10 BULLETIN 1322, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Trends of Factors Having Annual Changes at Relatively Uniform Rates, Selected Fara 
North Dakota, 1896-1920 
Real estate valuation per acre, !008/5.64% dollars 
All commodities index,100 =1898 price level 
-Unconverted primary net rent per acre,/00° 97 cents 
4 Fieal estate taxes per acre,/00=/2 cents 
Price of wheat per bushel, 100262 cents 
Crop receipts per acre, !00* 2.69 dollars 
Costs per acre (5 items) 100 21,67 dollars 
Valuation of yield of wheat per acre, 
100=9.63 do//ars 
Converted primary net rent per acre,190° 3.83 dollars 
Rate of interest, 100° 7.18 per cont | 
| Yield of wheat per acre, /00=/5.5 bushels 
-Primary net rent per $/00 valuation of Feal 
estate, /00°6.09 dollars 
1896 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 
Fig. 2.—These changes in most cases were favorable to the landowners, particularly the 
decline in the interest rate and the increase in crop receipts. The decline in yield 
of wheat per acre and the increase in taxes were adverse factors 
