Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-12-22
OFFICIAL CROP REPORT.
The Average Plantation Price of
Cotton and Cereals.

The statistical returns cf the Department
OF Agriculture for the month of december
principally devoted to the indication
of the average of the prices of the
various products OF the farm at the
points of production. or the nearest To-
cal markets. AS thus indicated tho value Of
corn is 81 cents per bushel, which is 2. 4 cents
lower than the corresponding price Of last
year, which was 3J.4 cents per bushpl, a fig
ure which corresponds nearly with the aver
age farm price of corn for tn" decade 1880 TO
1889, inclusive, which was 1913, and 81 cents
lower than the average for the thre" years
1890 to 1892.
The average price Of wheat is 52.1 cents
per buShel. The next lowest price in the
twenty-three years from 1870 to 1893, inciu-
sive, was 64. cents in 1884. The averag" for
the ten years 1880 to 1889 was 827. while for
the three years 1899 to 1892 il was 1916. The
decline from tho average of the last three
preceding years in two Of which, 1891 and
1892, occurred the largest yields In the his
tory of the country was 24.5 cents, or 81 per
cent.
The returns make the general price per
bushcl of rye SIS cents, which is three cents
lower than that of last year and So cents
lower than the average during the past de-
cRde.
The average farm price Of oats, as returned
for December. 1898 Is 2S8 cents per bushcl.
which is q cents lower than last year and
IA cents less than the average price during
the past decade
The average farm price Of barley is the
lowest on record, the price being reported AT
406 cents, against At. "A year ago, 81 cents
III 1891, G4.8 in 1890, and AT cents IN 1899.
Unlike the other cereals, the farm prin" pf
huc.lwhcat per bushcl is the highest sine"
1888 the average price OF buckwheat per
bushel is the highest since Is5@.
The average plantation price OF cotton, ~
shown by the department reports, was on
December /. 6. 80 cents per pound, az against
S. cents on the same date last year. showing
q decline OF one and fOrty-One hundredths OF
q cent. NotWit hstandingt the unfayOrablc IndI-
cations to yield, a. reported for the current
year, this price is one and two-tenths cents
lower than the average plantation price Tor
the seven preceding years, during which the
range was from SO cents TO 7.3 cents; aver
age. 80 cents.
The average price Of hay is $9.1S per ton,
which is tho highest during the past decade,
except in 1887, when it rose to :J.97 The
average price in 1892 was 3S49.
The average price tobacco for December
is returned at 7.8 cents per pound, which IS
almost the same as in 1885, 1855 and 1880.
Kentucky, the State Of the largest produc-
ton. reports 7.G cents. or two tenths OF u
cent lower than the general average.
Potatoes on tho farm December were sell
ing at an average price OF sixty cents per
buShei, seven cents ana a traction less thih
at the same time last year. The loves; price
is sufficiently warranted 10y the difference in
yield between the two years.
The conditions OF winter wheat on the first
Of December a ragged 9l.5. against s7.4 last
yeGr In the Middle and Southern Stat"4 It
ranges from IS TO 80. In the principal winter
wheat States the condition IS ns follows
Michigan. SO Ohio. 81 Indiana, 30 Illinois,
80: Missouri 81 Kansas. - California, 100.
Winter Rye-Tb" condition Of winter rye,
asrrDor:ed. &c 94G. as Iga:nst 80 last y"ar-