KEPORT OF THE STATISTICIAN. 



565 



VI heat is lowest this year in Nebraska, 42 cents, which is the lowest 

 average recorded in these repor ts. It was 41) cents in 1878. In the 

 same year the Iowa average was 50 cents: that of Kansas 59, and of 

 Missouri 07. These are the next lowest figures reported. 



The following is a comparison of prices for fifteen years in these States : 



Years. 



Iowa. 



Missouri. 



Kansas. 



Nebraska. 



Corn. 



Wheat 



Corn. 



Wheat. 



Corn. 



Wheat. 



Corn. 



Wheat. 





$0 34 



$0 78 



$0 44 



$0 91 



$0 58 



$0 86 



$0 36 



$0 64 





2.1 



00 



31 



1 16 



29 



1 13 



25 



90 



1*72 



18 



85 



32 



1 41 



22 



1 12 



18 



78 





31 



79 



38 



1 13 



31 



1 00 



28 



75 



1874 



43 



65 



74 



83 



91 



84 



23 



60 



1875 



27 



71 



28 



95 



23 



87 



20 



04 



1876. 



25 



90 



28 



89 



24 



86 



27 



72 





25 



87 



27 



1 00 



21 



82 



18 



83 



1878 



16 



50 



26 



67 



19 



59 



16 



49 





24 



92 



25 



1 01 



27 



89 



21 



84 





26 



82 



36 



89 



29 



70 



25 



73 





44 



1 06 



65 



1 19 



58 



1 05 



30 



97 



1882 



38 



70 



39 



85 



37 



07 



33 



67 





32 



80 



35 



88 



26 



78 



24 



70 



1884 



23 



55 



26 



62 



23 



45 



18 



42 



CONCLUSION. 



The foregoing material is a small part of the statistical matter pre- 

 pared in the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture. 

 The statistical reports published monthly in 1884 comprised (303 printed 

 pages. Statements made and investigations undertaken for other De- 

 partments of the Government, for representatives of foreign govern- 

 ments, members of Congress, boards of agriculture, boards of trade, 

 writers for the press, ami others, constitute a large portion of its work. 

 Any effort tending to advance the public good and enlarge the efficiency 

 of human labor, if legitimately coming within its official sphere, has been 

 cheerfully and conscientiously made. 



J. R. DODGE, 



Statistician. 



Hon. George B. Lortng, 



Commissioner, 



