The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-12-27
OFFICIAL CROP REPORT.
The Average Plantation Price Of
Cotton and Cereals.

Cotton and Cereals.
The statistical returns of the Department
OF Agriculture for the month of December
ara 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 10
cal 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, fig
ure which corresponds nearly with the aver
age farm price OF corn for the decade 1880 to
1889, inclusive, which was $685. and 81 cents
lower than the average for the three 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 1898, inclu-
sive, was 645 cents in 1884. The average for
the ten years 1880 to 1889 was 1927, while for
the three years 1S90to 1892 it was 1856. The
decline from the 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 80 per
cent.
The returns make the general price per
bushel of rye 51.S cents, which is three cents
lower than that OF last year, and So cents
lower than the average during the past de-
csde.
The average farm price of oats, as returned
for December, 1888, is 1873 cents per bushel,
which Is 80 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
40.6 cents, against 47.2 year ago, 81 cents
in 1891, 64.8 In 1890, and 42.7 cents IN 1889.
Unlike the other cereals, the farm price OF
buckwheat per bushel is the highest since
1888; the average price OF buckwheat per
bushel is the highest since 1883.
The average plantation price OF cotton, as
shown by the department reports, was, on
December l, 6.99 cents per pound. as against
8.4 cents on the same date last year showing
q decline of one and forty-one hundredths OF
cent. Notwithstanding the unfavorable indi-
cations as to yield, as reported for the current
year, this price is one and two-tenths cents
lower than the average plantation price for
the seven preceding years, during which the
range was from 8.6 cents to 7.3 cents; aver
age. 8.2 cents.
The average price Of hay is S9.1S per ton,
which is tho highest during the past decade,
except in 1887, when it rose to S9.97. The
average price in 1892 was SS.49.
The average price OF tobacco for December
is returned at 7.8 cents per pound, which is
almost the same as in 1885, 1888 and 1890.
Kentucky, the State Of the largest produe-
tion, reports 7.6 cents, or two tenths OF q
cent lower than the general average.
Potatoes on the farm December l were SELL
ing at an average price Of sixty cents per
bushel, seven cents and fraction less than
at the same time last year. The lowest price
Is sufficiently warranted by the difference In
yield between the two years.
The conditions OF winter wheat on the FIRST
of December averaged 9l.5, against S7.4 last
year. In the Middle and Southern States it
ranges from IS to 80. In the principal winter
wheat States the condition is as follows:
Michigan, SO Ohio, 90: Indiana. 80; Illinois,
SO; Missouri, 80 Kansas. 80 California. $50.
Winter Eye-Tbe condition Of winter rye,
asreported, is GAG, as against 1914 last year.