AN ECONOMICAL CONTEST.
In ISI6 one bushel of corn would buy one pound of nails. In I£S9 one bushel of corn w I buy ten pounds of nails. Jn 1816 a. pair of woollen blankets cost as much 33 a. cow ; in 1859 a cow will buy five r.Mrs of woollen blankets. In 1816 it required s ; xt.yfour bushels of barley to buy one y? rd of broadcloth j :'u 1889 s'xty.four bushels of barley will buy twensy yards of broadcloth. In ISI6 it took twenty dweii eggs to buy one Ivuhel of Bait; in 1889 twenty dozen e;™s w 1 buy ten bushels of salt. In 181$: jit required a bushel of wheat to buy oneyard of calico; in ISB9 one bushel of wheat Vill buy twenty yards of calico: With ' these fibres before thum, who, can justly clv:n that farm products are not improves The ou 1 !o A for the productions of the farm isicrtai.-;y hopeful, Tho&rmor can ex* change Ins cap for ffiore 0 f the necessaries of lite than at a.;,y i o rmer period in the history of or county.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXI, Issue 6337, 10 June 1889, Page 2
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186AN ECONOMICAL CONTEST. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXI, Issue 6337, 10 June 1889, Page 2
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