GEOGRAPHICAL PHASES OF FARM PRICES: OATS. 
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Table 7. — Oats: Gross returns per acre. 
[A review of the trend of returns per acre of oats, 1871-1915, and measurement of tendencies in absolute and 
relative figures.] 
State and geographic 
Gross return 
? per acre in five-year 
iverages. 
Comparisons in percentages of the 
United States average as base (100). 
division. 
1911- 
1915 
1901- 
1905 
1891- 
1895 
1882- 
1886 1 
1871- 
1875 
1911- 
1915 
1901- 
1905 
1891- 
1895 
1882- 
1886 
1871- 
1875 
United States . . . 
Dolls. 
12.48 
Dolls. 
10.23 
Dolls. 
7.54 
Dolls. 
8.37 
Dolls. 
10.08 
P. ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
New England 
18.55 
14.57 
13.36 
10.44 
13.57 
11.97 
12.00 
19.74 
18.86 
15.64 
12.00 
11.22 
8.99 
8.64 
8.46 
10.12 
18.20 
16.20 
14.19 
10.08 
8.12 
6.50 
7.04 
6.72 
8.20 
12.40 
11.47 
14.26 
10.64 
9.60 
8.00 
6.24 
6.58 
9.00 
16.43 
13.50 
17.28 
12.76 
9.60 
8.64 
8.70 
10.37 
17.16 
'21.'i2* 
149 
117 
107 
84 
109 
96 
96 
158 
151 
153 
117 
110 
88 
84 
83 
99 
178 
158 
188 
134 
108 
86 
93 
89 
109 
164 
152 
170 
127 
115 
96 
75 
79 
108 
196 
161 
171 
Middle Atlantic 
127 
East North Central 
95 
West North Central 
86 
South Atlantic 
86 
East South Central 
103 
West South Central 
170 
Mountain 
Pacific 
210 
New England: 
Maine 
20.28 
20.35 
21.20 
18.55 
15.08 
16.74 
15.51 
14.21 
14.72 
14.40 
12.16 
12.92 
13.60 
13.65 
11.90 
12.25 
9.43 
9.92 
9.18 
9.36 
10.25 
14.70 
14.21 
11.34 
13.00 
11.97 
14.49 
14.28 
12.07 
10.78 
11.22 
13.20 
12.60 
11.96 
12.76 
8.61 
14.88 
16.56 
16.56 
16.72 
16.34 
18.36 
26.46 
20.25 
26.10 
20.09 
15.99 
19.25 
17.48 
15.04 
16.72 
15.04 
13.80 
14.40 
13.20 
11.48 
11.40 
12.24 
9.61 
10.24 
11.90 
11.20 
10.08 
8.40 
7.59 
9.80 
10.08 
8.12 
8.25 
10.50 
9.50 
7.14 
10.32 
7.14 
8.85 
8.12 
7.02 
8.58 
7.79 
8.40 
9.01 
8.55 
7.84 
11.10 
13.16 
16.38 
18.40 
16.10 
15.18 
14.64 
22.11 
17.28 
23.40 
19.27 
11.76 
16.32 
15.05 
14.62 
15.54 
14.62 
13.50 
11.48 
9.45 
10.73 
9.45 
9.00 
7.83 
7.80 
8.37 
8.32 
8.00 
7.36 
6.24 
7.00 
5.75 
5.28 
5.98 
7.56 
7.35 
5.04 
8.36 
5.28 
6.48 
6.76 
6.60 
7.14 
5.78 
6.63 
6.24 
7.41 
6.90 
13. 05 
15.64 
14.70 
14.88 
13.44 
13.05 
11.40 
10.53 
10.64 
10.56 
8.41 
9.10 
10.89 
8.68 
9.10 
8.16 
7.02 
} 9.52 
6.40 
7.68 
8.97 
7.40 
4.62 
6.84 
4.32 
5.60 
5.04 
6.90 
6.65 
4.81 
6.38 
£.80 
7^28 
13.78 
19.44 
16.56 
18.81 
17.28 
18.24 
14.62 
11.50 
12.18 
9.24 
7.50 
8.10 
11.16 
11.20 
10.20 
8.28 
8.12 
7.75 
8.37 
7.60 
6.97 
6.16 
8.97 
7.54 
8.47 
8.88 
10.80 
9.02 
6.97 
9.88 
12.90 
14.03 
15.68 
162 
163 
170 
149 
121 
134 
124 
114 
118 
115 
97 
104 
109 
109 
95 
98 
76 
/ 79 
I 74 
75 
82 
118 
114 
91 
104 
96 
116 
114 
97 
86 
90 
106 
101 
96 
102 
69 
119 
133 
133 
134 
131 
147 
212 
162 
209 
161 
128 
154 
171 
147 
163 
147 
135 
141 
129 
112 
111 
120 
94 
100 
116 
109 
99 
82 
74 
96 
99 
79 
81 
103 
93 
70 
101 
70 
87 
79 
69 
84 
76 
82 
88 
84 
77 
109 
129 
160 
180 
157 
148 
143 
216 
169 
229 
188 
115 
160 
200 
194 
206 
194 
179 
152 
125 
142 
125 
119 
104 
103 
111 
110 
106 
98 
83 
93 
76 
70 
79 
100 
97 
67 
111 
70 
86 
90 
88 
95 
77 
88 
83 
97 
92 
156 
187 
176 
178 
161 
156 
136 
126 
127 
126 
100 
109 
130 
104 
109 
97 
84 
| 114 
76 
92 
107 
88 
55 
82 
52 
67 
60 
82 
79 
57 
76 
69 
95 
87 
137 
New Hampshire 
193 
Vermont 
164 
Massachusetts 
187 
Rhode Island 
171 
Connecticut 
181 
Middle Atlantic- 
New York 
145 
New Jersey 
114 
Pennsylvania 
121 
East North Central: 
Ohio 
92 
Indiana 
74 
Illinois 
80 
Michigan 
111 
Wisconsin 
111 
West North Central: 
Minnesota 
101 
Iowa 
82 
Missouri 
81 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
77 
Kansas 
83 
South Atlantic: 
Delaware 
Maryland 
69 
Virginia 
61 
West Virginia 
89 
North Carolina,. . . 
75 
South Carolina 
84 
88 
Florida 
107 
East South Central: 
Ken tuck v 
89 
Tennessee 
69 
Alabama.. 
98 
128 
West South Central: 
Arkansas 
139 
Louisiana 
156 
Oklahoma , 
Texas 
9.88 
13.60 
12.54 
"9.' 99" 
14.79 
11.28 
19.08 
17.82 
15.00 
16.83 
12.32 
21.28 
131 
180 
166 
"'i32* 
196 
135 
228 
213 
179 
201 
147 
211 
Mountain: 
Montana 
Idaho 
Wyoming 
Colorado 
New Mexico 
Arizona 
Utah 
10.80 
12.58 
9.52 
12.76 
13.80 
18.56 
16.34 
11.61 
12.74 
*32.'36' 
'l7.'49* 
24.42 
143 
167 
126 
1G9 
165 
222 
195 
139 
152 
320 
Pacific: _ 
Oregon 
174 
California 
242 
See note 1, table 5. 
