1921.] 



International Potato Confeeience. 



559 



Tahle III. 



Iii'h'x NumlxTS of PrP'p.<. 



Month. 



Statist Whole- 

 sale Prices* 

 (lyio = 100). 



Cost of Living* 

 (June. 1914 

 = lOllj. 



Agricultural 

 I'roducef 

 (1911-13 = 100). 



July, 



1920 ... 



299 



255 



274 



August 



., 



298 



2*>1 



277 



September 



,, 



293 



264 



281 



October 



,, 



2S2 



276 



291 



November 



I) 



263 



269 



297 



December 



)? ... 



244 



265 



294 



January, 



1921 ... 



230 



2.il 



28<; 



Februarv 





215 



241 



272 



March 





208 



283 



258 



April 



200 



228 



241 



May 





191 



219 



212 



June 



M • • • 



18:i 



219 



202 



July 





186 



222 



200 



'E\id of month prices. 



tMonthlv average prices. 



\Yholesale prices have thus fallen by nearly 40 per cent, since 

 July last year, while agricultural produce of all kinds, which 

 had in November risen to a point 197 per cent, above the pre-war 

 level, has since fallen to 141 per cent, in April and lOu per 

 cent, in July, above the average for 1911-13. The reduction in 

 fat stock values may therefore be set down to a general re- 

 adjustment of prices rather than to any other cause, and bearing 

 in mind the extent to which other produce has fallen, it is 

 matter for comment rather that prices of live stock were main- 

 tained for so long than that they have now commenced to fall. 



In order to secure the full discussion of the manifold and com- 

 plex problems with which breeders and growers of potatoes are 



^ ^ ^. . confronted, the ^Ministry and the Eoyal Hor- 

 International ,. ,^ i o • i i i \ i n 



^ ^ ^ . ticultural Society have arranged to hold 



Potato Conference. . . ^, t j. ^- ^ -n i l n c 



jointly an International Potato Conference 



in London from IGth to 18th November next, at the Royal Hor- 

 ticultural Society's Hall, Vincent Square. During the progi-ess 

 of the Conference the National Potato Society will hold its Annual 

 Show in the Hall, and most British varieties of potatoes will be 

 exhibited. In addition an exhibit dealing with the scientific 

 aspect is being arranged, and it is hoped that workers engaged 

 on potato problems in all parts of the world will co-operate. 



Invitations to the Conference have been extended by His 

 Majesty's Government to the Governments of the Dominions and 

 Colonies, and of Foreign Countries, and it is hoped that it 

 will be a representative gathering of all those interested in the 



