UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 594 
Contribuiion from the Bureau of Crop Estimates 
L. M. ESTABROOK, Chief 
Washington, D. C. February 21, 1918 
GEOGRAPHY OF WHEAT PRICES 
SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS AFFECTING FARM PRICES OF WHEAT 
IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
By | 
L. B. ZAPOLEON, Division of Crop Records 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Significance of Regional! Price Differences 1 
Survey of Geography of Wheat Prices. . 3 
Freight Rates . ;. ; 
Other Price Factors: . . . 2 = » 
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Wheat Versus Corn and Oats—Price 
Zones Compared . “ 
Principal Causes Undetlsing Price Dif. 
ferences. . 2. © Pats 
Sectional Price Ratios Shifting . : 
Detail Farm Price Map and Local Con- 
ditions . ... . 
Effect of Markets on local eon Price 
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Summary: Price Variations and Abend: 
ant Conditions : : 
Farm Prices Correlated ‘with Costs of 
Production, by States and Sections . 
Retrospective View, 1871 te 1915 . 
Trend of Wheat Production in Relation 
to Population, by Siates and Sections . 
Appendix: Average Farm Prices of 
Wheat, by Counties, 1910-1914. . .» 
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WASHINGTON 
GOVEBENMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
5 1918 
