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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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The following- comparison of iliese tables for the past fom* years 

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

 sylvania : 



TABLE OF COMPARISON. 



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 ICO pounds 



Milk, retail, per quart, 



Eggs, per dozen 



Wool, short, unwashed, 



Wool, short, washed 



W'ool, medium, unwashed 



Wool, medium, washed 



Wool, long, unwashed 



Wool, washed 



Farm land, improved, 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 board 



Farm wages, by day, without board 



Farm wages, whole year, without board, . 



Farm wages, harvest, by day, 



Farm wages, household help, female, . . . 



1902. 



$0.73 



.45 



.37 



.53 



.43 



9.43 



10.47 



S4.C0 



77.00 



28.00 



2.76 



2. SI 



.05 



.03 



.06 



.06 



.11 



.OS 



.35 



.75 



.SI 



.06 



.06 



.07 



.OS 



.50 



.18 



.22 



1.16 



.05 



.IS 



.16 



.17 



.17 



.20 



.15 



.24 



49. 00 



33.00 



153.00 



17.00 



.86 



.15 



1903. 



1 



196 



1 



2.05 



$0.75 



.57 



.41 



.60 



.57 



11.40 



14.00 



11.1.00 



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 



.18 



.24 



.18 



.25 



.19 



.25 



56.50 



39.00 



187. CO 



20.00 



1.00 



1.40 



280. CO 



1.55 



2.35 



1904. 



$1.08 



.62 



.44 



.70 



.58 



10.50 



12.00 



120.00 



125.10 



35.00 



3.50 



3.50 



.i;4>/2 



.03y2 



.06 



.061/2 



.13 



.10 



.44 



.82 



.94 



.08 



.08 



.08 



.09 



.52 



.22 



.24 



1.50 



.05 



.24 



.21 



.28 



.22 



.30 



.23 



.31 



57.00 



37.00 



ISo.OO 



20.00 



1.00 



1.35 



30O.CO 



1.60 



2..50- 



1905. 



$0.S3 

 .57 

 .37 

 .63 

 .56 



10. oo 



12.00 

 131.00 

 139.00 



35.00 

 3.95 

 4.10 

 .04 

 .03 

 .05 

 .06 

 .15 

 .10 

 .70 

 .90 

 .90 

 .07 

 .08 



.or 



.08 



.59 



.22 



.25 



1.30 



.05 



.24 



.25 



.31 



.26 



.32 



.29 



.34 



55.00 



35.00 



190.00 



19.00 



l.OO 



1.35 



2.95.0!) 



1.60 



2.50 



1906. 



$'J.7S 

 .55 

 .40 

 .61 

 .58 



ii.o:> 



13.50 

 145.03 

 155.0.) 



3s.oa 



4.15 



4.50 



.05 



.04 



.(6 



.07 



.15 



.11 



.55 



1.10 



.90 



.07 



.07 



.07 



.08 



.60 



.23 



.27 



1.50 



.06 



.25 



.25 



.30 



.26 



.32 



.30 



.34 



60.00 



40.00 



210.00 



20. CO 



1.10 



1.40 



SCO. 00 



1.65 



2.50 



AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



A word of commendation is due the management of the County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Societies of the State in, that former 

 objectionable amusements have been practically eliminated from 

 these exhibitions and greater encouragement and larger premiums 

 offered for farm products and animal entries; also the employment 

 of expert judges to pass upon the merits of the various exhibits 

 is rapidly becoming a means of educating the farmer as to the points 

 of merit in the articles placed in competition. 



The attendance for 1905 wa.s 975,100, previous year 1,267,803, mak- 

 ing a decrease of 292,703; total membership, 11,015, previous year, 

 10,513, making an increase of 502; paid-up membership fees, 

 17,530.00, previous year, |11,392.15, making a decrease of |3,862.15; 

 amount paid in premiums, $110,093.32, previous year, |101,326.46, 

 making an increase of f44,7GG.86; amount offered premiums this 

 year, |143,460.00, previous ^^ar, |102,100.00, making an increase of 

 141,360.00. 



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