70 BULLETIN 9m y U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXIII.— Farm price and purchasing power of potatoes in the United States at 
December 1 prices. ] 
Year. 
1867. 
1888. 
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 
Priee per 
bushel, 
in cur- 
rency. 
Cents. 
88.8 
80.2 
52.1 
72.0 
58.9 
60.0 
71.7 
68.7 
39.2 
44.9 
58.8 
43.6 
48.3 
91.0 
55.7 
42.2 
44.7 
46.7 
68.2 
40.2 
35.4 
75.8 
35.8 
66.1 
59.4 
Pur- 
chasing 
Value 
per acre 
har- 
power 
per 
bushel— 
vested, 
1910-1914 
in cur- 
= 100. 
rency. 
95 
$72. 90 
91 
75.14 
63 
57.15 
93 
62. 35 
76 
58.10 
77 
51.16 
95 
58.74 
94 
55.62 
57 
43.27 
104 
47.90 
75 
42.61 
106 
41. 08 
76 
43.09 
81 
43.98 
151 
48.62 
93 
43.88 
73 
38.38 
73 
34. 00 
86 
34. 49 
90 
34.30 
131 
38.82 
76 
32. 14 
68 
27.42 
147 
42.36 
71 
33.52 
136 
40.65 
127 
41. 71 
Pur- 
chasing 
power per 
acre har- 
vested— 
1910-1914 
= 100. 
Year. 
1894 
1895 
1896 
1897 
1898 
1899 
1900 
1901 
1902 j 
1903 
1904 
1905 \ 
1906 
1907 
1908 
1909 
1910 
1911 
1912 
1913 
J914 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
1920 
Price per 
bushel, 
Pur- 
chasing 
power 
per 
bushel — 
1910-1914 
= 100. 
m cur- 
rency. 
Cents. 
53.6 
26.6 
28.6 
123 
63 
69 
54.7 
41.4 
39.0 
131 
92 
79 
43.1 
76.7 
47.1 
86 
152 
89 
61.4 
45.3 
=61.7 
120 
87 
113 
51.1 
61. 8 
70.6 
88 
107 
125 
54.1 
55.7 
79.9 
89 
94 
134 
50.5 
68.7 
48.7 
82 
111 
79 
$L 7 
146.1 
122. 8 
95 
162 
109 
119. 3 
161. 4 
116. 4 
94 
109 
99 
Value 
per acre 
har- 
vested, 
in cur- 
rency. 
Pur- 
chasing 
power per 
acre har- 
vested — 
1910-1914 
= 100. 
833. 43 
26.73 
35.36 
31.11 
34.61 
34.78 
50. 27 
45.22 
51.98 
49.96 
53.66 
52.29 
58.88 
60. 50 
59. 76 
52.30 
64.60 
-57. 28 
62.13 
53.75 
59. 45 
117. 62 
1.23. 81 
114.44 
143. 93 
127. 51 
88 
73 
74 
72 
105 
90 
107 
100 
103 
94 
107 
112 
103 
92 
114 
97 
105 
92 
116 
94 
102 
114 
1 Prices as reported by the .Department of Agriculture are converted to currency basis dining 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 numbers of prices of ah commodities for December. 
(Table II.) Before 1900 the index numbers are not available for December. The average for the year 
and following year is then used. 
