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Table LXIII: Germany: Food prices in 1914, 1915 and 1916.
[This page is part of our online-publication of the book "A History of the Blockade of Germany and of the countries associated with her in the Great War: Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey" by A. C. Bell.]
	Price
Article	At the beginning of the maximum price regulations: i.e. November, December, 1915.		November, 1916: i.e. after a year of price regulation.		Percentage increase or decrease	Price in July, 1914		Percentage increase
	s	d	s	d		s	d
Rye bread, per 4 lb.		8½		7¼	- 14		6	21
Wheat	1	0¾	1	3	+ 16		10	49
Butter, per lb.	2	3¼	2	4¾	+   5	1	2	105
Lard	2	4½	2	10½	+ 20		8¼	315
Sugar		3¼		3¾	+ 14		2¾	36
Eggs, per dozen	2	5¾	2	9¾	+ 52		10	357
Beef	1	2½	2	0¾	+ 70		9	170
Mutton	1	4½	2	5	+ 75		11	164
Veal	1	4½	1	10½	+ 36		11	106
Pork	1	3	1	8¾	+ 38		8¾	249