GEOGRAPHICAL PHASES OF FARM PRICES: OATS. 9 
COSTS OF HAULING TO SHIPPING POINTS. 
Prices are influenced also by distance from shipping points, con- 
dition of wagon roads, and other things affecting wagon trans- 
portation. 
Table 3 gives cost of hauling as estimated for 1906. Such costs 
are frequently higher than the costs of long shipments by rail or 
water. 
Table 3. — Average cost of hauling oats from farms to shipping points. 1 
[Cost refers to expense for round trips.] 
State and geographic division. 
North Atlantic: 
New York 
Pennsylvania — 
South Atlantic: 
Virginia 
West Virginia... 
Georgia 
North Central: 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Illinois 
Michigan 
Wisconsin 
Minnesota 
Iowa 
Missouri 
North Dakota... 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
South Central: 
Kentucky 
Tennessee 
Alabama 
Texas 
Indian Territory. 
Oklahoma 
Western: 
Montana 
Wyoming 
Colorado 
New Mexico 
Arizona 
Utah 
Nevada 
Idaho 
Washington 
Oregon 
California 
Geographic division: 
North Atlantic . 
South Atlantic . . 
North Central.. 
South Central . . 
Western 
States represented . 
24 
32 
21 
521 
101 
123 
Average- 
7.8 
7.1 
7.5 
10.0 
12.7 
6.2 
6.6 
5.7 
7.8 
8.8 
8.3 
6.1 
8.6 
10.7 
12.7 
9.1 
7.6 
10.5 
9.8 
15.5 
13.8 
8.8 
12.9 
13.9 
22.1 
12.5 
18.0 
13.8 
21.9 
12.0 
13.6 
9.8 
10.3 
7.5 
9.4 
6.9 
13.0 
11.5 
7.3 
0.6 
.7 
1.1 
.8 
1.4 
1.1 
1.3 
1.9 
1.1 
1.7 
1.3 
2.2 
1.4 
1,1 
1.0 
.9 
.9 
.8 
.6 
1.0 
1.1 
■9* 
T3 O 
r 
2,619 
2,875 
2,644 
2,410 
1,575 
3,120 
3,021 
2,847 
2,710 
2,588 
2,916 
2,354 
2,335 
3,738 
2,880 
2,826 
2,835 
-2,256 
1,888 
1,500 
2,358 
1,900 
2,354 
3,076 
2, 829 
3,307 
2,212 
4, 250 
3,665 
6,000 
3,278 
2,654 
3,783 
6,229 
2,713 
2,318 
2,766 
2,289 
3,683 
2,772 
.12. 21 
2.48 
2.28 
3.12 
2.62 
1.96 
1.75 
1.47 
1.81 
2.09 
2.25 
1.78 
2.03 
3.23 
3.23 
2.14 
1.69 
2.99 
1.86 
3.50 
3.02 
1.65 
2.51 
5.69 
7.03 
4.50 
5.42 
7.15 
6.71 
10.50 
4.86 
4.00 
3.24 
4.31 
2.18 
2.56 
1.82 
2.74 
4.55 
1.82 
ft 3 
o 
+3 ft 
so. 
.08 
.11 
.07 
.12 
.12 
v From most remote farms to 
shipping points— 
-2» 
o .y 
r^ ft 
25.0 
20.0 
18-. 
20.0 
30.0 
30.0 
25.0 
24.0 
30.0 
30.0 
30.0 
16.0 
25.0 
35.0 
50.0 
30.0 
25.0 
30.0 
30.0 
25.0 
42.5 
15.0 
45.0 
35.0 
55.0 
70.0 
37.5 
27.5 
100.0 
17.0 
27.5 
60.0 
30.0 
32.0 
1.5 
1.0 
2.0 
2.0 
2.5 
2.0 
1.5 
1.5 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
2.5 
1.5 
2.0 
3.0 
3.0 
2.0 
3.0 
.5 
3.0 
3.5 
6.5 
7.0 
3.0 
2.5 
14.0 
2.0 
1.5 
7.0 
2.0 
3.0 
3,000 
2,000 
2,200 
1,750 
2,000 
2,000 
3, 000 
3,500 
3,500 
2,500 
3,000 
3,500 
2,000 
2,700 
2,500 
2,500 
3,000 
1,250 
1,600 
1,500 
2,500 
2,000 
2,000 
2,500 
4,500 
2,500 
2,750 
4,500 
7,000 
6,000 
2,500 
2,000 
4,000 
4,000 
$6.75 
2.50 
5.00 
6.00 
5.00 
8.00 
4.50 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
7.00 
7.00 
5.00 
6.00 
15.00 
5.25 
7.00 
9.00 
6.00 
4.00 
4.50 
1.38 
7.50 
10.50 
22.75 
35.00 
10.50 
18.75 
35.00 
15.00 
6.75 
28. 00 
6.00 
12.75 
ft g 
o 
-^ ft 
$0.22 
.12 
.42 
.51 
1.40 
.38 
.42 
.50 
.25 
.27 
1.40 
.15 
.32 
i From "Costs of hauling crops from farms to shipping points," by Frank Andrews. Bui. 49, Bureau of 
Statistics, U. S. Dept. Agr. 
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