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BULLETIN 999, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



Table XXI. — Farm price and -purchasing power of oats in the United States at December 



1 prices. 1 



Year. 



Price per 

 bushel, 

 in cur- 

 rency. 



Pur- 

 chasing 



power 



per 



bushel — 



1910-1914 



= 100. 



Value 

 per acre 



har- 

 vested, 

 in cur- 

 rency. 



Pur- 

 chasing 

 power per 

 acre har- 

 vested — 

 1910-1914 

 = 100. 



Year. 



Price per 

 bushel, 

 in cur- 

 rency. 



Pur- 

 chasing 



power 



per 

 bushel — 

 1910-1914 



= 100. 



Value 

 per acre 



har- 

 vested, 

 in cur- 

 rency. 



Pur- 

 chasing 

 power per 

 acre har- 

 vested — 

 1910-1914 

 = 100. 



1867 

 1868 



1869 .... 



1870 .... 

 1871 

 1872 



1873 .... 



1874 ... 



1875 . 



1876 .... 

 1877 . ... 

 1878.... 



1879 ... 



1880 . . 

 1881 



1882 . , 



1883 . . 

 1884 



1885 



1886 . , 

 1887 . . 



1888 .... 



1889 . . 



1890 . . 



1891 

 1892 

 1893. , 



Cents. 

 60.0 

 56.4 

 46.2 



43.2 

 39.6 

 33.5 



38.1 

 52.6 

 36.4 



35.0 



29.2 

 24.6 



33.1 

 36.0 

 46.4 



37.5 

 32.7 

 27.7 



28.5 

 29.8 

 30.4 



27.8 

 22.9 



42.4 



31.5 

 31.7 

 29.4 



101 

 100 



87 



87 

 80 

 68 



79 

 112 



82 



85 

 77 

 70 



91 

 95 

 121 



98 

 89 

 80 



85 

 90 

 91 



82 

 69 

 129 



98 



102 



98 



S16. 57 



14.87 

 14.07 



12.14 

 12.10 

 10.13 



10.55 

 11.59 

 10.84 



8.38 

 9.26 

 7.73 



9.50 



9.28 

 11.48 



9.89 

 9.20 

 7.58 



7.88 

 7.87 

 7.74 



7.24 

 6.26 

 8.40 



9.08 

 7.73 

 6.88 



93 

 88 



88 



82 

 82 

 68 



73 

 82 

 82 



68 

 81 

 73 



87 

 81 

 100 



86 

 83 

 73 



79 

 80 



77 



72 

 63 



85 



94 

 83 

 77 



1894 . . . 

 1895 

 1896 . . 



1897 



1898 . . . 

 1899 



1900 



1901 



1902 



1903 .... 

 1904 



1905 .... 



1906 .... 



1907 



1908 .... 



1909 



1910 .... 

 1911 



1912 . . 



1913 



1914 . . . 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 . 



1919 . . 

 1920 . , . 



Cents. 

 32.4 

 19.9 



18.7 



21.2 

 25.5 

 24.9 



25.8 

 39.9 

 30.7 



34.1 

 31.3 

 29.1 



31.7 

 44.3 

 47.2 



40.2 

 34.4 

 45.0 



31.9 

 39.2 

 43.8 



36.1 

 52.4 

 66.6 



70.9 

 71.7 



47.2 



116 

 73 



71 



79 

 89 

 79 



80 



124 



91 



105 



94 

 83 



85 

 120 

 131 



104 

 90 

 118 



81 

 99 

 112 



87 

 91 

 93 



87 

 76 

 63 



§7.95 

 5.87 

 4.81 



5.75 

 7.23 

 7.52 



7.63 

 10.29 

 10.60 



9.68 



10.05 

 9.88 



9.89 

 10. 51 

 11.78 



11.52 



10.88 

 10.98 



11.93 



11.45 

 12.99 



13.65 

 15.80 

 24.37 



24.59 

 21.12 

 16.61 



95 

 72 

 61 



72 

 84 

 80 



79 

 107 



105 



99 

 101 

 94 



89 

 95 

 109 



99 

 96 

 96 



101 

 97 

 111 



110 

 91 

 113 



101 

 75 

 74 



1 Prices as reported by the Department of Agriculture. are corrected to currency basis during the Civil 

 War period by using the premium on gold as reported by the Treasury Department. Purchasing power is 

 calculated by dividing the price index by the index number of prices of all commodities for December (Table 

 II). Before 1900 the index numbers are not available for December. The average for the year and follow- 

 ing year is then used. 



