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BULLETIN &90 ? U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXIII.- 



-Farra price and purchasing power of potatoes in the United States at 

 December 1 prices? 





Price per 



Pur- 

 chasing 

 power 



Value 

 per acre 



Pur- 

 chasing 

 power per 





Price per 



Pur- 

 chasing 

 power 



Value 

 per acre 



Pur- 

 chasing 

 power per 



Year. 



incur- 



per 



vested, 



acre har- 

 vested — 



\ear. 



in eur- 



per 



bushel — 



vested, 



acre har- 

 vested — 







1910-1914 



in eur- 



1910-19U 







1910-1914 





1910-1914 







= 100. 





=100. 







=100. 





=100. 





Cents. 











Cents. 









1867 



88.8 



95 



172.90 



82 



1894 



53.6 



123 



S33.43 



80 



1868 



80.2 



91 



75.14 



89 



1895 



26.6 



63 



26.73 



66 



1869 



52.1 



63 



57.15 



72 



1896 



28.6 



69 



26.09 



66 



1870 



72.0 



93 



62. 35 



84 



1897 



54.7 



131 



35.36 



88 



1871 



58.9 



76 



58.10 



79 



1898 



41.4 



92 



31. li- 



73 



1872 



60.0 



77 



51.16 



69 



1899 



39.0 



79 



st 61 



74 



1873 



71.7 



' 95 



58.74 



81 



1900 



43.1 



86 



34.78 



72 



1874 



68.7 



94 



55.62 



79 



1901 



76.7 



152 



50.27 



105 



1875 



39.2 



57 



43.27 



66 



1902 



47.1 



89 



45.22 



90 



1876 



66.8 



104 



47.90 



78 



1903 



61.4 



120 



51. 98 



107 



1877 



.44.9 



75 



42.61 



75 



1904 



45.3 



87 



49.96 



100 



1878 



58.8 



106 



41.08 



78 



1905 



61.7 



113 



53.66 



103 



1879 



43.6 



76 



43.09 



79 



1906 



51.1 



83 



52.29 



94 



1880 



48.3 



81 



43.98 



77 



1907 



61.8 



107 



58.88 



107 



1881 



91.0 



151 



48.62 



85 



1908 



70.6 



125 



60.50 



112 



1882 



55. 7 



93 



43.88 



77 



1909 



54.1 



. 89 



59.76 



103 



1883 



42.2 



73 



38.38 



70 



1910 



55.7 



94 



52.30 



92 



1884 



39.6 



73 



34.00 



66 



1911 



79.9 



134 



64.60 



114 



1885 



44.7 



86 



34.49 



69 



1912 



50.5 



82 



57.28 



97 



1886 



46.7 



90 



34.30 



70 



1913 



68.7 



111 



62.13 



105 



1887 



68.2 



131 



38.82 



78 



1914 



48.7 



79 



53.75 



92 



1888 



40.2 



76 



32.14 



64 



1915 



61.7 



95 



59. 45 



96 



1889 



35.4 



68 



27.42 



55 



1916 



146.1 



162 



117. 62 



136 



1890 



75.8 



147 



42.36 



86 



1917 



122.8 



109 



123. 81 



116 



1891 



35.8 



71 



33.52 



70 



1918 



119.3 



94 



114.44 



94 



1882 



66.1 



136 



49.65 



88 



1919 



161.4 



109 



143. 93 



102 



1893 



59.4 



127 



41.71 



94 



1920 



116.4 



99 



127.51 



114 



1 Prices as reported by the Department of Agriculture are converted to currency basis daring 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 numbers 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 following year is then used. 



