416 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



an increase of 20 cents ; Nebraska 57, an increase of 15 cents ; Dakota, 

 C3, an increase of 17 cents. The average for California is returned at 

 G7 cents, and 69 for Oregon. 



The average price of rye is 56 cents, 4 cents more than last year ; of 

 barley 56 cents, an increase of 7 cents ; of buckwheat 56 cents, a de- 

 crease of 3 cents ; of potatoes 45 cents, an increase of 5 cents ; of hay 

 $8.62 per ton, in place of $S.17 last year. The average price of oats is 

 28 cents, the same as last December. 



The price of cotton averages 8.3 cents per pound of lint, farm value, 

 which is 9 mills less than the December price last year. The faria 

 prices are : Virginia, 8.5 cents; North Carolina, 8.5; South Carolina, 8.5; 

 Georgia, 8.5 ; Alabama, 8.3; Mississippi, 8.4 ; Louisiana, 8.3 ; Texas, 8; 

 Arkansas, 8.1 ; Tennessee, 8. 



The average prices, by States, for the crojos reported are as follows : 



Talle showing price of farm products December 1, 1885. 



^ Including sea island. 



