30 BULLETIlSr 696, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 5 A. — Corn: Geographic difterences in farm prices and costs of production — 



Continued. 



PER BUSHEL— Continued. 





Bush- 

 elspro- 

 duced 

 per 

 acre 

 (aver- 

 age, 

 1911- 

 1915). 



Farm 

 price 

 (aver- 

 age, 

 1911- 

 1915). 



Cost of pro- 

 duction. 



Ratio of 

 cost to 

 price 

 (cost = 

 100 per 

 cent). 



Comparisons in percentages of 

 the United States average as 

 base (100 per cent). 



State and geographic 



In- 

 cluding 

 land 

 rental 

 or in- 

 terest. 



Ex- 

 cluding 

 land 

 rental 

 or in- 

 terest. 



Bush- 

 els per 

 acre. 



Farm 

 price. 



Cost of pro- 

 duction. 





In- 

 eluding 



land 

 rental 



or in- 

 terest. 



Ex- 

 cluding 



land 

 rental 



or in- 

 terest. 



Mountain: 



Montana 



Bushels. 

 28 

 23 

 19 

 24 

 31 

 34 

 33 

 32 



28 

 31 



37 



Cents 



per 



bushel. 



74 



71 



63 



• 77 



108 



76 



102 



72 



77 

 78 

 88 



Cents 



per 



bushel. 



Cents 



per 



bushel. 



Per 

 cent. 



Per 



cent. 



108 



88 



73 



92 



119 



131 



127 



123 



108 

 119 

 142 



Per 

 cent. 

 123 

 119 

 105 

 128 

 180 

 127 

 170 

 120 



128 

 130 



147 



Per 

 cent. 



Per 

 cent. 



■WyOTTiing. . 



43 



47 

 47 



31 

 34 

 34 



164 

 133 

 164 



91 

 100 

 100 



95 



Colorado" ... 



104 





104 



Arizona .... 





Utah 













Nevada . . 















43 



43 

 43 

 51 



31 



31 

 29 

 35 



168 



^180 

 1S2 

 173 



91 



91 

 91 

 108 



95 



Pacific: 



Washington 



95 





88 



California 



107 







United States 



26 



60 



47 



33 



127 



100 



100 



100 



100 



CHARACTERISTICS OF PRICE ZONES. 



A brief explanation of the characteristics of the a^Dparent differ- 

 ences seems necessa;ry to avoid error in the practical application of 

 the detailed figures of the farm prices of corn by States and counties. 





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Fig. 5. — Showing usual geographic difference in farm prices of com, and variation 



therefrom. 



To determine normal conditions the data forming the base of the 

 maps were arranged and zones determined according to the five-year 

 averages (1910-1914). Prices in a single year, of course, may be 

 greater or less than the average. Unusual harvest or market circum- 



