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&. Department of Agriculture. 



quantity of seed planted of wheat, corn, oats, and barley was 

 sold commercially in 1918 than in 1917, and probably than in 

 most of the years prior to the war. While it is true that a 

 comparatively small percentage of the seed of grain crops 

 is sold for planting purposes by commercial agencies, never- 

 theless this small percentage often is of the greatest im- 

 portance, and the seed dealers were quick to sense the in- 

 creased demand for seed grains. 



TABLE 2. Vegetable seed exports for the United States. 



Seed Export Survey of Sept. 11, 1918. 



Seed Survey of July 1, 1918. 



