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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 594 
Contribution from the Bureau of Crop Estimates 
L. M. ESTABROOK, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
February 21, 1918 
GEOGRAPHY OF WHEAT PRICES 
SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS AFFECTING FARM PRICES OF WHEAT 
IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
By 
L. B. ZAPOLEON, Division of Crop Records 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Significance of Regional Price Differences 1 
Survey of Geography of Wheat Prices. . 3 
Wheat Versus Corn and Oats— Price 
Zones Compared 4 
Principal Causes Underlying Price Dif- 
ferences 4 
Sectional Price Ratios Shifting .... if 
Detail Farm Price Map and Local Con- 
ditions 13 
Effect of Markets on Local Farm Price 
Variations . 14 
Freight Rates » . * 16 
Other Price Factors 19 
Summary: Price Variations and Attend- 
ant Conditions 19 
Farm Prices Correlated with Costs of 
Production, by States and Sections . . 20 
Retrospective View, 1871 to 1915 ... 24 
Trend of Wheat Production in Relation 
to Population, by States and Sections . 
Appendix: Average Farm Prices of 
Wheat, by Counties, 1910-1914 . . . 
32 
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WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1918 
