. Yearbook of agriculture . v f* o 1 1 1 1 o o o o CO lO <V (M CO 5 1 1 1 1 i 1 J o m o mo ui d *~ o Ilij. 02.âThe purchasing power of wheat per bushel and per acre, in terms ofthe 1913 dollar, was low during and after the Civil War, fairly high from1877 until 1909, and exceedingly low during the World War, in comparisoawith the farm price of wheat. Wheat Production and Marketing. 149 At the present time (May 1,1922) the farm price of wheatis considerably higher than at the end of 1921, and, as theprices of other commodities farmers buy (Fig. 40) are de-creasing slowly, the purchasing power
. Yearbook of agriculture . v f* o 1 1 1 1 o o o o CO lO <V (M CO 5 1 1 1 1 i 1 J o m o mo ui d *~ o Ilij. 02.âThe purchasing power of wheat per bushel and per acre, in terms ofthe 1913 dollar, was low during and after the Civil War, fairly high from1877 until 1909, and exceedingly low during the World War, in comparisoawith the farm price of wheat. Wheat Production and Marketing. 149 At the present time (May 1,1922) the farm price of wheatis considerably higher than at the end of 1921, and, as theprices of other commodities farmers buy (Fig. 40) are de-creasing slowly, the purchasing power of wheat is rising. Trend of Acreage and Production. The trends of acreage, acre yield, and production havebeen shown in Figure 7. Acreage has increased steadily asthe country has developed. Average acre yields also in-creased about 25 per cent, or from 12 bushels to 15 bushels,in the 25 years from 1890 to 1914. As a result, production SPRING WHEAT ACREAGE COMPARED WITH WINTER WHEAT ACREAGE SOWN AND HARVESTED 1895-1921. Fig. 63.âThe acreage of winter wheat sown is larger than that of springwheat and has tended to increase faster both before and during the WorldWar. increased steadily. The average acreage harvested in the10 years before the war (1905-1914) was about 48 millionacres, of which over 18 millions were spring wheat andnearly 30 millions were winter wheat (Fig. 63). As theaverage abandonment of winter wheat acreage sown wasabout per cent in those j^ears, nearly 33 millions of acresof winter wheat were sown annually. During the World War acreage and production weregreatly stimulated by patriotic impulses and by high the same time average acre yields decreased slightly,probably on account of unfavorable seasons and less ade- 150 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture^ 1921. quate farming methods due to the decreased labor enormous total of 75,684,000 acres was grown in 1919,but this dropped to somewhat more than 61 million and 62million acr
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