LIVE STOCK IN THE UNITED STATES. Department of agriculture estimate of live stock on farms and ranges of the United States on Jan. 1 of the years specified. 1924. 1923. 1922. 1921. 1920. 1919. 1900-9. 1890-9. 1880-9. $64.41 $69.75 $70.48 $84.31 Horses $96.51 $98.48 $71.99 $48.24 $67.78 Mules 84.20 85.86 88.26 116.69 148.42 135.59 84.98 58.79 Milk cows.. 52.16 50.83 76.63 23.35 26.65 Other cattle. *AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS BY FISCAL YEARS. 1916...$1,518,071,450 1921...$2.119.750,389 1906.... $976.047,104 | 1911...$1.030.794.402 1907.. 1,054,405,416 1912 1,050,627,131 1917... 1.968.253,288 1922... 1,915,371,000 1908....1.017,396.404 1913. .1,123.021.469 1918.. 2,280,465.770 1923... 1.798,771,000 4,107,158,753 1.113.973,635 1919 Domestic. from the 903,238,122 1914.. United States. 3.466.992.062 871,158.125 1915... 1,475,937,6071920 1909.... 1910.... WAGES OF MALE FARM LABOR. 40.00 South Atlantic Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin East north central.. Minnesota Iowa Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Kansas 13.77 24.93 19.75 Per month With board. Without board. With board. Without b'rd. With b'rd. 1910. 1923. 1910. 1923. 1910. 1923. 1910. 1923. 1910. 1923. $23.50 $41.00 $34.50 $61.00 $1.50 $2.90 $1.95 $3.50 $1.23 $2.50 23.50 46.50 35.50 69.00 1.35 3.00 1.84 3.90 1.18 2.70 25.00 40.60 35.50 60.30 1.75 2.90 2.25 3.60 1.21 2.55 22.75 50.00 37.20 80.00 1.42 3.20 1.92 4.15 1.22 2.95 21.00 50.00 34.00 80.00 1.35 3.00 2.05 4.00 1.12 2.65 21.00 52.00 36.00 75.00 1.55 3.10 2.00 4.10 1.07 23.50 45.50 35.00 64.00 1.80 3.55 2.22 4.30 1.28 19.50 44.50 31.50 67.00 1.70 3.40 2.15 4.40 1.11 2.55 18.75 38.00 29.00 55.50 1.50 2.90 1.96 3.60 1.04 2.48 21.65 43.42 33.19 63.31 1.63 3.21 2.08 3.99 1.17 2.73 16.00 32.80 24.75 51.00 1.35 2.85 1.55 3.50 .98 13.50 32.00 21.50 48.00 1.26 2.70 1.64 3.30 14.00 28.00 19.50 40.00 1.15 2.10 1.44 2.60 19.40 35.50 29.00 50.50 1.28 2.48 1.65 3.08 13.60 28.00 19.50 39.00 1.03 1.95 1.28 2.45 .73 1.55 12.00 20.00 16.50 27.50 .96 1.35 1.12 1.75 .70 1.12 13.00 17.30 18.00 24.50 .98 1.16 1.23 1.40 15.00 26.00 25.00 1.10 1.57 1.46 1.76 1.33 3.05 2.07 3.70 1.20 2.18 48.60 1.70 3.10 2.07 3.75 1.14 2.25 52.50 1.90 3.38 2.30 4.00 1.31 2.40 55.00 1.64 3.10 2.10 3.88 1.22 2.58 63.00 1.76 2.96 2.20 3.70 1.35 2.45 53.59 1.75 3.14 2.16 3.82 1.24 2.36 55.50 2.23 3.27 2.65 4.03 1.48 2.55 56.60 2.12 3.16 2.51 3.85 1.57 2.52 42.50 1.55 2.50 1.93 3.05 1.02 58.80 2.40 3.72 3.03 4.77 1.60 2.50 61.70 2.35 3.50 2.95 3.20 1.54 2.65 54.00 2.14 3.30 2.60 4.10 1.57 2.42 50.60 2.18 3.65 2.57 4.30 1.42 2.21 .77 1.41 1.62 2.32 38.00 48.00 50.00 65.50 2.05 3.60 2.80 34.55 1.14 1.71 1.47 2.14 .89 1.38 2.70 2.50 3.78 1.73 2.50 1.47 2.20 1.12 1.58 2.65 1.34 2.10 3.31 1.55 2.47 3.80 1.39 2.45 2.85 FARM WAGES SINCE 1875. By the month. Year. Board. board. Year. By the month. With Without board. board. 1913. 1912....$20.81 $29.581918....$34.92 $47.07 21.38 30.31 1919... 39.82 56.29 29.88 1920.. 46.89 64.95 43.32 Round steak. Av. Amt. price. for $1. Av. Amt. Year. 1913. Per lb. Lbs. price. Per lb. $0.198 RETAIL FOOD PRICES IN THE UNITED STATES Sirloin steak. Pork chops. Av. Amt. 3.9 236 4.2 .204 4.9 1915. .257 3.9 245 4.1 .212 4.7 .161 6.2 .121 .369 .423 2.4 .143 7.0 .349 2.9 7.8 .132 7.6 -Eggs. Av. Amt. Av. Amt. Av. Amt. price. for $1.price. for $1. price. for $1. .304 3.3 .302 3.3 Butter. Av. Amt. price. for$1. Per lb. Lbs. Per lb. Lbs. Per lb. Lbs. Per doz. Doz. 1913. $0.270 3.7 $0.269 3.7 $0.158 Per lb. Lbs. $0.383 2.6 .156 .362 2.8 2.2 2.8 New Orleans.37.4 1.7 Indianapolis..37.8 2.3 New York...47.3 Charlest'n.S.C.43.9 2.5 Jacksonville ..35.1 1.1 Norfolk New Haven .41.6 2.4 SanFrancisco.40.9 *.6 Savannah 3.4 2.3 Scranton .43.8 4.4 CHANGES IN COST OF LIVING IN UNITED STATES. The following table shows the changes in summarization of the figures for thirty-two the cost of living in the United States from cities, computed on a 1913 base. 1913 to June, 1924. These figures are a ture. Per cent of increase from 1918 (average) to Item of expendi- Dec. Dec. Dec. June Dec. May Dec. June Dec. Mar, June Mar. June 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920. 1920.1921. 1921. 1922. 1922. 1923. 1923. 1924. 1924. 57.0 87.0 97.0 119.0 78.0 44.7 49.9 41.0 46.6 42.0 44.3 43.7 42.4 49.1 105.3 168.7 187.5 158.5 122.6 84.4 72.3 71.5 74.4 74.9 75.8 74.2 .1 9.2 25.3 34.9 51.1 59.0 61.4 60.9 61.9 62.4 63.4 67.0 68.0 Fuel and light..... 24.1 47.9 56.8 71.9 94.9 81.6 81.1 74.2 86.4 86.2 80.6 82.2 76.7 Food Housing ........ Furnishings .... Miscellaneous..... Total.. Electricity* 50.6 113.6 163.5 192.7 185.4 147.7 118.0 102.9 108.2 117.4 122.2 121.3 116.0 40.5 65.8 90.2 101.4 108.2 108.8 106.8 101.5 100.5 100.3 100.3 101.1 101.1 42.4 74.4 99.3 116.5 100.4 80.4 74.3 66.6 69.5 68.8 69.7 70.4 69.1 -4.8 (†) (†) -2.4 +1.2 (†) (t) -1.2 -2.4-2.4-3.6-8.6 -8.6 This line shows the per cent of increase price in December, 1914. These figures are (+) or decrease (-) in the price of electricity based on simple averages of primary rates. on the dates named as compared with the INDEX NUMBERS OF WHOLESALE PRICES. Farm products Food, etc. Fuel. lighting 100 .100 .100 .100 138 131 179 m ..100 Building materials ..100 ......100 All commodities......100 225 120 167 122 176 114 150 Houston. Tex.-Bituminous.. Pennsyl vania anthracite-Stove.. To Aug. 25. Chestnut Bituminous Jacksonville, Fla. Bitumi nous Kansas City, Mo.-Arkansas Stove, No. 4 Bituminous Little Rock, Ark.-Arkansas Bituminous 1923. 1924. $8.33 $7.21 Los Angeles, Cal.-Bituminous *15.75 15.50 vania anthracite-Stove... 15.75 15.25 Memphis, Tenn-Bituminous. 8.70 7.45 Milwaukee, Wis. Pennsyl Ala. Bitu vania anthracite-Stove.. Chestnut 16.01 16.35 Bituminous 15.00 15.50 Minneapolis, Minn.-Pennsyl 15.00 15.50 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 13.18 1༣.0 vania anthracite-Stove.. Bituminous Mobile. Ala-Bituminous. Newark, N. J.-Pennsylvania |