The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-12-14
December Crop Report.

The returns to the statistical division OF
the Department of Agriculture tor the
month of December relate principally TO
the average farm prices of the various ag-
ricutural products on the first day OF the
month By farm prices is meant the price
of product on the farm or in the nearest
local or railway market. In comparison
of these prices with commercial quotations
allowance must he made for cost OF hand
line transportation, profits of dealers, &c.
The farm price of Corn averaged 41.6
cents pcr buShel. which is 81 cents higher
than the corresponding price of last year
which was 36.5 cents per buShe! ms
price is t1 cents per hushel higher than
the average price for the decade 1850 TO
1889, and is lust cents higher than the
average for the four years 1890 to 1899.
The average price of Wheat is 1919 cents
per pushed. the lowest price in the past
twenty-five wears. The price is :'3.9 cents
less than the average for the ten years
1880 to 1889. and is 22. cents less than the
average for the four years 1890 to 1898.
The returns make the average price per
bushel for Rye 90 cents, which is | ) 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 for the corresponding
date last wear. being :'29 cents per bushel,
against oSS December |, 1893.
The average farm price of Barley is 44.3
cents per buShel, against 400 cents forthe
wear 1893, ora gain of 3. cents. The price
for 1892 was A.
The average price of 3uckwheat is $50
cents per bushel, against 80 cents for the
yea 1898, or decline of 90 cents.
The returns show the average price of
HAY to be 1885 per ton, while that of last
year on the farms was 1913. The average
price of 1892 was SS49
The average price of Tobacco is return
ed at e. cents per pound, against IS cents
last wear, difference of IL cents. The
average price in Kentucky, which is the
State of the largest production. is 30 cents
per pound, or ID cents below the average
for the country.
The selling price of Potatoes on the
farms on December l is reported at an
average of 55.5 cents per bushel, or 40
cents less than at the same date last year.
The average plantation price of Cotton,
as shown by the department reports on
December |. was 40 cents per pound,
against 900 cents for the same date last
wear. and S.4 cents in the year 1892, a de-
cline from the prices of these years, re-
soectivelv, of :. 90 and b cents per pound.
The lowness of this price is without pre-
cedent
The condition of winter Wheat on De
cember averaged SO, against 91.5 in the
year 1898 and s74 in the year 1892. In the
J rincipil winter Wheat States the percent
ages are as follows: Ohio 81. Michigan %,
Indiana S6, Illinois 81, Missouri 90, Kan
sas 13, Nebraska IS, California o. The
returns of correspondents of the depart
ment make the acreage of winter Wheat
sown last fall lob per cent. of the final es
was 23,5lS, 796 acres, figure larger than
the preliminary estimate given out in June
last, which upon further investigation was
found to be two low This preliminary
estimate therefore, makes the area sown
for the harvest of 1895 "A 224 900 acres