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Table IX . — Average Prices of Wool in each Year from 
1893 to 1913 inclusive. 
Year 
British 
Leicester 1 
Half-bred 1 
Southdown 1 
Lincoln 2 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
Per lb. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
d. 
1893 
8 i 
to 
9i 
91 to 
104 
104 
11 
12 
104 
1894 
9 
10 
94 
11 
lOf 
94 
11 
12 
104 
1895 
9* 
) 1 
101 
94 
11 
11 
94 
11 
114 
12 
1896 
9f 
11 
94 
11 
104 
94 
11 
Ilf 
Hf 
1897 
8 f 
11 
10 
84 
H 
94 
84 
11 
104 
9f 
1898 
8 
8 f 
74 
11 
84 
84 
11 
94 
8 | 
1899 
7 
)1 
8 
7 
11 
84 
73 
' 4 
11 
11 
8 f 
1900 
61 
1 1 
n 
64 
11 
84 
8 
11 
12 
7f 
1901 
H 
11 
6 
64 
11 
94 
71 
1 4 
11 
94 
6f 
1902 
5 
11 
5f 
° 8 
11 
64 
74 
11 
94 
64 
1903 
6J 
6| 
71 
1 8 
ii 
8 
84 
11 
Hi 
7 4 
1904 
8| 
11 
94 
94 
ii 
104 
94 
11 
Ilf 
104 
1905 
Ilf 
12 
Ilf 
ii 
124 
Ilf 
11 
134 
124 
1906 
12f 
13 
134 
ii 
Ilf 
Ilf 
11 
151 
Ilf 
1907 
12f 
124 
124 
ii 
134 
134 
11 
15 
124 
1908 
81 
i i 
84 
8 3 
°4 
ii 
10 
114 
11 
124 
84 
1909 
8f 
? i 
84 
10 
ii 
Ilf 
124 
11 
134 
84 
1910 
9f 
9f 
114 
ii 
124 
14 
11 
15 
94 
1911 
91 
104 
nf 
ii 
124 
134 
11 
Hf 
9 8 
1912 
9f 
104 
H4 
n 
12 
134 
11 
144 
lOf 
1913 
Hf 
1 1 
124 
134 
V 
134 
Ilf 
11 
154 
124 
1 Computed, from the prices given in The Economist newspaper. 
2 Extracted from “ The Yorkshire Daily Observer Wool tables. 
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in Great Britain, and 239,025 quarters, or 2*8 per cent, m 
England. The yield per acre in every case except Scotland 
fell below the average. 
The Bean crop of England last year was T4 per cent, below 
that of the previous year ; Wales and Scotland showed a yield 
per acre above, but England was 5 per cent, belcny the average. 
Peas also showed a decrease amounting to 13 per cent, in 
England. Only 623 acres are under this crop in Scotland and 
Wales out of a total of 127,993 acres in Great Britain. 
Potatoes last year gave the very considerable increase of 3C 
per cent, in England and 21 per cent, in Great Britain. The 
yield per acre was also considerably above the average. 
Turnips, however, showed a decrease of 1 per cent, in 
England and the yield per acre, except in Scotland, was some 
way below the average of the last ten years. 
Mangolds also showed a decrease amounting to 2 per cent, 
in Great Britain. This decrease being due to the less acreage, 
as the yield per acre was above that of 1912. 
Hay from Glover showed the substantial increase of 3b per 
cent, in England and 23 per cent, in Great Britain. The yield 
per acre in Great Britain being 9 per cent, above the average. 
