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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 696 
Contribution from the Bureau of Crop Estimates 
LEON M. ESTABROOK, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
September 26, 1918 
GEOGRAPHICAL PHASES OF FARM 
PRICES: CORN 
By 
L. B. ZAPOLEON, Formerly of the Division 
of Crop Records 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Scope of Subject Outlined 
Data Employed and Method of Treat- 
ment 
Survey of Broad Regional Differences in 
Corn Prices 
Price Levels and Commercial Movement 
of Corn 
Predominant Trade Routes and Price 
Levels, and Local Variation .... 
General Features of Corn Distribution . 
Production, Consumption, and Com- 
merce by States and Sections . . . 
Detail Price Map and Local Price 
Factors 
12 
18 
Page 
City and Farm Consumption Contrasted 19 
Farm Consumption 19 
Urban Markets 23 
Freight Rates 24 
Costs of Production and Farm Prices, 
Geographic Differences 25 
Characteristics of Price Zones .... 30 
Retrospective View of Prices and Price 
Factors, 1871 to 1915 31 
Summary 42 
Appendix: Average Farm Prices of Corn, 
by Counties, 1910-1914 45 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
