Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1912 — FARM PRODUCTS [ARTICLE]

FARM PRODUCTS

Lower in Price Than at Any Previous Time in Five Years. Washington, November 9.—Average farm prices for corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, flaxseed, potatoes, buckwheat, cotton imnd hay, which represent about three-fourths of the value of all the country’s crops, were lower on November 1, 1912, than they have been in the last five years on that date. They were 12.8 per cent lower than last year, 3.2 per cent lower than in 1910, 8.5 per cent lower than in 1909 and 1.1 per cent lower than in 1908. They declined 8 per cent front October 1 to November 1, compared with a decline of |1.7 per cent for the same period of last year and an average decline of 3.6 per cent during October in the past four years.