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AGRICULTURAL PRICES 



BUREAU OF MARKETS REPORTS ON LIVE STOCK MOVEMENTS. 



(000 omitted) 



At this date, in early 1920, the Bureau of Markets is reporting for 

 about 69 markets. Hog receipts as given are 97 per cent of receipts at 69 

 markets; cattle, 98 per cent; sheep, 95 per cent, stocker and feeder cattle, 

 93 per cent; stocker hogs, 69 per cent. 



'ARGENTINE WHEAT PRICE. 

 (Per bushel) 



*ARGENTINE CORN PRICE. 

 (Per bushel) 



1917.|1918.|1919. 



*Prices for both wheat and corn are taken from the Year Books of 

 the Rosario Board of Trade. Rosario is the Chicago of Argentina. The 

 Argentine unit of weight, the quintal, is taken as equivalent to 3.67 bushels 

 wheat and 3.936 bushels of corn. The Argentine dollar is taken as 

 equivalent to 42.6 cents. After July of 1918, prices are taken from the 

 International Institute of Agriculture. 



