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SEED TRADE BUYERS GUIDE 
MONTHLY CASH PRICES OF TIMOTHY SEED 
The following table exhibits the monthly range of prices, per 100 lbs., for cash Timothy Seed in 
the Chicago market during the past 21 years: 
Jan. 
Feb. 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1914. 
. 5.40 
5.30 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.50 
5.80 
5.50 
5.40 
5.30 
5.90 
5.55 
5.50 
5.50 
5.40 
5.50 
5.75 
6.75 
6.50 
6.50 
5.60 
5.90 
7.85 
1915. 
. 7.75 
7.30 
6.65 
6.90 
6.50 
6.75 
6.00 
6.40 
8.00 
7.75 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
7.75 
7.40 
7.25 
7.25 
7.50 
7.50 
10.00 
9.25 
8.50 
8.50 
9.00 
1916. 
. 8.35 
8.40 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.75 
8.25 
5.25 
5.00 
5.00 
5.25 
5.45 
8.80 
8.80 
9.00 
8.50 
9.25 
9.25 
8.75 
8.50 
5.25 
5.35 
5.75 
5.75 
1917. 
. 5.30 
5.40 
5.75 
6.00 
6.75 
7.25 
7.50 
7.60 
6.50 
6.75 
7.00 
7.00 
5.75 
5.50 
5.90 
7.75 
8.40 
8.00 
8.50 
8.00 
8.25 
8.25 
8.50 
7.50 
1918. 
. 7.15 
7.25 
7.00 
7.00 
7.15 
7.00 
8.50 
8.95 
9.85 
10.50 
10.00 
11.00 
8.00 
7.50 
7.50 
7.75 
7.75 
8.50 
9.00 
10.00 
11.00 
12.00 
12.50 
12.15 
1919. 
. 11.40 
10.00 
11.00 
10.75 
13.00 
12.60 
12.65 
12.50 
12.00 
12.00 
12.10 
12.00 
11.75 
11.25 
11.50 
13.50 
14.00 
13.00 
13.25 
12.70 
12.75 
12.75 
12.80 
12.50 
1920. 
. 13.50 
13.75 
13.00 
12.00 
11.50 
11.50 
12.50 
10.00 
9.50 
5.00 
5.00 
5.50 
15.50 
15.40 
14.65 
13.50 
12.75 
12.75 
12.75 
11.40 
9.75 
7,25 
6.75 
7.00 
1921. 
. 5.50 
4.50 
5.00 
6.00 
7.00 
7.00 
6.25 
5.90 
5.50 
5.75 
6.00 
7.00 
6.75 
6.25 
6.75 
7.65 
7.85 
7.30 
7.50 
6.75 
6.00 
6.75 
7.50 
7.25 
1922. 
. 7.00 
7.25 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
6.00 
5.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.50 
7.00 
7.00 
8.00 
7.75 
7.75 
7.25 
7.00 
6.25 
6.25 
6.25 
7.00 
7.50 
7.50 
7.75 
1923. 
. 7.25 
7.25 
7.25 
7.25 
7.00 
7.75 
• • • • 
• • • • 
7.60 
8.00 
8.00 
8.00 
7.50 
7.50 
7.50 
7.25 
7.75 
7.75 
• • • • 
• • • • 
8.00 
9.50 
9.00 
9.00 
1924. 
. 8.50 
8.75 
8.50 
8.75 
8.25 
8.75 
8.75 
6.00 
4.75 
4.75 
4.85 
5.5'd 
10.25 
10.25 
10.00 
9.00 
8.75 
8.75 
8.75 
7.50 
6.65 
6.00 
6.35 
6.65 
1925. 
. 5.75 
5.25 
5.25 
5.25 
5.50 
6.35 
6.85 
6.75 
6.50 
6.75 
6.50 
6.50 
6.40 
6.15 
5.90 
6.30 
6.40 
7.70 
7.35 
7.75 
7.75 
7.75 
7.75 
8.00 
1926. 
. 6.50 
6.40 
6.05 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
4.75 
5.00 
8.10 
7.65 
7.20 
7.00 
7.00 
7.00 
7.50 
7.50 
6.10 
5.75 
5.15 
5.25 
1927. 
. 4.85 
4.50 
4.50 
4.25 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
3.50 
2.25 
2.25 
3.25 
3.25 
5.75 
5.25 
4.75 
4.75 
4.25 
5.50 
5.50 
4.75 
3.75 
3.25 
4.50 
4.50 
1928. 
. 3.25 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.30 
3.30 
3.35 
3.35 
3.50 
4.75 
4.50 
5.00 
4.25 
4.25 
3.75 
4.25 
4.25 
4.45 
4.45 
4.50 
5.60 
6.00 
6.00 
6.25 
1929. 
. 5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
5.00 
4.30 
3.85 
4.00 
4.00 
5.25 
5.50 
6.25 
6.25 
6.25 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
5.25 
5.50 
5.50 
6.00 
6.00 
1930. 
. 5.50 
4.50 
3.50 
4.50 
6.50 
6.50 
5.25 
5.00 
5.50 
6.50 
8.00 
8.00 
6.00 
6.00 
6.00 
7.50 
8.50 
8.00 
7.00 
7.00 
8.50 
8.75 
9.25 
9.00 
1931. 
8.75 
8.25 
8.00 
7.50 
5.50 
3.50 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.00 
3.75 
9.00 
9.75 
9.75 
8.75 
8.75 
7.50 
5.50 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.00 
4.25 
1932. 
. 3.50 
3.15 
3.00 
2.75 
2.90 
2.50 
2.25 
2.15 
2.25 
2.25 
2.25 
2.10 
4.25 
3.75 
3.25 
3.25 
3.00 
3.00 
2.50 
2.75 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
2.50 
1933. 
. 2.10 
2.10 
2.00 
2.00 
2.25 
2.25 
3.00 
4.25 
4.50 
5.75 
5.50 
5.50 
2.35 
2.35 
2.35 
2.60 
2.60 
3.90 
4.25 
5.00 
6.25 
6.25 
6.25 
6.00 
1934. 
. 6.50 
6.75 
7.25 
6.00 
6.00 
7.50 
9.25 
11.00 
16.50 
16.50 
16.50 
7.00 
7.50 
7.50 
6.90 
7.75 
9.50 
11.50 
18.00 
19.00 
17.50 
17.75 
• • • 
NUMBER OF PLANTS TO AN ACRE 
SET AT REGULAR DISTANCES APART 
Distance apart 
No. Plants 
Distance apart 
No. Plants 
Distance apart 
No. Plants 
3 in. by 4 in. 
.. .522,720 
3 ft. by 3 ft.. 
. 4,840 
5 ft. by 5 ft. 
. 1,742 
4 in. by 4 in. 
. . .392,040 
3J4 ft. by 3 y 2 
ft.. 
. 3,555 
5 J4 ft. by Sy ft... 
. 1,440 
6 in. by 6 in. 
...174,240 
4 ft. by 1 ft.. 
. 10,890 
6 ft. by 6 ft. 
. 1,200 
1 ft. by 1 ft. . 
. . . 43,560 
4 ft. by 2 ft.. 
. 3,630 
6'/ 2 ft. by 614 ft... 
. 1,031 
iy 2 ft. by 1 y 2 
ft. 
... 19,360 
4 ft. by 4 ft.. 
. 2,722 
7 ft. by 7 ft. 
. 888 
2 ft. by 1 ft.. 
... 21,780 
4}4 ft. by 4y 
ft.. 
. 2,150 
8 ft. by 8 ft. 
. 680 
2 ft. by 2 ft.. 
... 10,890 
5 ft. by 1 ft.. 
. 8,712 
9 ft. by 9 ft. 
214 ft. by 2 y 2 
ft. 
. .. 6,960 
5 ft. by 2 ft.. 
. 4,356 
10 ft. by 10 ft. 
. 435 
3 ft. by 1 ft.. 
... 14,520 
5 ft. by 3 ft.. 
. 3,904 
11 ft. by 11 ft. 
. 360 
3 ft. by 2 ft.. 
... 7,260 
5 ft. by 4 ft.. 
. 2,178 
12 ft. by 12 ft. 
RULE—Multiply 
the distance 
in feet between 
the 
rows by the distance the plants are 
apart in the 
rows, and the product will be the number of square feet for each plant or hill; which divided into the 
number of square feet (43,560), will give the number of plants to the acre. 
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