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GENERAL TOPICS. 



AVERAGE COST PEH ACRE OF RAISING WHEAT, 

 CORN, AXD COTTON IN THi: UNITED STATES. 



1893.* 



(U. S. Dept. of Agricul'Lure.) 



Rent of land 



Manure or fertilizers . . . 



Preparing ground 



Seed 



Sowing or planting . . . . 



Cultivating . . 



Harvesting, gathering, or picking. 



Thrashing 



Ginning and pressing 



Housing 



Repairing imj/lcnents 



Marketing 



Other expenses 



Total. $11.69 



Cotton, 

 Upland. 



^2.88 

 1 .46 

 2.81 

 .21 

 .28 

 '•31 

 3-37 



1*65 



•4« 

 .64 

 .41 



$15.42 



Cotton, 

 Seab'd. 



$2.36 



3-75 



3^65 



•33 



.46 



I 73 

 5»7 



2.61 



.91 

 •51 



I21.95 



AVERAGE FAR:>I 

 PRODI CTS 0.\ 

 TO 1910. 



PRICE OF VARIOI S AGRICULTURAL 

 i)Kl. I l\ I:A( H YEAR FROM 1890 



(U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) 



Crop. 



Corn per bushel . . . . 

 Wheat " .... 



Rye " 



Oats " . . . . 



Barley " . . . . 



Buckwheat " . . . . 

 Irish pota's " . . . . 



Hay per ton 



Cotton per lb 



Leaf tobacco, per lb 



1890 



$ 

 0.506 

 .838 

 .629 

 .424 

 .648 

 .577 

 ■ 111 



.086 

 .077 



1895 



'.253 

 .50Q 

 .440 

 .199 

 .337 

 .4S2 

 .266 



i.35 

 .076 

 .089 



1910 



0.480 



.883 

 .715 



• 344 



• 578 

 .661 

 .557 



12 . 26 

 .142 

 093 



* 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. 



