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Table 260. — Alfalfa seed: Monthly and yearly average spot price per 100 poiinds, Kansas 



City, 1910-11 to 1920-21. l 



Month. 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



Crop year 

 , average . . 



( 2 ) 



( 2 ) 



$13. 34 



12.88 



12.88 



12.88 



12.88 



12.88 



12.88 



( 2 ) 



( 2 ) 



( 2 ) 



12.95 



1911-12 



( 2 ) 

 ( 2 ) 

 SI 1.50 

 10.48 

 10.00 

 10.17 

 11.03 

 10.90 

 10.91 

 10.45 

 10. 75 

 10.60 



10.68 



1912-13 



$10. 50 

 10.27 

 9.84 

 9.64 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 9.90 

 9.81 

 9.88 

 10.09 

 10.25 

 10.02 



10.02 



1913-14 



$10. 00 

 9.57 

 8.25 

 8.12 

 7.70 

 7.75 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.00 

 8.42 

 9.35 

 9.50 



8.56 



1914-15 



$9.50 

 10.20 

 11.88 

 10.34 

 10.00 

 10.77 

 12.30 

 13.15 

 13.11 

 12.53 

 12.65 

 12. 75 



1915-16 



( 2 ) 

 $14. 17 

 14. 98 

 15.69 

 15.57 

 16.08 

 17.32 

 16.23 

 17.25 

 17.25 

 17.25 

 17.25 



11.52 



1916-17 



$17. 81 

 17. 58 

 12.63 

 11.23 

 10.50 

 10.66 

 10.62 

 11.00 

 11.00 

 11.18 

 11.80 

 12.00 



$12. 00 

 12.52 

 13.25 

 13.33 

 13.50 

 13.50 

 13.50 

 13.50 

 13.50 

 14.38 

 15.00 

 12.42 



13.37 



13.91 

 13.02 

 13.12 

 13.45 

 13.31 

 13.58 

 13. 75 

 13.75 

 14.00 

 14.27 

 14.21 



$14. 50 

 17.77 

 20.00 

 23.50 

 27 72 

 30.00 

 30.00 

 33.77 

 30.34 

 25.00 

 25.00 

 25. 00 



1920-21 



$25. 00 

 25.00 

 14.79 

 14.67 

 12.50 

 14.00 



10-yr. 



$14. 03 

 14. 55 

 13.04 

 13.00 

 13.08 

 13.56 

 13.91 

 14.30 

 14.06 

 13. 71 

 14.04 

 13.75 



1 Compiled from Kansas City Price Current and the Seed World. 



2 No quotations. 



Table 261. — Alsihe clover seed: Monthly and yearly average spot price per bushel, Toledo, 



1914-15 to 1920-21} 



Month. 



1914-15 



1915-16 



1916-17 



1917-18 



191^19 



1919-20 



1920-21 



5-yr. av. 







$9.59 



10.27 



10. 35 



10.33 



10.26 



10.07 



9.40 



9.15 



9.10 



9.48 



9.53 



9.88 



$9.83 

 10.24 

 10.72 

 11.10 

 11.30 

 11.62 

 11.51 

 11.56 

 11.50 

 11.40 

 11.62 

 11.74 



$12. 57 

 13.34 

 14.35 

 14.46 

 15.31 





$25. 30 

 28.72 

 29.97 

 31.47 

 34.57 

 35.17 

 35.71 



2 30. S9 

 24.37 

 25.52 

 23.95 

 19.24 



$16. 84 

 17.35 

 17.70 

 16.96 



$14. 32 







$18. 17 



16.15 







16.35 







19.66 

 18.70 

 16.92 

 20.09 

 25.41 



17.41 







18.03 





$8.96 

 8.59 

 8.17 

 8.05 



2 7.90 

 8.52 

 9.13 





18.45 





15.59 

 15.31 

 15.22 

 12.37 





18.46 







18.48 







15.05 









14.69 



July 



24.23 

 25.00 





17.33 







16.47 











Crop year average 





9.78 



11.18 



14.28 



21.02 



28.74 





17.00 









i Compiled from the Seed World. 

 2 Price based on very few sales. 



Table 262. — Timothy seed: Monthly and yearly receipts at Chicago, 1910-11 to 1920-21. 

 [In thousands of pounds; i. e., 000 omitted.] 



Month. 



August , 



September 



October 



November. 



December 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



Crop year 

 total 



1910-11 



1,878 



7, 509 



3,778 



1,741 



1, 563 



1,311 



1,560 



1,205 



36S 



106 



55 



87 



21,161 



1911-12 



4,451 



5.S29 



4,011 



2,649 



1,120 



792 



879 



868 



557 



388 



242 



158 



21,944 



1912-13 



2,^16 

 6,875 

 5, 505 

 3,608 

 2, 182 

 2,361 

 3,019 

 2,831 

 3,964 

 1,509 

 1,764 

 2,647 



1913-14 



3,601 

 5,947 

 4, 232 

 3,421 

 2, 131 

 2,191 

 1,763 

 4,393 

 1,977 

 828 

 1,446 

 2,410 



34, 340 



4,914 



11,208 



3,469 



2,650 



3,487 



3,050 



3,087 



4,129 



1,165 



1,101 



403 



752 



39,415 



1915-16 



1,201 

 9,894 

 5,578 

 4,039 

 2,416 

 1,431 

 2,203 

 2,167 

 1,019 

 1.039 

 704 

 296 



31, 987 



1916-17 



2,4S7 

 10, 565 

 5,631 

 3,989 

 3,051 

 2,149 

 2,478 

 6,279 

 3,367 

 2,442 

 1,117 

 924 



44, 479 



1917-18 



3,810 

 6,525 

 5, 172 

 2,966 

 1,915 

 2,006 

 2,242 

 2,554 

 1,434 

 1, 250 

 392 

 677 



30,943 



1918-19 



764 

 3,198 

 5,175 

 3, 242 

 1,463 

 1,57S 

 2, 234 

 2, 985 

 3,772 

 2, 39S 

 1,34S 



891 



29,04s 



1919-20 



7,450 

 13, 191 

 6,124 

 2,582 

 1,643 

 3,186 

 3,381 

 3, US 

 1,338 

 1,093 

 641 

 1,135 



44,.882 



1920-21 



3,313 



12,777 

 9,013 

 5,269 

 3,445 



10-yr. 

 av. 



3,347 

 8,074 

 4,86S 

 3,089 

 2,097 

 2,006 

 2,285 

 3,053 

 1,896 

 1,215 

 81 1 



33. 738 



1 From Chicago Board of Trade and the Seed World. 



