PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS. 
21 
PURCHASING POWER OF CORN 
AT 
DECEMBER 1st. PRICES 
1*3 
Fig. 14.— Purchasing power of corn per bushel and per acre harvested. Five-year average 1910-1914 is in 
each case 100. The purchasing power per acre in 1920 was the lowest in 20 years. 
PURCHASING POWER OF COTTON 
AT. 
DECEMBER 1st PRICES 
30 
SO 
Fig. 15. — Purchasing power of cotton per pound and per acre harvested. Five-year average 1910-1914 
is in each case 100. The purchasing power per acre December 1, 1920, was the lowest since 1894. 
With the drop in prices since December, 1920, it reached the lowest ever reported. 
