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BULLETIN 982, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 260. — Alfalfa seed: Monthly and yearly average spot price per 100 pounds, Kansas 
City, 1910-11 to 1920-21} 
Month. 
July 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
Crop year 
average. 
1910-11 
( 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 ) 
$11. 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 
S9.50 
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 
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 
1917-18 
$12.00 
12.52 
13.25 
13.33 
13.50 
13.50 
13.50 
13.50 
13.50 
14. 3S 
15.00 
12.42 
13.37 
1918-19 
$12. 90 
13.91 
13.02 
13.12 
13.45 
13.31 
13.58 
13.75 
13.75 
14.00 
14.27 
14.21 
13. 61 
$14. 50 
17.77 
20.00 
23.50 
27 72 
30.00 
30.00 
33.77 
30.34 
25.00 
25.00 I 
25.00 j 
1920-21 
$25.00 
25.00 
14.79 
14.67 
12.50 
14.00 
25.22 I 
10-yr. 
av. 
$14. 03 
14.55 
13.04 
13.00 
13.08 
13.56 
13.91 
14.30 
14.06 
13.71 
14.04 
13.75 
13.54 
1 Compiled from Kansas City Price Current and the Seed World. 
2 No quotations. 
Table 261. — Alsike 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 
1918-19 
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 
11.58 
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. 89 
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 
S8.96 
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 
Mav 
15.05 
14.69 
Julv 
24.23 
25.00 
17.33 
16.47 
Crop year average 
9.78 
11.18 
14.28 
21.02 
28.74 
17.00 
Compiled from the Seed World. 
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. 
1910-11 
1911-12 
1912-13 
1913-14 
1 
1914-15^915-16 
1916-17 
1917-18 
1915-19; 1919-20, 1920-21 
10-yr. 
av. 
1, 878 
7,509 
3,778 
1,741 
1,563 
1,311 
1,560 
1,205 
368 
106 
55 
87 
4,451 
5.829 
4,011 
2,649 
1,120 
792 
879 
868 
557 
388 
242 
158 
2,^16 
6,875 
5,505 
3,608 
2,182 
2,361 
3,019 
2,831 
3,964 
1,509 
1,764 
2,647 
3,601 
5,947 
4,232 
3,421 
2,131 
2,191 
1,763 
4,393 
1,977 
828 
1,446 
2,410 
4,914 
1,201 
2,487 
10, 565 
5,631 
3,989 
3,051 
2,149 
2,478 
6,279 
3,367 
2,442 
1,117 
924 
3,810 
6,525 
5,172 
2,966 
1,915 
2,006 
2,242 
2, 554 
1,434 
1,250 
392 
677 
764 | 7,450 3,313 
3,198 13,191 12,777 
5,175 6,124 9,013 
3,242 1 2,582 1 5,2t>9 
1,463 ! 1,643 1 3,445 
1,578 3,186 ....... 
2,234 3,381 
2,9S5 1 3,118 j 
3,772 1.338 I 
3,347 
8,074 
4,S6S 
3,089 
2,097 
2,006 
2,285 
3,053 
September 
October 
November 
December 
January 
February 
11,20S 
3,469 
2.650 
3',4S7 
3,050 
3,0S7 
4,129 
1,165 
1,101 
403 
752 
9,894 
5,578 
4,039 
2,416 
1,431 
2,203 
2,167 
1,019 
1. 039 
'704 
296 
April 
1,896 
Mav 
2, 398 
1,34S 
891 
1,093 
641 
1,135 
1,215 
811 
Julv 
998 
Crop year 
total 
21, 161 
21,944 
39,181 
34,340 
39,415 
31,9S7 
44,479 
30,943 
29,048 
44,882 
1 33.738 
From Chicago Board of Trade and the Seed World. 
