. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. 191J BETTER FRUIT Page 7 Monthly Crop Report, Dept. of Agriculture All farm products have shown a steady increase in price, with very few- exceptions, from 1910 to 1917. The fol- lowing table is not only very interest- ing but very instructive. Attention is called to a few of the important pro- ducts and the increases shown: Hogs, $ to $; beef, * to $; sheep, $ to $; wool, to ; milch cows, $ to $ Horses are an exception, showing a decrease from $1-18 to $135, probably due to automobiles and auto tractors. Cab- bage, $2
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. 191J BETTER FRUIT Page 7 Monthly Crop Report, Dept. of Agriculture All farm products have shown a steady increase in price, with very few- exceptions, from 1910 to 1917. The fol- lowing table is not only very interest- ing but very instructive. Attention is called to a few of the important pro- ducts and the increases shown: Hogs, $ to $; beef, * to $; sheep, $ to $; wool, to ; milch cows, $ to $ Horses are an exception, showing a decrease from $1-18 to $135, probably due to automobiles and auto tractors. Cab- bage, $ to $; onions, $ to $; beans, $ to $ (nearly 400% increase, possibly due to the large demand for beans for army require- ments); wheat to ; corn, to ; oats, to ; barley, to ; potatoes, to ; hav, $ to $; cotton, to ; butter, to ; eggs, to There is no comparison on apples, as the prices given are for the 1916 crop. The increase in every commodity with the exception of apples, which is not shown, is all the way from 50 to 300 per cent. It does certainly seem that with every product increasing in price, as given in the above scale of percent- ages, that the United States, the richest nation of the world, possessing over one-third of all the gold in existence, having a banking capital reported equal to all the other nations combined; in connection with the immense export trade to the warring nations, which are largely dependent upon the United States for supplies; with business more prosperous than il has been in the his- tory of the country; with everybody at work at splendid wages, the oppor- tunity for getting good prices on apples is certainly very hopeful, and so far as we can see there is no reason why, if the apple crop is properly handled and properly distributed, growers should not get splendid pricesâprices that will afford them a good living, pay them well for th
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