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Table 8. — Corn: Gross returns per acre (yield per acre X price per bushel). 

 [X review, by States, of the trend of returns per acre of com, 1871 to 1915.] 



States and geographic di- 



Gross returns per acre. 



Measurement of changes in per- 

 centages of the average for the 

 United States as base (100). 





1911- 

 1915. 



1901- 

 1905. 



1891- 

 1895. 



1882- 

 1886. 



1871- 

 1875. 



1911- 

 1915. 



1901- 

 1905. 



1891- 

 1895. 



1882- 

 1886. 



1871- 

 1875. 



Unlted States 



DolU. 

 15.60 



Dolls. 

 11.50 



Dolls. 

 9.12 



Dolls. 

 9.36 



DolU. 

 11.88 



P.ct. 

 100 



P.ct. 

 100 



P.ct. 

 100 



P.ct. 

 100 



P.ct. 

 100 





36.96 

 28.47 

 18.24 

 20.88 

 14.04 

 15.40 

 12.92 

 22.40 

 25.92 



23.04 

 19.20 

 11.97 

 14.40 

 10.14 

 10.83 

 10.08 

 17.75 

 17.16 



23.40 

 17.28 

 8.32 

 11.02 

 7.92 

 8.55 

 9.12 

 14.30 

 14.25 



24.64 

 18.30 

 8.70 

 11.60 

 9.30 

 9.18 

 10.08 

 18.17 

 19.24 



27.84 

 23.04 

 12.06 

 12.80 

 10.89 

 17.00 

 14.80 



"36.' 08' 



237 

 182 

 117 

 134 

 90 

 99 

 83 

 144 

 166 



200 

 167 

 104 

 125 

 88 

 94 

 88 

 154 

 149 



257 

 189 

 91 

 121 

 87 

 94 

 100 

 157 

 156 



263 

 196 

 93 

 124 

 99 

 98 

 108 

 194 

 206 



234 





194 





102 



East North Central 



West North Central 



East South Central 



West South Central 



108 

 92 

 143 

 125 



Pacific 



253 







New England: 



Maine 



35.70 

 34.76 

 3.3.60 

 36.90 

 40.32 

 39.48 



28.86 

 27.74 

 28.29 



19.47 

 22.32 

 18.50 

 23.56 

 15.77 

 16.20 

 12.60 

 11.85 



22.80 

 19.61 

 18.15 

 22.10 

 21.35 



16.83 

 17.85 

 15.25 

 13.44 

 13.23 

 11. 73 

 10.62 



16.38 

 16.25 

 13.43 

 13.68 



14.20 

 14.40 

 9.44 

 14.40 



20.72 

 16.33 

 11.97 

 18.48 

 33.48 

 25.84 

 33.66 

 23.04 



21.56 

 24.18 

 32.56 



24.09 

 20.59 

 21.39 

 24.48 

 24.18 

 25.20 



18.20 

 19.72 

 20.30 



14.50 

 17.16 

 12.65 

 15.00 

 8.96 

 7.30 

 8.03 

 7.50 



15.51 

 13.53 

 13.94 

 15.50 

 14.10 



10.26 

 11.40 

 12.04 

 9.66 

 9.50 

 9.80 

 9.02 



12.50 



11.44 

 8.45 

 9.30 



10.08 

 10.62 

 9.90 

 10.44 



16.56 

 17.92 

 11.60 

 18.75 

 20.68 

 19.24 



24.79 

 23.40 

 24.96 

 23.94 

 21.08 

 21.76 



18.24 

 17.28 

 15.81 



9.68 

 11.04 

 8.46 

 11.96 

 6.37 

 6.00 

 6.72 

 6.50 



11.31 

 10.50 

 9.90 

 11.88 

 10.26 



9.10 

 9.00 

 9.57 

 7.40 

 5.44 

 6.60 

 7.04 



10.14 

 8.36 

 6.89 

 7.50 



8.64 

 10.08 



25.41 

 25.28 

 24.42 

 23.87 

 23.70 

 22.20 



18.85 

 18.00 

 17.10 



8.46 

 11.27 

 8.32 

 11.50 

 6.96 

 5.85 

 7.04 

 6.93 



13.33 



11.47 

 9.45 

 13.05 

 10.66 



10.73 

 8.12 

 8.99 



1 9.50 



8.05 

 8.64 



9.84 

 8.82 

 7.80 

 8.26 



9.60 

 10.26 



24.64 

 32.19 

 30.24 

 28.90 

 24.64 

 27.30 



23.10 

 23.56 

 21.83 



11.13 



13.68 

 11.34 

 14.56 

 8.85 

 8.60 

 8.69 

 9.80 



14.80 

 11.20 

 9.60 

 15.68 

 13.64 



12.87 

 9.10 

 10.80 



9.57 

 11.90 



11.60 

 10.56 

 10.64 

 12.80 



13.76 

 14.00 



229 

 223 

 215 

 237 

 258 

 253 



185 

 178 

 181 



125 

 143 

 118 

 151 

 101 

 104 

 81 

 76 



146 

 126 

 116 

 142 

 137 



108 

 114 

 98 

 / 86 

 \ 85 

 75 

 68 



105 

 104 

 86 

 88 



91 

 92 

 61 

 92 



133 



105 

 77 

 118 

 215 

 166 

 216 

 148 



138 

 155 

 209 



209 

 179 

 186 

 213 

 210 

 219 



158 

 171 

 177 



126 

 149 

 110 

 130 

 78 

 63 

 70 

 65 



135 

 118 

 121 

 135 

 123 



89 

 99 



105 

 84 

 83 

 85 

 78 



109 

 99 

 73 



81 



88 

 92 

 86 

 91 



144 

 156 

 101 

 163 

 180 

 167 



111 

 257 

 274 

 263 

 231 

 239 



200 



189 



. 173 



106 

 121 

 93 

 131 

 70 

 66 

 74 

 71 



124 

 115 

 109 

 130 

 113 



100 

 99 



105 

 81 

 60 

 72 

 77 



111 

 92 



76 

 82 



95 

 111 



271 

 270 

 261 

 255 

 253 

 237 



201 

 192 

 183 



90 

 120 

 89 

 123 

 74 

 62 

 75 

 74 



142 

 123 

 101 

 139 

 114 



115 

 87 

 96 



\ 101 



86 

 92 



105 

 94 



83 



88 



103 

 110 



207 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



271 

 255 



Massachusetts 



Rhode Island 



243 

 207 

 230 



Middle Atlantic: 

 New York 



194 



New Jersey 



198 



Pennsylvania 



South Atlantic: 



Delaware 



184 

 94 



Maryland 



115 





95 



West Virginia 



North Carolina 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



123 

 74 

 72 

 73 



Florida 



82 



East North Central: 



Ohio 



125 



Indiana 



94 



Illinois 



81 



Michigan 



133 



Wisconsin 



115 



West North Central: 



Minnesota 



108 



Iowa 



77 



Missouri 



91 



North Dakota 



South Dakota 



Nebraska 



81 



Kansas 



100 



East South Central: 



Kentucky 



98 



Tpnnes5;eR , , , , . . . . 



89 



Alabama 



90 



Mississippi 



108 



West South Central: 



Louisiana 



116 



Tezas 



118 







Arkansas 



8.17 



19.24 

 14.88 

 9.80 

 15.18 

 15.20 

 11.97 



10.00 

 24.18 



15.18 



90 



211 

 163 

 107 

 166 

 167 

 131 



107 

 258 



128 



Mountain: 



Montana 









Colorado 



20.16 

 16.40 





215 

 175 





New Mexico 









Utah 



17.02 

 16.80 

 18.48 



20.28 

 18.00 

 19.44 



"24.' 64' 

 36.63 



182 

 179 

 197 



217 

 192 

 208 









Idaho 



17.64 



13.42 

 14.88 

 23.25 



15.60 



11.02 

 14.25 

 17.67 



153 



117 

 129 

 202 



171 



121 

 155 

 194 





Pacific: 





Oregon 



207 

 308 







