Note 14 — Part II (continued 3)
Reading edition
Prices for both wheat and corn are taken from the Year Books of the Rosario Board of Trade. Rosario is the Chicago of Argentina. The Argentine unit of weight, the quintal, is taken as equivalent to 3.67 bushels of wheat and 3.936 bushels of corn. The Argentine dollar is taken as equivalent to 42.6 cents. After July of 1918, prices are taken from the International Institute of Agriculture.