INLAND BOAT SERVICE. 
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made 10 per cent of the farm price for the State. In this case the 
average farm price of apples for New York State was $1.50 per barrel. 
While the prices mentioned do not necessarily apply to the actual 
commodities carried subject to these rates, both prices and rates are 
representative enough to give a fair measure of relationship. These 
percentages are as low as 6.67 for a 33-mile route in New York and 
as high as 34.25 per cent over a 239-mile route in the Pacific north- 
west. In cotton traffic, quotations of the freight rates by boat in 
a number of instances range from about 0.9 of 1 per cent of the farm 
price to slightly more than 3 per cent, most of the instances noted 
showing less than 2 per cent. Eggs are charged from one-half of 1 
to as high as 10 per cent of their farm value for water transporta- 
tion. Hay, owing to its large bulk as compared with price, is fre- 
quently charged from 10 to 40 per cent of its farm price for freight. 
Potatoes compare with apples in the percentage of the freight rate, 
as based upon the average farm price. For wheat, from 3 to 15 
per cent of its farm value is equivalent to the freight rate. The 
average farm price meant here is the price received by the farmer 
for delivery to shipping point, and does not include freight charge. 
Table 1. — Receipts of various farm -products by water compared with total receipts, at 
' cities. 
[Sources: Baltimore Daily Produce Report, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, St. Louis Merchants' 
Exchange, Memphis Cotton Exchange, and New Orleans Cotton Exchange.] 
Receipts. 
City, product, and 
year. 
Receipts. 
City, product, and 
year. 
Total 
quantity. 
By river. 
Total 
quantity. 
By river. 
Quantity. 
Per 
cent of 
total. 
Quantity. 
Per 
cent of 
total. 
Baltimore, Md.i 
Corn (bushels): 
1903 
13,665,794 
10,213,817 
10,428,779 
14,482,742 
13, 197, 593 
9,865,044 
5,821,809 
6,723,673 
11,088,586 
12,488,385 
373, 163 
240,587 
521,814 
293,204 
378, 524 
274,520 
293, 331 
312,962 
312,143 
342,249 
1,100,000 
1,500,000 
400,000 
700, 000 
4,00, 000 
1,700,000 
600,000 
2,000,000 
2,000,000 
1,300,000 
1,254 
7,174 
31,036 
7,057 
45,849 
3,751 
4,474 
3,630 
3,020 
6,343 
8.0 
14.7 
3.8 
4.8 
3.0 
17.2 
10.3 
29.7 
18.0 
10.4 
.3 
3.0 
5.9 
2.4 
12.1 
1.4 
1.5 
1.2 
1.0 
1.9 
Cincinnati, Ohio — 
Continued. 
Corn (bushels): 
1908 
7,763,457 
7, 145, 408 
8,631,574 
9,367,710 
9,806,063 
441,072 
519,652 
511,519 
605,131 
668,942 
156,151 
167,263 
189,262 
155,195 
151,238 
1,278,522 
951,522 
838,850 
1,135,121 
1,224,949 
5,976 
5, 682 
3,590 
4,678 
2,786 
27, 456 
26,340 
32,840 
33,367 
31,072 
1,692 
3,093 
3,275 
3,139 
1,454 
48,142 
41,034 
35,227 
45,585 
49,367 
1909 
0.1 
1910. 
1909 
.1 
1911. 
1910 
.04 
1912... 
1911 
.04 
Wheat (.,ushels): 
]903 
1912 
.02 
Eggs (cases): 
. 1909 
6.2 
5 1 
1910 
1911 
6 4 
1912 
5 5 
1912 
4.6 
Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Apples (barrels): 
Hay (tons): 
1903 
1.1 
1903 
1 8 
1909 
1 7 
1910 
2 
1911 
1.0 
1912 
Hogs (number): 
1903 
Cattle (number): 
1903 
3.8 
1909 
1909 
4.3 
1910 
1910 
4.2 
1911 
1911 
4.0 
1912 
1912 
4.0 
Receipts at Baltimore " by river " refer to receipts from landings in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. 
