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of only $9.41 for the labor he expended on 

 one acre. It cost him just as much care and 



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U. 8. Crop Reporter, Dec. 1911. 



Chart showing ^value of the production of 1 acre (wheat, 

 corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, tobacco, hay and 

 cotton) combined, for 95 per cent, of area of full crops. 



Yearly value per acre of 10 crops combined. 



1910 $15.49 



1909 16.42 



1908 15.32 



1907 14.74 



1906 13.46 



1905 13 . 28 



1904 13.26 



1903 12.62 



1902 12.07 



1901 11.43 



1900 10.31 



1899 9.13 



1898 9.00 



1897 9.07 



1896 7.94 



1895 8.12 



1894 9.06 



1893 9.50 



1892 10.10 



1891 11.76 



1890 11.03 



1889 8.99 



1888 10.30 



1887 $10.14 



1886 9.41 



1885 9.72 



1884 9.95 



1883 10.93 



1882 12.93 



1881 13.10 



1880 13.01 



1879 13.26 



1878 10.37 



1877 12.01 



1876 10.80 



1875 12.20 



1874 13.25 



1873 14.19 



1872 14.86 



1871 15.74 



1870 15.40 



1869 14.67 



1868 14.17 



1867 15.09 



1866 14.17 



trouble to produce food in 1886 as in 1871, 

 and he produced the same amount per acre, 



