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BULLETIN 909, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXV. — Farm prices and purchasing power of winter wheat in the United States 
at Dec. 1 prices. 1 
Per bushel 
Per 
acre harvested. 
Per acre sown. 
Year. 
Farm 
price 
per 
bushel 
(cents). 
Index 
No. 
Pur- 
chasing 
Farm 
Index 
No. 
Pur- 
chasing 
Farm 
Index 
No. 
• Pur- 
chasing 
(1910- 
1914= 
100). 
power 
(1910- 
1914= 
100). 
per acre 
har- 
vested. 
(1910- 
1914= 
100). 
power 
(1910- 
1914= 
100). 
value 
per acre 
sown. 
(1910- 
1914= 
100). 
power 
(1910- 
1914= 
100). 
1890 
; 87.5 
100 
117 
$9.50 
66 
78 
$9.17 
71 
84 
1891 
88.0 
65.1 
56.3 
49.8 
100 
74 
64 
57 
121 
93 
83 
79 
12.95 
8.93 
6.78 
6.97 
90 
62 
47 
49 
109 
78 
61 
68 
1892 
1893 
1894 
7.61 
59 
82 
1895 
57.8 
68 
94 
6.68 
47 
67 
6.23 
48 
69 
1896 
77.0 
88 
129 
9.05 
63 
93 
8.82 
68 
100 
1897 
85.1 
97 
141 
12.01 
84 
121 
11.12 
86 
125 
1898 
62.2 
71 
96 
9.23 
64 
87 
8.60 
67 
90 
1899 
63.0 
72 
89 
7.25 
51 
62 
'6.13 
47 
59 
1900 
63.3 
72 
87 
8.45 
59 
71 
7.18 
56 
67 
1901 
66.1 
75 
91 
10.03 
70 
84 
10.01 
78 
93 
1902 
64.8 
74 
85 
9. 33 
65 
75 
8.22 
64 
73 
1903 
71.6 
82 
97 
8.80 
61 
73 
8.40 
65 
78 
1904 
97.8 
112 
130 
12.12 
85 
98 
10.29 
80 
93 
1905 
78.2 
89 
99 
11.22 
78 
87 
10.75 
83 
93 
1906 
68.3 
78 
81 
11.37 
79 
83 
10.74 
83 
87 
1907 
88.2 
101 
106 
12.84 
90 
94 
11.41 
88 
93 
1908 
93.7 
107 
115 
13.52 
94 
102 
12.97 
100 
108 
1909 
102.4 
117 
117 
15.70 
110 
110 
14.55 
113 
113 
1910 
88.1 
100 
103 
. 13. 99 
98 
100 
12.08 
94 
96 
1911 
88.0 
100 
102 
13.00 
91 
93 
11.61 
90 
92 
1912 
80.9 
92 
90 
12.18 
85 
83 
9.74 
75 
74 
1913 
82.9 
95 
93 
13.69 
96 
94 
12.91 
100 
98 
1914 
98.6 
112 
111 
18.76 
131 
130 
18.20 
141 
140 
1915 
94.7 
108 
101 
15.45 
108 
101 
14.88 
115 
108 
1916 
162.7 
186 
124 
22.53 
157 
106 
19.95 
155 
104 
1Q7 
202.8 
231 
125 
30.72 
214 
116 
20.66 
160 
87 
1918 
206.3 
235 
112 
31.40 
219 
104 
27. 56 
214 
102 
1919 
211.0 
241 
99 
30.93 
216 
89 
30.57 
237 
97 
1920 
149.3 
170 
88 
22.83 
159 
83 
20.65 
160 
83 
1 Values and acreages as reported by the Department of Agriculture. Purchasing power is calculated 
by dividing the price index by the index numbers of prices of all commodities for December, Table 2. 
Before 1900 the index numbers are not available for December. The average for the year and following 
year is then used. See also footnote 2, Table I. 
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