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made 10 per cent of the farm price for the State. In this case the 

 average farm price of apples for New York State was $1.50 per barrel. 

 While the prices mentioned do not necessarily apply to the actual 

 commodities carried subject to these rates, both prices and rates are 

 representative enough to give a fair measure of relationship. These 

 percentages are as low as 6.67 for a 33-mile route in New York and 

 as high as 34.25 per cent over a 239-mile route in the Pacific north- 

 west. In cotton traffic, quotations of the freight rates by boat in 

 a number of instances range from about 0.9 of 1 per cent of the farm 

 price to slightly more than 3 per cent, most of the instances noted 

 showing less than 2 per cent. Eggs are charged from one-half of 1 

 to as high as 10 per cent of their farm value for water transporta- 

 tion. Hay, owing to its large bulk as compared with price, is fre- 

 quently charged from 10 to 40 per cent of its farm price for freight. 

 Potatoes compare with apples in the percentage of the freight rate, 

 as based upon the average farm price. For wheat, from 3 to 15 

 per cent of its farni value is equivalent to the freight rate. The 

 average farm price meant here is the price received by the farmer 

 for delivery to shipping point, and does not include freight charge. 



Table 1. — Receipts of various farm products by water compared with total receipts, at 



selected cities. 



[Sources: Baltimore Daily Produce Report, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, St. Louis Merchants' 

 Exchange, Memphis Cotton Exchange, and New Orleans Cotton Exchange.] 





Receipts. 



City, product, and 

 year. 



Receipts. 



city, product, and 

 year. 



Total 

 quantity. 



By river. 



Total 

 quantity. 



By river. 



Quantity. 



Per 

 cent of 

 total. 



Quantity. 



Per 

 cent of 

 total. 



Baltimore, Md.^ 



Com (bushels): 



190S 



13,665,794 

 10,213,817 

 10,428,779 

 14,482,742 

 13,197,593 



9,865,044 

 5,821,809 

 6,723,673 

 11,088,586 

 12,488,385 



373, 163 

 240,687 

 521,814 

 293,204 

 378, 524 



274,520 

 293,331 

 312,962 

 312,143 

 342,249 



1,100,000 



1,500,000 



400, 000 



700,000 



400,000 



1,700,000 

 600,000 

 2,000,000 

 2,000,000 

 1,300,000 



1,254 

 7,174 



31,036 

 7,057 



45,849 



3,751 

 4,474 

 3,630 

 3,020 

 6,343 



8.0 

 14.7 

 3.8 

 4.8 

 3.0 



17.2 

 10.3 

 29.7 

 18.0 

 10.4 



.3 

 3.0 

 5.9 

 2.4 

 12.1 



1.4 

 1.5 

 1.2 

 1.0 

 1.9 



Cincinnati, Ohio— 

 Continued. 



Com (bushels): 



1908 



7,763,457 

 7,145,408 

 8,631,574 

 9,367,710 

 9,806,063 



441,072 

 619,652 

 511,519 

 605, 131 

 668,942 



156,151 

 167,263 

 189,262 

 155, 195 

 151,238 



1,278,522 



951,622 



838,850 



1,135,121 



1,224,949 



5,976 

 5,682 

 3,590 

 4,678 

 2,786 



27,456 

 26,340 

 32,840 

 33,367 

 31,072 



1,692 

 3,093 

 3,275 

 3,139 



1,454 



48,142 

 41,034 

 35,227 

 45, 585 

 49,367 





1909 



0.1 



1910 



1909 



.1 



1911 



1910 



.04 



1912 



1911 



.04 



Wheat (imshels): 



1912 



.02 



1903 



Eggs (cases): 



1903 





1909 











1909 











1910 











1911 







6.5 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 Apples (barrels): 



1912 



4.6 



Hay (tons): 



1908 



1,1 





1909 











1910 











1911 











1912 











Hogs (number): 

 1903 





Catlle (number): 

 1908 



3.8 



1909 



1909 



4.3 



1910 



1910 



4.2 



1911. 



1911 



4.0 



1912 



1912 



4.0 



1 Receipts at Baltimore "by river" refer to receipts from landings In Chesapeake Bay and Its tributaries. 



