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agricultural solidarity and leadership alone can efface. In no sphere 

 of action can the leadership of the landowner be more profitably 

 exercised ; in none is it more urgently needed. 



The disparity between the prices paid to the fanner for his produce 

 and those paid by the consumer for the same produce, or even by the 

 farmer himself for its by-products, may be illustrated by the following 

 official figures furnished to me by the Statistical Branch of the National 

 Farmers' Union: — 



WHEAT AND ITS PRODUCTS.' 



Pe,r Ton. 



* The price of wheat is based on the monthly average Gazette price published 

 by the Ministry of Agriculture. 



The prices of English offals are those for the two varieties quoted officially 

 by the Ministry of Agriculture. 



The price of flour is the average of the prices at the beginning and end 

 of the month for London Straights quoted by The Times and incorporated in 

 its index-number of prices. 



