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Title: Geographical phases of farm prices : corn
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Zapoleon, Louis B., 1884-
Subjects: Corn
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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.4 2.2 3.6 3.4 .8 1.6 Bushels. 747,000,000741,000,000238,000,000260,000,00061,000,000100,000,00094,000,00022,000,00044,000,000 2,307,000,000 6.51.6 1.4 5.4 16.6 180,000,00044,000,000 32,000,000 14,000,00039,000,000 150,000,000 459,000,000 1 These figures (items 3 and 4) show the gross movement and do not take into account the intrastatecorn shipments between surplus and deficiency sections of the same State. 2 Data regarding farm consumption are based upon investigations made by N. C.Murray, assistantstatistician, Bureau of Crop Estimates. 3 Additional quantities marketed in cities are reshipped to farms, and included in consumption on farms(above). 12 BULLETIN 1, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, AND COMMERCE, BY STATES AND SECTIONS. The foregoing is indicative of a few general phases in the dis-position of the corn crop. Data for production, marketing, con-
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sumption, and surplus, by geographic divisions, are shown in Tables2 and 2A. and in figure 3. The dominant share of the two North Central divisions in pro-duction, consumption, and commerce stands out in relief againstthe much smaller ratio of all items in the East and South, and thecomparatively negligible quantities in the Mountain and Pacific GEOGRAPHICAL PHASES OF FARM PRICES : CORN. 13 States. The East and South, however, draw the greater part ofthe corn shipments from the surplus-producing territory. In theMountain and Pacific States the quantities produced and consumedare unimportant compared to the other sections, but the ratio ofcorn importation to production and the degree of deficiency arevery high. Of the amount consumed on farms, about 57 per centis apportioned to the North Central States, 35 per cent to the South,and 6 per cent to the North Atlantic States. As indicated by figure 3. the North Central States, which comprise about25 per cent of the total land area and less

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