, by day 



Farm wages, household help, female, ... 



$0.73 



.45 



.37 



.53 



.43 



9.43 



10.47 



84.00 



77.00 



28.00 



2. "76 



2. SI 



.05 



.03 



.06 



.06 



.11 



.08 



.35 



. i5 



.81 



.06 



.06 



.07 



.08 



.50 



.18 



.22 



1.16 



.05 



.18 



.16 



.17 



.17 



.20 



.15 



.24 



49.00 



33.00 



153.00 



n.ro 



.86 

 1.15 



196.00 

 1.23 



2.05 



1903. 



$0.75 



.57 



.41 



.60 



.57 



11.40 



14. CO 



115. 00 



120.00 



33.00 



3.50 



3.45 



.04 



.03 



.06 



.06 



.14 



.10 



.50 



1.15 



.98 



.07 



.08 



.07 



.08 



.58 



.24 



.24 



1.41 



.05 



.22 



.IS 



.24 



.18 



.25 



.19 



.25 



56.50 



39.00 



1S7.00 



20.00 



1.00 



1.40 



280.00 



1.55 



2.35 



1904. 



$1.08 



.62 



.44 



.70 



.58 



10.50 



12.00 



120.00 



125.00 



35.00 



3.50 



3.50 



.04% 



.03% 



.06 



•06y 2 



.13 



.10 



.44 



.S2 



.94 



.08 



.08 



.08 



.09 



.52 



.22 



.24 



1.50 



.05 



.24 



.21 



.28 



.22 



.30 



.23 



.31 



57.00 



37.00 



185.00 



20.00 



1.00 



1.35 



300.00 



1.60 



2.50 



1905. 



$11. S3 



.57 



.37 



.63 



.56 



10.00 



12.0i 



131.00 



139.00 



35.00 



3.95 



4.10 



.04 



.03 



.05 



.06 



.15 



.10 



.70 



.90 



.90 



.07 



.08 



.07 



.08 



.59 



.22 



.25 



1.30 



.05 



.24 



.25 



.31 



.26 



.32 



.28 



.34 



55.00 



35.00 



190.00 



19.00 



1.00 



1.35 



295.00 



1.60 



2.50 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



The various agricultural societies within the State show a marked 

 improvement in their management, especially in agricultural prod- 

 ucts, which, at many of these fairs, are given a prominent place in 

 the exhibits. Games of chance and gambling devices are being 

 rapidly eliminated from these fairs, and as the active farmers in the 

 different counties assume control of these organizations, the stand- 

 ing, as real agricultural fairs, will become recognized by the general 

 public. 



The attendance for 11)04 was 1,267,803, previous year 1,101,055. 

 making an increase of 166,748; total membership. 10,513, previous 

 vear 9,848, making an increase of 664; paid up membership fees, $11,- 

 382.15, previous year $12,020.00, making a decrease of $629.92; 

 amount paid in premiums, $101,326.46, previous year $87,120.65, mak- 

 ing an increase of $14,205.91; amount of offered premiums this year. 

 $102,100.00. previous year $120,110.00, making a decrease of $24.- 

 010.00. 



