30 BULLETIN 696, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table 5A. — Corn: Geographic differences in farm prices and costs of production — 
Continued. 
PER BUSHEL— Continued. 
Bush- 
elspro- 
duced 
per 
acre 
(aver- 
age, 
1911- 
1915). 
Farm 
price 
(aver- 
age, 
1911- 
1915). 
Cost of pro- 
duction. 
Ratio of 
cost to 
price 
(cost = 
100 per 
cent). 
Comparisons in percentages of 
the United States average as 
base (100 per cent). 
State and geographic 
, In- 
cluding 
land 
rental 
or in- 
terest. 
Ex- 
cluding 
land 
rental 
or in- 
terest. 
Bush- 
els per 
acre. 
Farm 
price. 
Cost of pro- 
duction. 
In- 
cluding 
land 
rental 
or in- 
terest. 
Ex- 
cluding 
land 
rental 
or in- 
terest. 
Mountain: 
Montana 
Bushels. 
28 
23 
19 
24 
31 
34 
33 
32 
28 
31 
37 
Cents 
per 
bushel. 
74 
71 
63 
77 
108 
76 
102 
72 
77 
78 
88 
Cents 
per 
bushel. 
Cents 
per 
bushel. 
Per 
cent. 
Per 
cent. 
108 
88 
73 
92 
119 
131 
127 
123 
108 
119 
142 
Per 
cent. 
123 
119 
105 
128 
180 
127 
170 
120 
128 
130 
147 
Per 
cent. 
Per 
cent. 
Wyoming 
43 
47 
47 
31 
34 
34 
164 
133 
164 
91 
100 
100 
95 
104 
104 
Utah 
43 
43 
43 
51 
31 
31 
29 
35 
168 
180 
182 
173 
91 
91 
91 
108 
95 
Pacific: 
Washington 
95 
Oregon 
88 
107 
United States 
26 
60 ! 47 ; 33 
127 
100 
100 
100 
100 
CHARACTERISTICS OF PRICE ZONES. 
A brief explanation of the characteristics of the apparent differ- 
ences seems necessary to avoid error in the practical application of 
the detailed figures of the farm prices of corn by States and counties. 
C&U4L &4770 LASOML AM770 
A//S/A/£SOZ4 S/t 
Af//VMfSOZ4 S2t 
G£C. /, S&/3. 
/W/M£507X S3? 
Fig. 5. — Showing usual geographic difference in farm prices of corn, and variation 
therefrom. 
To determine normal conditions the data forming the base of the 
maps were arranged and zones determined according to the five-year 
averages (1910-1914). Prices in a single year, of course, may be 
greater or less than the average. Unusual harvest or market circum- 
