. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 5.—Prices ofLcorn, Civil War and World War periods, and wholesale prices of "all commodities" during the Civil War. Five-year average before the war is in all cases 100. When the Civil War corn price is above the line for all commodities corn was relatively high in price. When below that line it was relatively low. Butter, cheese, and eggs did not rise as soon as did the general price level during the Civil War period. The number of animals per capita was reduced. After the war the high wages caused an i
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 5.—Prices ofLcorn, Civil War and World War periods, and wholesale prices of "all commodities" during the Civil War. Five-year average before the war is in all cases 100. When the Civil War corn price is above the line for all commodities corn was relatively high in price. When below that line it was relatively low. Butter, cheese, and eggs did not rise as soon as did the general price level during the Civil War period. The number of animals per capita was reduced. After the war the high wages caused an increased WHOLESALE PISCES OF WENTER WHEAT U_L 11 I I I I. 111 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1367 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1374 1875 1876 1877 1878 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 Fig. 6.—Prices of wheat, Civil War and World War periods, and wholesale prices of all commodities during the Civil War. Five-year average before the war is in all cases 100. demand for the short supply and resulted in relatively high prices for these products for a number of years. The prices of hogs for the Civil War period (fig. 11) show the cycles of over and under production of hogs varying about the general price Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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