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Fertilisers, on the other hand, did not rise 
as agricultural produce, especially in the last 
yeriod. 
1&r part of this period, however, control of prices 
“modities was in operation and between the end 
“A of 1919 there was not in the case of many of 
it products a free market. Control of prices 
tages and in most cases agricultural commo- 
m control by the end of 1920. 
¢ movement of agricultural prices in relation 
stuffs and fertilisers the changes which have 
seen from the following table, which gives the 
:h the average figure for each year from 1914 
he average in the three base years 1911-13. 
Agricultural 
Produce. 
Feeding 
Stuffs. 
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Fertilisers. 
27 
60 
101 
132 
158 
192 
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57 
61 
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87 
174 
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96 
111 
115 
159 
120 
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‘e also shown in Diagram VIII, covering the 
vhich indicates the movements of animal and 
separately. 
products included are wheat, barley, oats, 
", fruit and vegetables, and hops; the animal 
fat cattle, sheep and pigs, milk, butter and 
38 and wool. The two sets of figures cannot 
ly representing arable and pasture farming 
hey do show to some extent the different 
“ges upon those farmers who depended mainly 
table products and of animal products re- 
d, 1920-1923, saw a very rapid fall in prices, 
» above table and in Diagrams VIT and VIII. 
again moved in close harmony with general 
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