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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 696 



Contribation from the Bnreaa of Crop Estimates 

 LEON M. ESTABROOK, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



September 26, 1918 



GEOGRAPHICAL PHASES OF FARM 

 PRICES: CORN 



By 



L. B. ZAPOLEON, Formerly of the Division 

 of Crop Records 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Scope of Subject Outlined 1 



Data Employed and Method of Treat- 

 ment 2 



Survey of Broad Regional Differences in 



Com Prices 3 



Price Levels and Conunercial Movement 



of Corn 4 



Predominant Trade Routes and Price 



Levels, and Local Variation .... 6 

 General Features of Com Distribution . 7 

 Production, Consumption, and Com- 

 merce by States and Sections ... 12 

 Detail Price Map and Local Price 

 Factors 



18 



Page 



City and Farm Consumption Contrasted 19 



Farm Consumption . 19 



Urban Marliets 23 



Freight Rates 24 



Costs of Production and Farm Prices, 



Geographic Differences 25 



Characteristics of Price Zones .... 30 

 Retrospective View of Prices and Price 



Factors, 1871 to 1915 31 



Summary 42 



Appendis: Average Farm Prices of Com, 



by Counties, 1910-1914 45 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



