GEOGRAPHY OF WHEAT PRICES. 
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Table IV. — Farm, prices of wheat, 1871 to 1915 — Continued. 
State and geographic division. 
Farm 
prices per bushel in 5 
averages. 
year 
Measurement of changes in percent- 
ages of the United States average 
as base (100 per cent). 
1911- 
1915 
1901- 
1905 
1891- 
1895 
1882- 
18861 
1871- 
18752 
1911- 
1915 
1901- 
1905 
1891- 
1895 
1882- 
18861 
1871 
1875 
West North Central: 
Minnesota 
Cents. 
86 
85 
92 
84 
82 
81 
86 
98 
97 
102 
104 
111 
131 
124 
99 
101 
120 
104 
95 
Cents. 
70 
68 
75 
65 
62 
62 
67 
83 
82 
87 
88 
98 
108 
104 
85 
87 
98 
92 
83 
Cents. 
57 
57 
56 
49 
50 
50 
51 
71 
74 
72 
74 
80 
95 
90 
65 
66 
90 
82 
70 
Cents. 
69 
66 
75 
} 63 
57 
63 
96 
94 
93 
93 
103 
114 
109 
85 
86 
108 
111 
96 
Cents. 
75 
71 
98 
66 
94 
135 
130 
122 
117 
128 
174 
146 
105 
109 
133 
147 
128 
P.ct. 
99 
98 
106 
f 97 
\ 94 
93 
99 
113 
111 
117 
120 
128 
151 
143 
114 
116 
138 
120 
109 
P.ct. 
97 
94 
104 
90 
86 
86 
93 
115 
114 
121 
122 
136 
150 
144 
118 
121 
136 
128 
115 
P.ct. 
95 
95 
93 
82 
83 
83 
85 
118 
123 
120 
123 
133 
158 
150 
108 
110 
150 
137 
117 
P.ct. 
88 
85 
96 
} - 
73 
81 
123 
121 
119 
119 
132 
146 
140 
109 
110 
138 
142 
123 
P.ct. 
74 
70 
96 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
65 
Kansas 
92 
South Atlantic: 
132 
Maryland . 
127 
120 
115 
North Carolina 
125 
South Carolina 
171 
143 
East South Central: 
103 
107 
Alabama 
130 
144 
West South Central: 
Arkansas 
125 
86 
99 
74 
72 
83 
80 
93 
111 
78 
93 
79 
82 
95 
69 
86 
71 
70 
77 
74 
86 
103 
76 
91 
65 
69 
79 
99 
114 
85 
83 
95 
92 
107 
128 
90 
107 
91 
94 
109 
96 
119 
98 
97 
107 
103 
119 
143 
106 
126 
90 
96 
110 
68 
68 
59 
68 
61 
80 
77 
59 
72 
52 
59 
67 
91 
92 
90 
88 
80 
103 
102 
78 
99 
73 
72 
80 
137 
""164* 
""'85' 
120 
113 
113 
98 
113 
102 
133 
128 
98 
120 
87 
98 
112 
117 
118 
115 
113 
103 
132 
131 
100 
127 
94 
92 
103 
134 
Mountain: 
Idaho 
New Mexico 
Utah 
161 
Pacific: 
83 
118 
1 1882-1886 taken instead of 1881-1885 in view of availability of statistics for a larger number of States 
beginning 1882. 
2 Values reduced to gold basis. 
Data associating shifting geographic differences in farm prices per 
bushel of wheat with trend of yields to the acre are given in Table 
V (p. 28), and value per acre in Table VI (p. 29). These tables 
are self-explanatory. Absolute figures as well as percentages are 
given, but the changes can be followed more easily through the 
percentages based upon the United States figure as 100 per cent. 
