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BULLETIN 696, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table S. — Corn: Gross returns per acre {yield per acre X price per bushel). 
[A review, by States, of the trend of returns per acre of corn. 1571 to 1915.] 
ates and geographic 
visions. 
di- 
Gross returns per acre. 
Measurement of changes in per- 
centages of the average for the 
United States as base (100). 
1911- 
1915. 
1901- 1891- 
1905. i 1S95. 
1S52- 
1 SS6 . 
1871- 
1S75. 
1911- 
1915. 
1901- 1S91- j 1SS2- 1871- 
1905. 1S95. ! 1SS6. 1S75. 
United States. 
Dolls. 
15.60 
Dolls. \ Dolls. 
11.50 j 9.12 
Dolls. 
9.36 
Dolls. 
11. SS 
P.ct. 
100 
P. et. P. cL P. ct. j P. rf. 
100 100 100 100 
New England 36.96 
Middle Atlantic 2S. 47 
South Atlantic ' IS. 24 
East X:r::i Central 20.55 
West North Central 14. 04 
East South Central 15. 40 
West South Central 12. 92 
Mountain 22. 40 
Pacific 25.92 
New England: 
Maine 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
Massachusetts 
Ehode Island 
Connecticut 
Middle Atlantic: 
New York 
New Jersey 
Pennsylv ania 
South Atlantic: 
Delaware 
Maryland 
Virginia 
Vest Virginia 
North Carolina 
South Carolina 
Georgia 
Elorida 
East North Central: 
Ohio 
Indiana 
Elinois 
Michigan 
Wisconsin 
West North Central: 
Minnesota 
Iowa 
Missouri 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
East South Central: 
Kentucky 
Tennessee 
Alabama 
Mississippi 
West South Central: 
Louisiana 

Oklahoma 
Arkansas 
Mc : ooain: 
Montana 
Wyoming 
Colorado 
New Mexico 
Arizona 
Utah 
Nevada 
Idaho 
Pacific: 
Washington 
Oregon 
California 
23. 40 24. 64 27. 54 
35. 70 
34. 76 
25.56 
27. 74 
25.29 
19.47 
22. ?.2 
15." 50 
- - 
15.77 
16.20 
12.60 
11.55 
22.80 
19.61 
18.15 
22. lo 
21.35 
16.53 
17.85 
15.25 
13.44 
13.23 
11. 73 
10.62 
16.38 
16.25 
13.43 
13.68 
14. 20 
14. 40 
9.44 
14.40 
20.72 
16.33 
11.97 
15.45 
33.45 
25.54 
33.66 
23.04 
21.56 
24.15 
32.56 
19. 20 
11.97 
14.40 I 
10. 14 
10. <3 
10.05 
17.75 
17. 16 
17.25 
5.32 
11. 02 
7.92 
5. -55 
9.12 
14.30 
14. 25 
15. 30 
5.70 
11.60 
9.30 
9.15 
10.08 
15. 17 
19.24 
23.04 
12. • • 
12.50 
10. 89 
17.00 
14.50 
30.08 
237 
200 
257 
263 
182 
167 
189 
196 
117 
104 
91 
93 
134 
125 
121 
124 
90 
88 
57 
99 
99 
94 
94 
98 
S3 
88 
100 
108 
144 
154 
157 
194 
166 
149 
156 
206 
24. 09 24. 79 
20.59 23.40 
21. 39 24. 96 
24.45 
24. 18 I 21 
25. 20 21 
15.20 15.24 ' 18.85 
19. 72 17. 28 18. 00 
20.30 15.81 17.10 
15.00 
S.96 
7.30 
5. '.■■■3 
7.50 
15. 51 
13.53 | 
13.94 
15.50 I 
14. 10 
10. 26 
11.4 ' 
... -: 
9. 66 
9. SO 
9.02 
9.68 
8.46 
11.04 
11.27 
S.46 
8,32 
11.96 
11.50 
6.37 
6.96 
6.00 
5.85 
6.<72 
7.04 
6.50 
6.93 
12.50 
10.14 
11.44 
8.36 
8.45 
6.89 
9.30 
7.50 
1 .05 
8.64 
10. 62 
10. OS 
9.90 
10.44 
5.17 
16.56 
19.24 
17.92 
14.55 
11.60 
9.80 
15. 75 
15. 15 
20.68 
15.20 
19.24 
11.97 
17.64 
15.60 
234 
194 
102 
10S 
92 
143 
125 
253 
13.42 
14.88 
23.25 
