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BULLETIN 909, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXI. — Farm price and purchasing power of oats in the United States at December 
1 prices. 1 
Year. 
Price per 
bushel, 
in cur- 
rency. 
Pur- 
chasing 
power 
per 
bushel — 
1910-1914 
= 100. 
Value 
per acre 
har- 
vested, 
in cur- 
rency. 
Pur- 
chasing 
power per 
acre har- 
vested — 
1910-1914 
= 100. 
Year. 
Price per 
bushel, 
in cur- 
rency. 
Pnr- 
chasing 
power 
per 
bushel— 
1910-1914 
= 100. 
Value 
per acre 
har- 
vested, 
in cur- 
rency. 
Pur- 
chasing 
power per 
acre har- 
vested— 
1910-1914 
= 100. 
1867 
1868 
1869..... 
1870 
1871 
1872 
1873..... 
1874 
1875 
1876 
1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889..... 
1890 
1891 
1892 
1893 
Cents. 
60.0 
56.4 
46.2 
43.2 
39.6 
33.5 
38.1 
52.6 
36.4 
35.0 
29.2 
24.6 
33.1 
36.0 
46.4 
37.5 
32.7 
27.7 
28.5 
29.8 
30.4 
27.8 
22.9 
42.4 
31.5 
31.7 
29.4 
101 
100 
87 
87 
80 
68 
79 
112 
82 
85 
77 
70 
91 
95 
121 
98 
89 
80 
85 
90 
91 
82 
69 
129 
98 
102 
98 
S16. 57 
14.87 
14.07 
12.14 
12.10 
10.13 
10.55 
11.59 
10.84 
8.38 
9.26 
7.73 
9.50 
9.28 
11.48 
9.89 
9.20 
7.58 
7.88 
7.87 
7.74 
7.24 
6.26 
8.40 
9.08 
7.73 
6.88 
93 
88 
88 
82 
82 
68 
73 
82 
82 
68 
81 
73 
87 
81 
100 
86 
83 
73 
79 
80 
77 
72 
63 
85 
94 
83 
77 
1894 
1895 
1896 
1897 
1898..... 
1899 
1900..... 
1901 
1902 
1903..... 
1904 
1905 
i 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
1914 
1915..... 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
Cents. 
32.4 
19.9 
18.7 
21.2 
25.5 
24.9 
25.8 
39.9 
30.7 
34.1 
31.3 
29.1 
31.7 
44.3 
47.2 
40.2 
34.4 
45.0 
31.9 
39.2 
43.8 
36.1 
52.4 
66.6 
70.9 
71.7 
47.2 
116 
73 
71 
79 
89 
79 
80 
124 
91 
105 
94 
83 
85 
120 
131 
104 
90 
118 
81 
99 
112 
87 
91 
93 
87 
76 
63 
$7.95 
5.87 
4.81 
5.75 
7.23 
7.52 
7.63 
10.29 
10,60 
9.68 
10.05 
9.88 
9.89 
10.51 
11.78 
11. 52 
10.88 
10.98 
11.93 
11.45 
12.99 
13.65 
15.80 
24.37 
24.59 
21.12 
16.61 
95 
72 
61 
72 
84 
80 
79 
107 
105 
99 
101 
94 
89 
95 
109 
99 
96 
96 
101 
97 
111 
110 
91 
113 
101 
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1 Prices as reported by the Department of Agriculture are corrected to currency basis during the Civil 
War period by using the premium on gold as reported by the Treasury Department. Purchasing power is 
calculated by dividing the price index by the index number of prices of all commodities for December ( Table 
II). Before 1900 the index numbers are not available for December. The average for the year and follow- 
ing year is then used. 
