prices. The prices of agricultural products were reasonably stable during these years and in no other post-war period have prices moved within such narrow limits. Moreover, these were the three years immediately preceding the world depression of the 1930's and have been used in many connections as a basis for economic comparisons. 7. In the case of other agricultural products which it has been found necessary to support either by subsidy or price control in order to ensure remunerative returns, there is no instance in which the present agricultural index figure is below that of the base period (see table B).