Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-11
FARM PRICES OF CROPS.
A NOVEL FEATURE IN THE AG-
RICULTURAL REPORT.

COrn's Average Reduced to SO Cents per
Bushel by the Increased Yield-COttOn
Put at SO Gents per Pound of Lint
Wheat Low, But Better than Last
Year.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The crop re-
ports Of the Department of Agriculture
for December gives the farm prices OF the
principal crops. The increase in the
product OF corn has reduced the average
value Of the crop to 33c. per bushel. The
average value OF the previous crop in De-
cember was SO. The reduction is largest
In the Ohio valley and in the Southern
States west of the Mississippi the in
crease of stock feeding has corrected the
tendency to extremely low prices. The
average in Missouri is 26c., the same as
last year.
A LIST OF AVERAGES.
In Kansas it is "a instead of - last year,
ia Iowa "a instead OF %, in Nebraska 10
instead of Is, in Dakota 2S instead of 80.
In Minnesota 30 instead of 80, Illinois %,
Indiana 20, OHIO 80, Michigan "a, Ken
tucky 35, Pennsylvania 40, New York 68,
compared with former prices corn values
are very low. For the preceding five
years nearly all are under the average in
production. The average farm value was
44.7c. per bushel, AID for the preceding
ten years 426c.
THE PRICE OF COTTON.
The price OF cotton averages S,3c. per
pound Of lint farm value, which is nine
mills less than the December price last
year. Farm prices are: Virginia S.5c.,
North Carolina S.5, South Carolina S.5,
Georgia S.5, Alabama S.3, Mississippi S.4,
Louisiana s.3, Texas 8, Arkansas 81, Ten
nessee s.
THE PRICE OF WHEAT.
The price of wheat, though still low, is
considerably above last December's
average, which was 65c. That Of 1888
was Ole. The present is 1870, gain
equal to half the unprecedented decline
indicated last December. For i've years
past the average farm value has been 90c.
per bushel, and for the preceding ten years
81 %. Last years farm value was 3S per
cent. lower than for the ten years ended in
1879, due mainly to fuller European pro-
duction and smaller foreign demand for
the surplus, nearly equal to a third OF the
entire crop.
RANGE OF STATE PRICES.
The range of State prices is from 81 cents
In Nebraska to 81 % in Massachusetts,. 1t
is about 81 In the Eastern and in the cot
ton States for homegrown wheat. The
price in Texas, 80 cents, is cents
lower than last December, from the In
crease In the home crop. Tness xaahza
New York is So cents, an increase of II
cents; PennsYlYapia 50 cents, an increase
of11 cents; Ohl001 cents an.jncreasa of
1eeents; Kentucky 80 cents, an Increase
of 10 cents; Michigan "a cents, an increase
Of 10 cents; Indiana SO cents, an increase
of 10 cents; Illinois 81 cents, an increase
OILS cents; Wisconsin 76 cents, AN increase
Of IS cents; Minnesota 20 cents, IAN increase
Of 20 cents; Iowa 81 cents, an increase
Of II cents; Missouri II cents, an increase
of 10 cents; Kansas 65 cents, an increase
of 20 cents Nebraska 81 Genus, an increase
of 15 cents; Dakota 60 cents, an increase
of II cents. The average for California is
returned at rs cents, and 81 cents for Ore
gon.
VARIOUS VALUES.
The average price Of rye is 56 cents,
4 cents more than last year; barley So
cents, an increase OF Z cents; buckwheat
So cents, decrease of 3 cents; potatoes As
cents, an increase of 8 cents; hay So 62
per ton, In place of IS II last year. The
average price OF oats is % cents-the same