Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-16
A QUESTION OF AVERAGES.


How Farm Produce Has Paid the Hus-
bandman During the Past Decade as
Showns by the Statistical Records OF
the Department of Agriculture-wheat
Shows the Lowest Average OF Any OF
the Cereals.
WASHINGTON. Dec 1.-THE statisti-
cal returns of the department OF agri-
culture for the month of December are
principally devoted to the indication
of the average prices OF the products OF
the farm at the points of production,
or in the nearest local markets. As
thus indicated, the value of corn is 81
cents per bushel which is "a cents
lower than the corresponding price OF
last year, which was 1914 cents per
bushel figure which corresponds
nearly with the average farm price OF
corn for the decade 1880 to 1889 inclu-
sive, which was 1913 and is 81 cents
lower than the average for the three
years 1890 to 1892.
Wheat-The average price Of wheat
is 81. 1 cents per bushel. The next low
est price in the twenty-three years
from 1870 to 1893, inclusive, was 64.5
cents in 1884. The average for the ten
| years, 1880 to 1889, was S2.7, while for
the three years 1890 to 1892 it was 1855.
The decline from the average OF the
last three preceding years, in two OF
| which, viz: 1891 and 1892, occurred
| the largest yields in the history of the
country, is a45O cents, or 81 per cent.
Ryc-Thc returns make the general
price per bushel of rye Sis cents,
| which is cents lower than that OF last
year and 50 cents lower than the av'
erage during the past decade.
Oats-The average farm price OF oats
as returned for December, 1893, is 2S,'
cents per bushel. which is 20 cents
lower than last year and IL cents less
than the average price during the pas
decade.
Barley--The average farm price o
barley, as returned, is the lowest OF
record. The price is reported at 40.
cents, as against Az cents year ago
"a cents in 1891, GAS cents in 1890 ant
42.7 cents in 1889.
Buckwheat-Unlike the other cere
ais the farm price of buckwheat pc
bushcl is the highest since 1888. Tn
average price is 50 cents per bushe
asagainst 53.4 last year, SO in 1881
! 81 in 1890 and Sis in 1889.
Hav-The December returns sho'
,, that the average price of hay is 80 !
$ per ton. which is othe highest durn
4 the past decade, except in 1887, whe
9 it rose to s9.97. The average price
1892 was sS.49.
Z Tobacco-The average price OF t.
70 baeco for December is returned at 7
: cents per lb, which is almost'the san
as in 1885, 1883 ana 1890. kentuck.
the state of largest production, L
g ports rs cents or two-tenths OF a cen
r lower than the general average.
$ Pota toes-Potatocs in the seven p
:, tato states and on the farm Dccemb
0. /, were selling at an average price
n. 60 cents per bushcl, I cents and fra
H. ton less than at the same time la
e. year. The lower price is sufficient
h warranted by the difference in vie
between the two years.
l, Winter Wheat--The conditions
D. winter wheat on the LIST day of Decor
n Der averaged 9l.5. against sT.4 la
year-in the middle and southe1
Is states it ranges from IS to 80. In tt
le principal winter-wheat states the co
~ dition is as follows: Michigan,
Mt Ohio, 81; Indiana, 30; Illinois, IS: Nj
e souri, 50; Kansas, 80: California, 100.
u Winter Rye-lhe condition of wi
y ter rye, as reported, is $40, as again
,r 50 4 last wear.