. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 42.âLowest prices were being paid in the sections wltti the lightestshadings; and progressively higher prices are Indicated by progressivelydarker shadings, based on reports received by the U. S. Department ofAgriculture. Market prices are the average of cash sales in the respectivemarkets in cents per bushel for No. 2 yellow corn on the same dates,reported in the Market Reporter. the purchasing power of a bushel and of an acre of corn fora period of years will now be considered. The acute finan-cial situation of the recent past as it affects the com groweris t
. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 42.âLowest prices were being paid in the sections wltti the lightestshadings; and progressively higher prices are Indicated by progressivelydarker shadings, based on reports received by the U. S. Department ofAgriculture. Market prices are the average of cash sales in the respectivemarkets in cents per bushel for No. 2 yellow corn on the same dates,reported in the Market Reporter. the purchasing power of a bushel and of an acre of corn fora period of years will now be considered. The acute finan-cial situation of the recent past as it affects the com groweris thereby explained to some degree. The farm prices of com on December 1, 1921, in theprincipal surplus-producing area of the United States andthe price of No. 2 yellow corn in some of the principal markets 210 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1921. on the same date, are shown in Pigure -12. The lowestprices were being paid in the western portion of the Corn. Belt, being only 22 to 25 cents in portions of South Dakotaand Nebraska. In all of the large producing section, includ- The Com Croj). 211 ing southern Minnesota, about one-half of Iowa, and easternportions of Nebraska and Kansas, the farm price of corn wasonly 26 to 30 cents a bushel. Eastward and westward fromthis section are irregular belts in which the price was31 to 35 cents. In most of northern Illinois, northeastMissouri, and in small sections of Kansas and other Statesthe price was 36 to 40 cents. Higher prices, up to 60 centsa bushel, were paid in other portions of the area shown onthe map. as in Wisconsin and the southern parts of Missouriand Illinois. But the sections where the highest prices were FARM PRICE OF CORN. DECEMBER 1 SELECTED STATES. 1912-1921 PRICE CENTS 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 192lj 200180160140120 too 80BO4020 / \ / \ / ^\ \ / fr / ^ n\. //^ ^- -~..--\â \^^ /. A/l ^ V\^ > \ â¢â -rr-, ^.â ⢠^â¢â¢ \^\ rr^ y^^ <^ ⢠â
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