GEOGRAPHY OF WHEAT PRICES. 
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Table VI. — Wheat: Gross returns per acre. 
[Coordinating price per bushel and yield per acre. A review of the trend of returns per acre of wheat, 
1871- 1915, and measurement of tendencies in absolute and relative figures.] 
State and geographic division. 
Gross returns per acre, in 5-year 
averages. 
Comparisons in percentages of the 
United States average as base (100). 
1911- 
1915 
1901- 
1905 
1891- 
1895 
1882- 
1886 
1871- 
1875 
1911- 
1915 
1901- 
1905 
1891- 
1895 
1882- 
1886 
1871- 
1875 
United States 
Dolls. 
13.05 
Dolls. 
10.08 
Dolls. 
7.80 
Dolls. 
9.36 
Dolls. 
12.24 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
P.ct. 
100 
27.01 
18.49 
15. 61 
12. 53 
14.32 
13.49 
11.86 
22.26 
17.40 
21.88 
13.42 
11.90 
9.27 
9.01 
8.36 
8.12 
18.81 
12.47 
17.40 
11.45 
9.31 
6.91 
7.61 
6.88 
6.89 
12.84 
9.39 
19.45 
13.30 
10.90 
8.36 
8.31 
6.21 
7.91 
15.10 
10.93 
23.30 
18.40 
12'. 56 
10.52 
11.46 
11.14 
17.36 
"i5.'28" 
207 
142 
120 
96 
110 
103 
91 
171 
133 
217 
133 
118 
92 
89 
83 
81 
187 
124 
224 
147 
119 
89 
98 
88 
88 
165 
120 
208 
142 
116 
89 
89 
66 
85 
161 
117 
190 
l."0 
East North Central 
West North Central 
South Atlantic 
103 
86 
94 
East South Central 
West South Central 
91 
142 
Pacific 
125 
New England: 
Maine 
26.75 
23.76 
16.74 
18.20 
22.12 
205 
236 
215 
194 
181 
Vermont . . T 
27.27 
20.00 
18.06 
20.70 
24.48 
209 
198 
232 
221 
200 
Rhode Island 
Middle Atlantic: 
20.79 
18.18 
16.49 
15.68 
14.25 
14.88 
16.15 
17.10 
12.04 
16.15 
13.80 
10.92 
9.02 
13.77 
12.04 
16.66 
15.52 
13.26 
14.56 
12.21 
14.41 
13.64 
13.92 
12.90 
13.44 
12.45 
11.34 
11.55 
12. 15 
12.00 
9.10 
8.84 
10. 50 
9.10 
7.44 
10.54 
9.38 
12.45 
12. 30 
7.83 
8.80 
6.86 
7.56 
7.28 
12.48 
10.92 
10.95 
10.40 
9.15 
8.85 
9.75 
8.40 
8.55 
8.55 
7.28 
6.86 
5.50 
5.50 
6.12 
9.23 
11.10 
7.20 
8.14 
5.60 
5.70 
6.30 
14.55 
12.87 
12.48 
11.31 
10.66 
9.36 
13.28 
9.88 
8.97 
7.26 
8.25 
1 8.82 
7.41 
9.45 
10.56 
11.28 
7.44 
9.30 
6.18 
6.84 
6.54 
17. 03 
20.40 
17.78 
13.20 
11.22 
11.40 
14.82 
12.18 
11.25 
8.52 
11.76 
7.92 
13.16 
14. 85 
14.30 
9.76 
11.70 
8.96 
10.44 
10.22 
159 
139 
126 
120 
109 
114 
124 
131 
92 
124 
106 
f 84 
\ 69 
106 
92 
128 
119 
102 
112 
94 
110 
105 
138 
• 128 
133 
124 
112 
115 
121 
119 
90 
88 
104 
90 
74 
105 
93 
124 
122 
78 
87 
68 
75 
72 
160 
140 
140 
133 
117 
113 
125 
108 
110 
110 
93 
88 
71 
71 
78 
118 
142 
92 
104 
72 
73 
81 
155 
137 
133 
121 
114 
100 
142 
106 
96 
78 
88 
} 94 
79 
101 
113 
121 
79 
99 
66 
73 
70 
139 
New Jersey 
167 
Pennsylvania 
145 
East North Central: 
Ohio 
Indiana 
108 
92 
Illinois 
93 
Michigan 
121 
100 
West North Central: 
Minnesota 
92 
Iowa 
70 
Missouri 
96 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
65 
Kansas . 
108 
South Atlantic: 
Delaware 
121 
Maryland 
117 
Virginia 
80 
West Virginia 
95 
North Carolina 
73 
South Carolina 
85 
Georgia 
83 
Florida 
East South Central: 
Kentucky 
12.87 
12.12 
14.40 
14.56 
11.40 
8.50 
7.83 
8.82 
8.28 
7.47 
7.80 
5.94 
7.20 
6.56 
7.65 
5.16 
6.48 
5.55 
10. 50 
8.72 
10.64 
14.70 
99 
93 
110 
112 
84 
78 
87 
81 
74 
100 
76 
92 
84 
82 
55 
69 
59 
86 
Tennessee 
71 
Alabama 
87 
120 
West South Central: 
Arkansas 
Louisiana 
Oklahoma 
10.32 
13.86 
18.50 
8.28 
8.60 
18.46 
79 
106 
142 
165 
157 
255 
149 
207 
145 
138 
116 
81 
85 
183 
160 
176 
154 
235 
173 
244 
155 
130 
86 
Texas 
7.48 
14.96 
13.60 
12.80 
13.09 
11.21 
13.68 
8.84 
10.62 
8.71 
9.10 
16.56 
14.96 
13. 39 
14.28 
13. 26 
17.82 
11.68 
11.52 
9.60 
21.92 
'34.' 44' 
"16." 15" 
14.40 
96 
192 
174 
164 
168 
144 
175 
113 
136 
112 
97 
177 
160 
143 
153 
142 
190 
125 
123 
103 
179 
Mountain: 
Montana 
Idaho 
Wyoming 
21. 58 
17.60 
20.46 
33. 30 
19.50 
26.97 
18.96 
18.04 
15.20 
17.71 
17.02 
15.48 
23.69 
17.48 
24.57 
15.60 
13. 11 
8.69 
Colorado 
New Mexico 
Arizona 
Utah 
281 
Pacific: 
Washington 
Oregon 
132 
California 
118 
