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BULLETIN 999, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXV. — Farm prices and purchasing power of winter wheat in the United States 



at Dec. 1 prices. 1 





Per bushel. 



Per 



acre harvested. 



Per acre sown. 



Year. 



Farm 



price 



per 



bushel 



(cents). 



Index 

 No. 

 (1910- 

 1914= 

 100). 



Pur- 

 chasing 

 power 

 (1910- 

 1914= 



100). 



Farm 



value 



per acre 



har- 

 vested. 



Index 

 No. 

 (1910- 

 1914= 

 100). 



Pur- 

 chasing 

 power 

 (1910- 

 1914= 



100). 



Farm 



value 



per acre 



sown. 



Index 

 No. 

 (1910- 

 1914= 

 100). 



.PuTr 



chasing 

 power 

 (1910- 

 1914= 

 100). 



1890 



87.5 



100 



117 



S9.50 



66 



78 



$9.17 



71 



S4 



1891 



88.0 

 65.1 



56.3 

 49.8 



100 

 74 



64 

 57 



121 

 93 



83 

 79 



12.95 

 8.93 



6.78 

 6.97 



90 

 62 



47 

 49 



109 



78 



61 



68 









1892 









1893 









1894 



7.61 



59 



82 



1895 



57.8 



66 



94 



6.68 



47 



67 



6.23 



48 



69 



1896 



77.0 



88 



129 



9.05 



63 



93 



8.82 



68 



100 



1897 



85.1 



97 



141 



12.01 



84 



121 



11.12 



86 



125 



1898 



62.2 



71 



96 



9.23 



64 



87 



8.60 



67 



90 



1899 



63.0 



72 



89 



7.25 



51 



62 



6.13 



47 



59 



1900 



63.3 



72 



87 



8.45 



59 



71 



7.18 



56 



67 



1901 



66.1 



75 



91 



10.03 



70 



84 



10.01 



78 



93 



1902 



64.8 



74 



85 



9.33 



65 



75 



8.22 



64 



73 



1903 



71.6 



82 



97 



8.80 



61 



73 



8.40 



65 



78 



1904 



97. S 



112 



130 



12.12 



85 



98 



10.29 



80 



93 





78.2 



89 



99 



11.22 



78 



87 



10.75 



83 



93 



1906 



68.3 



78 



81 



11.37 



79 



83 



10.74 



83 



87 



1907 



88.2 



101 



106 



12.84 



90 



94 



11.41 



88 



93 



1908 



93.7 



107 



115 



13. 52 



94 



102 



12.97 



100 



108 



1909 



102.4 



117 



117 



15.70 



110 



110 



14.55 



113 



113 



1910 



88.1 



100 



103 



13.99 



98 



100 



12.08 



94 



96 



1911 



88.0 



100 



102 



13.00 



91 



93 



11.61 



90 



92 



1912 



80.9 



92 



90 



12.18 



85 



83 



9.74 



75 



74 



1913 



82.9 



95 



93 



13.69 



96 



94 



12.91 



100 



98 



1914 



98.6 



112 



111 



18.76 



131 



130 



18.20 



141 



140 



1915 



94.7 



108 



101 



15.45 



108 



101 



14.88 



115 



108 



1916 



162.7 



186 



124 



22.53 



157 



106 



19.95 



155 



104 



1917 



202.8 



231 



125 



30.72 



214 



116 



20.66 



160 



87 



1918 



206.3 



235 



112 



31.40 



219 



104 



27.56 



214 



102 



1919 



211.0 



241 



99 



30.93 



216 



89 



30.57 



237 



97 



1920 



149.3 



170 



88 



22.83 



159 



83 



20.65 



160 



S3 



1 Values and acreages as reported by the Department of Agriculture. Purchasing power is calculated 

 by dividing the price index by the index numbers of prices of all commodities for December, Table 2. 

 Before 1900 the index numbers are not available for December. The average for the year and following 

 year is then used. See also footnote 2, Table I. 



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