Agriculture 1873 - 85

Question 1

What was the change in meat prices and why?

Answer 1

Meat prices fell because there were more animals and more meat available.
The invention of steam ships and fridge to preserve animals meant that lamb from New Zealand and Beef from Argentina could come to England fresh and at a higher quality, so would allow for cheaper prices abroad and less home demand

Question 2

What was happening to Russian imports in the 1870’s?

Answer 2

Russia was mechanising after its defeat in the Crimean war and had just got back on its feet to start exporting grain again to other countries. This meant cheaper grain for England that it imported

Question 3

What was happening to American imports in the 1870’s?

Answer 3

They increased as it was easier to travel around America faster after the investments into steam trains and wouldn’t be spoilt when it got to ports

Question 4

What was happening to foreign trade?

Answer 4

Tariffs were being introduced by other countries so that they can profit from trade, such as USA, Italy and Germany and try to limit foreign imports

Question 5

What happened to the weather in the 1870’s?

Answer 5

There were many bad harvests with the worst being 1873, that meant that there wasn’t as much wheat to sell