| Year | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
| Price | 65/- | 70/- | 70/- | 70/- | 90/- | 128/- | 284/- | 161/- |
PRICE PER FOOD UNIT.
| July, 1915. | Jan., 1919. | ||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
| English Oats | 3 | 1-1/2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Cotton Seed Cake | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Linseed Cake | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Brewers Grains (dried) | 1 | 6-1/2 | 3 | 8-1/2 | |
| Decorticated Cotton Cake | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3-1/2 | |
| Cacao Shell | 8-1/4 | 1 | 4-1/2 | ||
The above table speaks for itself; the figures are from the Journal of the Board of Agriculture; I have added cacao shell for comparison.
[CHAPTER VIII]
THE COMPOSITION AND FOOD VALUE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE
Before the Spaniards made themselves Masters of Mexico, no other drink was esteem'd but that of cocoa; none caring for wine, notwithstanding the soil produces vines everywhere in great abundance of itself.
John Ogilvy's America, 1671.