Show PRICES OF WHAT THE FARMER BUYS AND SELLS m COPARE 0 from the committee on public information wholesale prices of selected articles Arti clee 1914 and june 1918 with per cent of increase average price pr ice price in pr cent of coin commodity kodity unit in 1914 june 1318 increase food wa 31 coffee pound 1149 flour I 1 heat sugar granulated granulated pound Il herring erring pickled barrel molasses new orleans gallon boots and shoes 10 1700 youths gun metal pair ka mens liens pun gun metal pair gun pair clothes and clothing 1400 IS 57 denims yard 1 1185 hosiery mens cotton dozen pair saw 1948 Shir tings bleached lonsdale yard Sui tings sorge corgo 11 oz yard 4 2500 13 5 2176 mens cotton shirts and drawers dozen 1862 1763 bregg goods cotton warp yard 1006 blankets all wool pound fuel and lighting petroleum refined rell nod gallon coal anthracite chestnut ton 6 coal bituminous norfolk ton 4 gasoline gallon 1443 1442 2 2409 1400 lumber anel and bunding building materials w cement barrel I 1 sm lumber pine lellow flooring M X 60 window glass SO sq feet beet 3 sm nails ls all ire ke keg a GOW 1144 other commodities plates s white dozen ACM tumblers dozen ima cups and saucers dozen cutlery gross 1065 tobacco plug pound soap box ac cottonseed meal ton so 53 M 1 ihna hat the price of wheat despite the control exercised liy by the food administration I shows it greater per cent it f advance then than tile the prices of many other commodities bou ht and sold hy by the farmer is indicated by facts acts made public liy by the alie department of labor and ty by the department ot of agriculture thin condition was exemplified vividly when the changes in the price of products I ought might by farmers were tr traced aced the alie price of wheat hy by july 1 1918 1018 had increased per cent over the price irice for tilly july 1 1914 in other words the price on oil july 1 last was nearly two and two thirds times that of four years previous farm machinery it was had increased very iglich less during the years of war figures 1 laca on representative reports from county agents to the farm management bureau of the department of ng aff ri culture reen repealed led percentages of advance ranging from 44 to 93 99 plows lind hid enhanced in price so 85 per cent ellk drills increased in cost 71 per tent the increment in cost for cultivators was 77 while that for spring lorali harrows was sl 81 per cent building nuil ding materials according to the boles Abole sale ilu figures assembled by the bureau bineau of labor statistics have advanced much less than the prices of wheat luring during the war period the average price for 1914 when compared with that of june 1018 demonstrated r rise 0 of 40 per cent for yellow pine flooring wire nails increased per cent the cost of food generally was augmented dented very much less lesa than wheat coffee increased only 3 per cent show ing in the smallest change in price of all articles tabulated granulated sugar lit in contrast went up 53 55 per cent flour increased per cent pickled herring showed a rise of ct c t per cent molasses was 45 per cent higher only certain articles of clothing increased more rapidly than wheat both wool find and cotton goods gooda advanced great ly shoes mere more nearly stable in price gun metal shoes increased in cost 82 per cent mens ST 87 and youths GO CO but mens cotton advanced per cent refined petroleum cost 42 per cent more gasoline registered CO 66 per cent white household plates antes went up 81 per cent white while cups and Lauc erm increased creal ed SO 89 per cent cutlery showed a sharper rise with per cent soap snap revealed a 53 per cent increase weighted averages based base on prices oem bled from a list of about county buyers show that on oil july 1 1914 the price irice of wheat as ag vold sold by the farmer had increased per cent over the price for the same day of 1013 corti corn according to the data supplied by the same county crop reporters increased within tile the same period per cent in price oats showed liny bily 42 and cotton bogs rio 99 advanced beef cattle 65 and lambs per cent within the four years the tables the he detailed ile tilled price variations of what the former farmer buya and of what lie sells ore as follows what the farmer sells average prices price received by producers producer of unit united d states for selected articles complied compiled from data published in monthly crop report of 0 department ot of arit aril culture july 1918 pp ap 82 and 83 july I 1 pet of ills crease creasa bu 2 wa ica 2 corn bu bit am 36 1537 1 fa 0 oat oah bu am 3 me ilay hay ton r ll IL em in nn ION 4 3 cotton pound asil id 9 july Is 15 hoes lbs iba erml ta 1537 1069 beet beef cattle lbs 10 i 40 6 4 6 danits Lan its lbs 6 7 H 14 as 1 1315 31 5 what the barmor buys BUY per cent of increase in retail prices of fa farm r machinery in 1918 as compared witt with 1914 biebl Bi cd eil on too ro representative from brunty agents to the th farm bureau of the tha united states department ot of agriculture yearly nearly all states are represented by at least one report pet of otan increase 1911 1913 name of article over lilt binder grain cultivators walking ag 9 drills disk w harrows spring tooth plows vial king 84 9 |