



SOME EFFECTS OF THE WAR UPON 



THE SEED INDUSTRY OF THE 



UNITED STATES 



BY 



W. A. WHEELER 

 Specialist in Seed Marketing 



AND 



G. C. EDLER 



Investigator in Seed Marketing 



Bureau of Markets 



CONTENTS 



More Seeds Will be Home Grown 



Effect of the War Upon Imports and Exports 



Domestic Demands for Seed 



Influence of War on Seed Production 



Seed Stocks 



Effect of the War on Prices 



Movement of Seeds 



Local Problems of Wholesale and Retail Seedsmen 



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Separate from Yearbook of the 

 Department of Agriculture, 1918 



No. 775 



WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1919 



