UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 999 
' Contribution from the Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates 
H. C. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. £. 
August 26, 1921 
PRICES OF FARM PRODUCTS IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
By 
G. F. WARREN " 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Rise and Fall in Prices During Three War 
Periods . 1 
Money and Prices 5 
Relation of Weather to Production ... 6 
Periods of Over and Under Production . . 7 
Relation of Wages and Farm Prices ... 10 
Wholesale Prices of Farm Products 
During the Civil War and World War 
Periods 12 
Prices Paid to Farmers 14 
Page 
Comparison of Farm Prices with Prices 
of Some Other Basic Commodities and 
with Freight Rates 16 
Comparison of Farm and W holesale Prices 1 7 
Purchasing Power of Farm Products ... 19 
Purchasing Power per Acre 20 
Effects on Industry 22 
What Can be Done 22 
Summary ....*.. . . . 25 
Tables . 27 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1921 
