The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-17
DECEMBER CROP REPORT.
Tho Farm Price for Corn Higher Than
Last Yoar-rho General Averages.

Tho Farm Price for Corn Higher Than
Last Yoar-Tho General Averages.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 16.-The re-
turns to the statistical division Of the
department OF agriculture for the month
OF December relate principally to the
average farm price Of the various agri-
cultural products on the first day OF the
month. By farm prices is meant the
price OF product on tho farm or in the
nearest local town or railway market.
In comparisons Of these prices with
commercial quotations allowance must
be made Tor cost OF handling, trans
portation, profits OF dealers, etc.
The farm price Of corn averages 1915
cents per bushel, which 10 81 cents
higher than the corresponding price Of
last year, which was 36.5 cents per
bushei. This price is 6.3 cents per
bushel higher than the average price
for the decade 1880 to 1889, aud ia just
4 cents higher than the average for the
years 1890 to 1893.
The average price Of wheat is 1913
cents per bushel, the lowest price in the
past twenty-five years. This price is
s.. 8 less than the average for the ten
years, 1880 to 1889, and is 22.l cents less
than the average for the four years, 1890
to 1893.
The returns make the general price
per bushel OF rye sos cents, which is
LIZ cents lower than the price at the
same date last year.
The average farm price OF oats as re.
turned for December !, this year, is Al
cents higher than the corresponding
date last year, being 32.9 cents per
bushel, against 2S.S cents December /,
1893.
The average farm price for barley is
44.3 cents per bushel, against 400 cents
Tor the year 1898. or gain OF 81 cents.
The price for 1892 was 47.2 cents.
The average price OF buckwheat is
&C., cents per hushel against 81 cents
for the year 1898, or decline OF rs
cents.
The returns show the average price OF
hay to DO s. 80 per ton, while that OF
last year on the farms was 50 IS. The
average price for 1892 was s 40.
The average price OF tobacco ia re-
turned at 81 cents per pound against rs
cents last year, difference Of IL cents.
The average farm price in Kentucky,
which is the state OF the largest pro-
duction, is SIS cents per pound, or IL
cents below the average Tor the coun-
try.
The selling price OF potatoes on the
farm on December is reported at an
average OF sos cents per bushel, or 45
cents less than ut the same date last
year. The average plantation price OF
cotton, as shown by the department re-
ports ON December l, was 40 cents per
pound against go cents for the same
date last year and 81 cents in the year
1892, decline from the prices OF these
years. respectively, OF 80 and SO cents
per pound. The lowness OF the price is
without precedent.
The condition OF winter wheat on
December averaged SO against 9l.5 in
the year 1893 and S7.4 in the year 1892.
In the principal winter wheat states the
percentages are as follows: Ohio, 90;
Michigan, 90; Indiana, So; Illinois, 81 |;
Missouri, 80; Kansas, 70; Nebraska, 76;
California, 90. The returns of cores
pondents OF the department makes the
acreage OF winter wheat sown last fall
l03 per cent OF the final estimate OF the
area harvested in 1891, which was 23,
5lS,79s acres. A figure larger than the
preliminary estimate given out in June
last, which upon further investigation
was found to be too law. This prelimi-
nary estimate. therefore, makes the
area sown Tor tho harvest Of 1895. "a
224,000 acres.