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BULLETIN 696, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 5. — Corn: Geographic differences in values and costs of production — Con. 
PER ACRE— Continued. 
State and geographic 
divisions. 
Av- 
erage 
gross 
returns, 
1911- 
1915 
(price 
per 
bushel 
X 
yield). 
Cost of production, 1909. 
Ratio 
of cost 
to gross 
returns 
(cost = 
100 per 
cent). 
Value 
of by- 
prod- 
ucts, 
1909. 
Comparison of preceding 
differences in percent- 
ages of the United 
States average as base 
(100 per cent). 
Cost, 
includ- 
ing land 
rental 
or in- 
terest. 
Cost, 
exclud- 
ing land 
rental 
or in- 
terest. 
Com- 
mer- 
cial fer- 
tilizer 
in total 
cost. 
Gross 
returns. 
Cost, 
includ- 
ing land 
rental 
or in- 
terest. 
Cost, 
exclud- 
ing land 
rental 
or in- 
terest. 
South Atlantic: 
Per acre 
419.47 
22.32 
18.50 
23.56 
15.77 
16.20 
12.60 
11.85 
22.80 
19.61 
18.15 
22.10 
21.35 
16.83 
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 
18.48 
33.48 
25.84 
33.66 
23.04 
21.56 
24.18 
32.56 
Per acre 
S16.54 
15.36 
13.90 
16.21 
15.13 
15.83 
13.26 
12.01 
15.41 
13.80 
13.25 
16.05 
14.48 
12.04 
12.39 
10.45 
9.71 
9.91 
10.01 
9.16 
12.81 
12.41 
13.59 
12.52 
12.24 
10.29 
8.59 
12.01 
Per acre 
$13.04 
12.23 
10.87 
12.98 
11.66 
12.56 
10.18 
10.21 
11.09 
8.78 
7.59 
12.52 
10.73 
9.23 
7.76 
6.81 
7.63 
7.05 
6.33 
5.74 
8.83 
8.86 
11.04 
9.62 
9.28 
7.05 
5.80 
8.59 
Per acre 
82.75 
2.03 
1.86 
1.14 
2.40 
4.48 
2.44 
2.34 
.99 
.74 
.31 
.66 
.36 
.60 
.21 
.24 
.27 
.31 
.16 
.04 
.77 
.63 
2.65 
1.50 
1.29 
.40 
.01 
.61 
Per cent 
118 
145 
133 
146 
104 
102 
95 
98 
148 
142 
137 
138 
147 
140 
145 
146 
138 
133 
117 
116 
128 
130 
99 
109 
116 
140 
110 
120 
Per acre 
Si. 00 
3.34 
2.20 
2.04 
1.98 
2.74 
1.90 
.53 
2.39 
1.09 
.67 
3.85 
3.14 
1.52 
.80 
.62 
2.02 
.68 
.41 
.55 
.91 
.80 
1.44 
1.50 
1.53 
.55 
.26 
1.27 
Per cent 
125 
143 
118 
151 
101 
104 
81 
76 
146 
126 
116 
142 
137 
108 
114 
98 
86 
85 
75 
68 
105 
104 
86 
88 
91 
92 
61 
92 
133 
105 
77 
118 
215 
166 
216 
148 
138 
155 
209 
Per cent 
135 
125 
113 
132 
123 
129 
108 
98 
126 
112 
108 
131 
118 
98 
101 
85 
79 
81 
82 
75 
104 
101 
111 
102 
100 
84 
70 
98 
Per cent 
153 
144 
Virginia 
128 
152 
137 
South Carolina 
147 
Georgia 
119 
Florida 
120 
East North Central: 
Ohio 
130 
103 
89 
147 
126 
West North Central: 
108 
Iowa 
91 
80 
90 
83 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
East South Central: 
Kentucky 
74 
67 
104 
104 
130 
113 
West South Central: 
109 
Texas 
83 
Oklahoma 
68 
101 
Mountain: 
Montana 
9.95 
8.97 
11.30 
7.08 
6.39 
8.24 
.06 
.07 
.00 
164 
133 
164 
2.00 
1.06 
2.04 
81 
73 
92 
83 
ColoradoT 
75 
New Mexico 
97 
Arizona 
Utah 
Idaho 
13.73 
11.92 
13.19 
18.82 
9.86 
8.57 
9.09 
12.87 
.33 
.72 
.28 
.00 
' 168 
180 
182 
173 
2.10 
4.55 
3.50 
1.28 
112 
97 
107 
153 
116 
Pacific: 
Washington 
101 
Oregon 
107 
California 
151 
United States 
15.60 
12.27 
8.52 
.82 
127 
1.20 
100 
100 
100 
