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Possible price increases on the basis of an aggregate price adjustment amounting to £25 million net on food only
Commodity
Unit Cost
Increase
(including withdrawal of
subsidies)
Suggested Price Increase
Aggregate Recoupment
Wheat (per cwt.)
15. 7a.
1s.Od.
£'000 1,695
Barley (per cwt.)
18. 9d.
1s.oa.
50
Oats (per cwt.)
16. 7a.
ls.Od.
310
Rye (per cwt.)
(as for wheat)
N11
Nil
Potatoes (per ton)
14s. 7a.
10s.Od.
1,920
Sugar Beet (per ton)
Fat Cattle (live cwt.)
Fat Sheep (lb. d.w.
Pigs (per score d.w.)
Milk (per gallon)
Eggs (per dozen)
NOTES: (1)
ware
minus 40s. Od.l substandard
8s.. 6d.
2s. 6d.
630
Agric. Depts.
M/Food
Agric.
M/Food
| Depts.
10s. 1d.clean 7s. 6d.
9s.od. 4,912
cattle
5,895
cattle
other 3s.Od. 4s.Od. 1,146
1,528
2.31d.
1d. 1d. 1,419
1,419
4s.11 d.
4s.0d. 4s.6d. 5,688
6,399
2.91d.
d.
d. 5,957 3,971
4.56d.
2d.
3.010
Total
26,737 26,827
Less Eire Stores
(147,000 tons)
1.102
1.323
Aggregate Recoupment
26,635
25,504
All price increases are annual averages. These can, if desired, be concentrated on certain months to encourage production at those seasons.
(2) For crops the price increases take account of the
Special Review increases so that there is no decline in the rate between 1951/52 and 1952/53.
(3)
The aggregate recoupment for eggs is net of a decrease in price of duck eggs of 6d. per dozen.
(4)
As in previous years it has been assumed that the benefit of an increased price for fat cattle will be passed back to the breeder of stores imported Page of Irish Republic.
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