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Graph 4. The yield per hectare of cereals and potatoes in Slovenia, 1869-1913 (in q/ha)
Source: Maček 1993, 18-37.
The data include maize, even though they are the least complete, particu-
larly for the first half of the nineteenth century. In Ljubljana, the first trad-
ing in maize was registered in 1795. Since then and until as late as World
War I, a sequence of data on maize prices exists, even if with short interrup-

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