14 BULLETIN 999, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
PRICES PAID TO FARMERS. 
The five-year average prices paid to farmers for each product for 
each month, are shown in Table XVII, pages 37 to 45. For example, 
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Tig. 7. — Prices of wool. Civil War and World War periods, and 'wholesale prices of allcomxnodities during 
the Civil War. Five-year average before the war is in all cases 100. In both war periods wool rose very 
high in price and in both cases a. very violent drop occurred. 
the average price paid to farmers for corn on July 1, 1909-1914 was 
69. 2 cents per bushel. July 1. 1921, it was 62.2 cents. The price in 
July, 1921. was therefore 90 per cent of the five-year average before 
the war. 
Fig. 3. — Prices of butter, Civil War and World War periods, and wholesale prices of all commodities during 
the Civil War. Five-year average before the war is in all cases 100. In each war period butter was 
relatively cheap for several years. After the Civil War a reaction occurred that kept butter relatively 
high priced for several years. 
The average price of cotton on July 1 for five years before the war 
was 12.7 cents. In July, 1921, it was 9.6 cents or 76 per cent of the 
average before the war. 
