AREA, PRODUCT, AND VALUE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1895.

As Shown by the Census Returns, from 1850 to 1890.

393,185,615 $8.35

259,164,640 27.35

AVERAGE COST PER ACRE OF RAISING WHEAT AND CORN IN THE UNITED STATES, 1893.*

AVERAGE FARM PRICE OF VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ON DEC. 1 IN EACH YEAR

FROM 1886 TO 1895.

(U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.)

1886 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895.

Crop.

$

Corn per bushel.
Wheat

66

Rye

Oats

Barley

Irish potatoes

Hay per ton.

Cotton per lb.

66

$

$1 $ $ $ $ $ $$ 0.366 0444 0.341 0.283 0.506,0.406 0.393 0.365 0.457,0.253 0.687 0.681 0.926 0.698 0.838 0.839 0.624 0.538 0.491 0.509 0.531 0.544 0.591 0.457 0.629 0.774 0.548 0.513 0.501 0.440 0.298 0. 304 0.278 0.230 0.424 0.315 0.317 0.294 0 324 10. 199 0.530 0.522 0.596 0.427 0.648 0.540 0.472 0.411 0.442 0.337 Buckwheat per bush. o.544 0.561 0.636 0.518 0 577 0.579 0.534 0.583 0.556 0.452 0.450 0.685 0.404 0.403 0.777 0.371 0.673 0.590 0.536 0.266 7.36 9.34 7.88 7.74 8.39 8.49 8.68 8.54 8.35 0.081 0.085 0.085 0.083 0.086 0.073 0.084 0.070 0.046 0.076 0.071 0.077 0.084 0.081 0.068 0.069

66

Leaf tobacco per lb.. 0.069 0.103

* Consolidated from returns from nearly 30,000 leading farmers scattered throughout the United States.