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GENERAL TOPICS. 



AVERAGE COST PEU ACRE OF RAISING WHEAT, 



CORN, AND COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES, 



1893.* 



(U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



Rent of land 



Manure or fertilizers 



Preparing ground 



Seed 



Sowing or planting 



Cultivating 



Harvesting, gathering, or pickinj 



Thrashing 



Ginning and pressing 



Housing 



Repairing implements 



Marketing 



Other expenses 



Total $ 



AVERAGE FARM PRICE OF VARIOUS AGRICUL- 

 TURAL PRODUCTS ON DEC. 1 IN EACH YEAR 

 FROM 1890 TO 1898. 



(U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



Crop. 



Corn per bushel 



Wheat " 



Rye " 



Oats " 



Barley " 



Buckwheat per bush.. 

 Irish potatoes " 



Hay per ton 



Cotton per lb 



Leaf tobacco per lb. . . 



$ 



.506 

 .838 

 .629 

 .424 

 .648 

 •577 

 •777 

 •74 

 .086 

 .077 



$ 

 0.406 

 0.839 

 0.774 

 0-315 

 0.540 

 0-579 

 0-371 

 8-.39 

 0.073 

 0.084 



1892. 



T" 



©•393 



p. 624 



0.548 



0.317 



0.472 



©•534 



0.673 



8.49 



0.084 



[893. 



1894. 



T' 



3.457 



3.491 



0.501 



3.324 



3.442 



3-556 



^•536 



8.54 



3.046 



3. 068 



1895. 



~$~ 

 0-253 

 0.509 

 0.440 

 0.199 



0-337 



0.452 



0.266 



8.35 



0.076 



0.069 



0.215 

 0.726 



o. loy 

 0-323 



6.55 

 0.066 



[897. 



•377 



.421 



•547 



.62 



.066 



s 



).287 

 ).582 



■255 

 •413 



* Data for wheat and corn consolidated from returns from nearly 30,000 

 leading farmers scattered throughout the United States. The data for 

 cotton were secured in 1897, and are the averages of returns from over 

 3400 planters. 



