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just 100 per cent of that average. Since that date, however, farm prod 

 ucts have advanced much more rapidly. 



As of September 15, 1944, fertihzer prices were 121 per cent an 

 prices received by farmers were 192 per cent of the 1910-1914 level. 



Fertilizer prices have followed a downward trend over a long pe- 

 riod, and this trend may be resumed after the war. Even though fer- 

 tilizer prices should be relatively less attractive than at present, expan- 

 sion in use is likely to occur. (See Figure 9.) 



SUMMARY 



1. Fertilizer sales in New Hampshire almost tripled in the 13-year 

 period, 1931-1943. 



2. The amount of fertilizer purchased through government agen- 

 cies exceeded two-thirds of the total sales in the 1942-1943 season. 



3. Sales of lime in New Hampshire increased six times in the 10- 

 year period ending in 1942 and have continued to increase since that date, 



4. Almost half the mixed fertilizer analyses during a six-year pe- 

 riod were sold by only one of a number of companies. 



5. The 5-8-7 analysis accounted for the largest sales over a six-year 

 period. 



PERCENT 

 220 - 



200 - 



180 - 



160 



140 



120 



100 



80 



60 



40 



20 

 



Received for farm products 



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Figure 9. — Index of prices received for farm products and paid for fertilizers 

 by farmers in U. S. (U.S.D.A.) 1910-1914 = 100 



