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Prices Paid Producers of Apples 
The accompanying chart shows the seasonal variation 
in prices paid producers in the United States for the ten 
years, 1913-1921. The greatest variation occurred in 1930 
when the price reached $3.97 per bushel in July and drop¬ 
ped to $1.15 in December, a total drop of $1.82. The year 
1914 also showed a wide variation in price, $1.43 in July 
and $0.57 ih November. 
During the entire period there was but one year, 1931, 
which showed a rise in price from July to November. This 
unusual change followed the high crop year of 1920, and 
was a reaction of the tremendous drop which preceded it 
and of the 3hort crop accompanying it, the latter bring¬ 
ing the lowest on record for 31 years. 
In the other nine years the lowest price paid pro¬ 
ducers prevailed during the height of the harvest season, 
the drop usually starting in July when the crop prospects 
for the year are well known by buyers and producers. 
