. Geographical phases of farm prices : corn. in the price zones, affect-ing especially sections in which corn traffic is small. In the territoryeast of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac and Ohio Riversthe same rate applies to carload and less-than-carload lots of corn. COSTS OF PRODUCTION AND FARM PRICES, GEOGRAPHICDIFFERENCES. An analysis of the practical bearing of varying price levels onlocal types of agriculture is incomplete without consideration of costto production. Two elements are involved here: (1) The cost of pro-ducing crops upon an acreage basis, and (2) the number of bushe
. Geographical phases of farm prices : corn. in the price zones, affect-ing especially sections in which corn traffic is small. In the territoryeast of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac and Ohio Riversthe same rate applies to carload and less-than-carload lots of corn. COSTS OF PRODUCTION AND FARM PRICES, GEOGRAPHICDIFFERENCES. An analysis of the practical bearing of varying price levels onlocal types of agriculture is incomplete without consideration of costto production. Two elements are involved here: (1) The cost of pro-ducing crops upon an acreage basis, and (2) the number of bushelsproduced to the acre. 55985°—18—Bull. 696- 4 26 BULLETIN 696-, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Figure 4 throws into relief the relationship of these factors. Itwill be observed that often areas of high price show minimum netreturns, higher prices being offset either by high costs of productionor low yields in bushels to the acre. Varying land rental or interestcharges, also costs of commercial fertilizer, enter into the cost
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