The extraordinary similarity-in produce prices 50 years ago and to-aay was commented upon by the presiaent of thO Wdinl&te Agricultural and Pastoral Association (Mr E. C. Studholme) ia his address at . the jubilee social of the Association. Mr Studholme quoted the following prices of 60 yoars agoi—Beef 15s to £1 per lOOlbi wheat 4s 6d bushel, oats 2s 6d to 3s, ryegrass 6s 6d to 7s 6d. He stated that labour Wfts ehefcp then, harvesters wajtfes b#lng IS ab hour, and keep being worth 2s a flay, Threshihg had been don 6 by coiatrAct for a miSuSl, chaff had be6n cut at from 3d.to 4d14 bag* It was extraordinary that with all the improvement* in niachmery tn e cost Of i>r6du<Jti&a had doubled Jiace then. Have ybd anytliiny fco wish to buy? If fed! a sttall adver^BOment in t M clpelfled seet'OrtofTHE Press will b§ All fM H6ed. U word* Is, tbrw insertleus 2b 6ui
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20415, 9 December 1931, Page 3
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