AGRICULTURAL WAGES 



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cent; and, consequently, the purchasing power of the produce of i 

 acre in 1909 was about 54 per cent greater than the purchasing power 

 of the produce of i acre in 1899. This statement is in harmony with 

 reports recently issued by the census relating to farm values; accord- 

 ing to census reports land values have increased 109 per cent from 

 1900 to 1910. 



The census of 1910 was taken at a time when farmers were in the 

 zenith of their prosperity. For several years preceding crops were 

 good and sold well. This is shown in the following table, which gives 

 the average value per acre yearly since 1866 of 10 crops combined 



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Chart showing value of the produce of i acre (wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, 

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



(wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, hay, cotton, 

 tobacco) ; they include about 95 per cent of the total crop area of the 

 United States, and closely approximate the average value of all crops. 



YEARLY VALUE PER ACRE OF 10 CROPS COMBINED 



