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BULLETIN 755, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 5. — Farm prices of oats, 1871 to 1915. 
[A review, by States and sections, of the trend of geographic price differences.] 
State and geographic 
division. 
Farm 
prices per bushel, in 
averages. 
5-year 
Measurement of changes in percent- 
ages of the United S tes average 
as base (100 per cent) 
1911- 
1915. 
1901- 
1905. 
1891- 
1S95. 
1882- 
1886.1 
1871- 
1875.2 
1911- 
1915. 
1901- 
1905. 
1891- 
1895. 
1882- 
I886.1 
1 1871- 
1875. 
United States 
Cents. 
39 
Cents. 
33 
Cents. 
29 
Cents. 
31 
Cents. 
36 
P. ct. 
100 
P.et. 
100 
P.et. 
100 
P.et. 
100 
P.et. 
100 
New England 
53 
47 
59 
39 
36 
57 
50 
47 
46 
46 
40 
48 
33 
29 
47 
44 
52 
45 
43 
36 
44 
28 
25 
42 
41 
40 
37 
46 
38 
48 
30 
25 
47 
50 
53 
45 
54 
44 
58 
32 
27 
61 
78 
----- 
136 
121 
151 
100 
92 
146 
128 
121 
118 
139 
121 
145 
100 
88 
142 
133 
158 
136 
148 
124 
152 
97 
86 
145 
141 
138 
128 
148 
123 
155 
97 
81 
152 
161 
171 
145 
150 
Middle Atlantic 
122 
161 
East North Central 
89 
75 
East South Central 
169 
West South Central 
217 
Mountain 
Pacific 
177 
New England: 
52 
55 
53 
53 
52 
54 
47 
49 
46 
49 
49 
54 
52 
63 
69 
68 
71 
40 
38 
38 
40 
39 
34 
35 
41 
31 
34 
36 
41 
49 
51 
66 
63 
58 
" 48 
41 
52 
36 
44 
43 
51 
63 
45 
58 
36 
41 
41 
55 
46 
S 
47 
46 
45 
40 
41 
38 
42 
38 
42 
43 
51 
59 
58 
54 
34 
31 
32 
35 
32 
28~ 
28 
33 
28 
28 
28 
33 
39 
41 
56 
53 
49 
47 
37 
45 
39 
46 
46 
61 
67 
48 
65 
46 
41 
42 
51 
'43 
43 
42 
43 
45 
41 
35 
37 
35 
36 
35 
36 
38 
44 
54 
52 
60 
30 
29 
26 
31 
26 
25 
23 
26 
25 
25 
24 
26 
34 
34 
51 
48 
46 
38 
45 
46 
42 
48 
48 
45 
38 
39 
38 
39 
37 
42 
38 
48 
56 
56 
69 
33 
29 
26 
33 
28 
26 
24 
27 
} 28 
20 
24 
35 
37 
58 
58 
56 
47 
53 
54 
46 
57 
54 
57 
43 
46 
42 
40 
41 
44 
39 
58 
77 
74 
90 
33 
30 
27 
36 
32 
30 
23 
28 
25 
27 
41 
41 
76 
86 
98 
76 
133 
141 
136 
136 
133 
138 
121 
126 
118 
126 
126 
138 
133 
162 
177 
174 
182 
103 
97 
97 
103 
100 
87 
90 
105 
f 79 
\ 87 
92 
105 
126 
131 
169 
162 
149 
123 
105 
133 
92 
113 
110 
131 
162 
115 
149 
92 
105 
105 
141 
139 
142 
133 
142 
139 
136 
121 
124 
115 
127 
115 
127 
130 
155 
179 
176 
164 
103 
94 
97 
106 
97 
85 
85 
100 
85 
85 
85 
100 
118 
124 
170 
161 
148 
142 
112 
136 
113 
139 
139 
185 
203 
145 
197 
139 
124 
127 
155 
! 
148 
148 
145 
148 
155 
141 
121 
128 
121 
124 
121 
124 
131 
152 
186 
179 
207 
103 
100 
90 
107 
90 
86 
79 
90 
86 
86 
83 
90 
117 
117 
176 
166 
159 
131 
145 
148 
135 
155 
155 
145 
123 
128 
123 
126 
119 
135 
123 
155 
181 
181 
223 
106 
94 
84 
106 
90 
84 
77 
87 
} 90 
77 
113 
119 
187 
1S7 
181 
152 
147 
New Hampshire 
150 
128 
158 
150 
158 
Middle Atlantic: 
119 
128 
Penns vlvania 
117 
South Atlantic: 
111 
Marvland 
114 
122 
108 
161 
214 
206 
250 
East North Central: 
Ohio 
92 
83 
75 
100 
89 
"West North Central: 
83 
64 
78 
69 
East South Central: 
114 
114 
211 
239 
West South Central: 
272 
Texas 
211 
Arkansas 
Mountain: 
Montana 
Wyoming . 
39 
40 
""■"87" 
51 
47 
53 
50 
51 
56 
61 
134 
138 
""i28" 
176 
152 
171 
161 
165 
181 
169 
New Mexico 
Utah 
Nevada 
Idaho 
Pacific: 
Washington 
36 
'""*38" 
34 
34 
44 
46 
58 
54 
43 
43 
49 1 
" "*95" 
"""53" 
74 
124 
""m" 
117 
117 
152 
148 
187 
174 
139 
139 
158 
' " ' "264 
Oregon 
California 
147 
206 
* 1882=1886 taken instead of 1881-1885 because of availability of statistics for a larger number of states 
beginning 1882. 
2 Values reduced to gold basis. 
