28 SEED TRADE BUYERS GUIDE 
ALSIKE CLOVER SEED PRICES AT TOLEDO 
High and 
Low 
Cash 
Prices 
per Bushel 
by Months 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
April 
May 
June 
July 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
1919 
17.30 
16.50 
16.75 
24.00 
26.00 
19.00 
22.25 
24.25 
24.30 
26.50 
29.50 
30.05 
19.65 
17.50 
25.50 
26.00 
26.00 
22.25 
26.25 
25.75 
26.50 
29.75 
31.25 
33.00 
1920 
32.80 
34.70 
34.85 
27.00 
22.50 
24.50 
21.00 
17.50 
15.25 
16.50 
15.60 
16.25 
36.25 
36.20 
36.50 
36.25 
30.00 
26.75 
25.00 
21.50 
18.00 
18.50 
18.00 
17.75 
1921 
15.50 
14.50 
13.00 
13.50 
13.50 
13.50 
10.10 
10.05 
10.45 
10.50 
10.25 
10.70 
17.50 
15.50 
15.00 
14.15 
13.50 
13.50 
12.25 
11.35 
10.75 
10.75 
10.90 
11.40 
1922 
11.40 
12.00 
11.50 
10.50 
10.50 
11.50 
10.25 
9.50 
10.00 
10.05 
10.45 
10.65 
12.00 
12.65 
12.50 
11.50 
11.50 
11.75 
11.75 
10.25 
10.25 
11.00 
11.50 
11.00 
1923 
10.55 
10.45 
10.45 
10.50 
10.00 
10.25 
10.15 
10.15 
10.40 
10.00 
9.25 
9.30 
10.95 
10.60 
10.50 
10.50 
10.50 
10.25 
10.25 
11.15 
10.75 
10.50 
10.00 
9.45 
1924 
8.70 
8.35 
8.70 
8.75 
9.70 
9.80 
10.65 
10.00 
10.00 
12.15 
12.25 
12.60 
9.50 
8.80 
9.20 
9.50 
10.20 
10.80 
10.80 
10.80 
12.25 
12.75 
13.30 
13.25 
1925 
13.05 
12.60 
12.75 
14.40* 
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.... 
.... 
15.60 
13.60 
13.60 
14.25 
15.15 
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16.25 
1926 
16.00 
16.50 
17.00 
17.00 
17.00 
15.00 
14.50 
14.50 
16.50 
18.00 
18.25 
19.75 
16.50 
17.00 
17.00 
17.00 
17.00 
17.00 
15.50 
16.25 
18.75 
18.50 
19.75 
20.85 
1927 
21.00 
22.50 
22.75 
23.75 
24.00 
.... 
.... 
14.60 
14.80 
14.80 
15.40 
16.00 
22.50 
22.75 
23.75 
24.00 
24.00 
• • • • 
• • • • 
17.00 
15.25 
15.40 
16.70 
16.80 
1928 
16.20 
15.95 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
16.25 
16.25 
18.75 
18.75 
18.60 
19.00 
16.30 
16.25 
15.95 
15.45 
15.00 
16.25 
16.50 
18.75 
18.75 
19.75 
19.90 
19.20 
1929 
19.00 
19.00 
19.25 
20.00 
20.00 
_ 
11.00 
10.10 
10.40 
10.50 
10.40 
10.50 
19.00 
19.25 
20.00 
20.00 
20.00 
• • . • 
12.00 
11.75 
10.95 
10.90 
10.50 
10.75 
1930 
10.60 
10.40 
10.40 
11.00 
11.00 
11.00 
11.20 
11.80 
12.50 
13.65 
13.65 
13.75 
10.75 
10.65 
11.00 
11.00 
11.00 
11.20 
11.95 
12.50 
13.75 
13.75 
13.75 
13.75 
1931 
13.75 
13.90 
14.00 
14.00 
14.00 
14.00 
8.65 
8.10 
7.50 
7.50 
8.00 
8.50 
13.90 
14.00 
14.00 
14.00 
14.00 
14.00 
14.00 
8.65 
7.75 
7.90 
8.50 
8.75 
1932 
8.50 
8.75 
8.75 
8.75 
8.75 
t 
t 
t 
5.50 
5.50 
5.50 
5.50 
8.75 
8.75 
8.75 
8.75 
8.75 
t 
t 
t 
5.75 
5.85 
5.85 
5.90 
1933 
5.80 
5.80 
5.80 
6.20 
6.20 
7.50 
7.75 
8.50 
8.00 
8.25 
8.50 
8.50 
5.90 
5.80 
6.20 
6.20 
7.50 
7.75 
8.75 
8.75 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
1934 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
Toledo Market Discon- 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
8.50 
tinued 
on July 11, 1934 
*Cash prices not quoted after April 20, 1925. 
\Did not quote prices during June, July and August, 1982. 
WHOLESALE CASH PRICES OF FIELD SEEDS, 1922-34 
(For best grades, per 100 pounds) 
Compiled by Hay, Feed & Seed Division, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
Kentucky 
Sweet Lespe- Hairy blue- German Amber Sudan 
Year 
Alfalfa, 
Kansas 
City 
Red Alsike 
clover, clover, 
Chicago Chicago 
c^ver, 
Minne¬ 
apolis 
deza, 
Louis¬ 
ville 
vetch, 
Balti¬ 
more 
Red- 
Timothy, top, 
Chicago Chicago 
grass, 
Kansas 
City 
millet, 
Kansas 
City 
sorgo, 
Kansas 
City 
grass, 
Kansas 
City 
1922 
18.00 
23.50 
18.20 
8.50 
17.10 
12.00 
7.00 
22.65 
53.50 
2.15 
2.00 
4.70 
1923 
20.00 
20.90 
16.50 
12.40 
19.00 
16.80 
7.00 
18.70 
25.90 
3.95 
4.25 
15.10 
1924 
22.30 
20.90 
15.70 
15.30 
21.10 
10.40 
8.00 
13.60 
25.10 
4.00 
1.70 
8.20 
1925 
22.70 
34.00 
23.40 
12.30 
19.50 
8.90 
6.80 
14.40 
28.00 
5.00 
2.20 
5.70 
1926 
20.40 
33.70 
27.60 
9.70 
15.20 
12.30 
7.90 
31.25 
38.00 
3.10 
2.80 
4.20 
1927 
19.90 
42.50 
37.30 
13.60 
8.20 
15.20 
6.00 
25.30 
20.50 
3.30 
3.30 
7.00 
1928 
21.80 
30.60 
27.80 
8.50 
18.80 
9.70 
4.70 
13.10 
19.70 
2.40 
2.00 
3.70 
1929 
26.00 
33.70 
34.70 
8.50 
20.60 
9.30 
6.60 
14.60 
31.30 
3.40 
2.10 
5.60 
1930 
24.85 
21.35 
0 
19.90 
8.00 
14.50 
9.00 
8.05 
16.45 
20.00 
3.45 
3.45 
5.40 
1931 
22.55 
25.05 
23.90 
9.20 
14.70 
8.45 
10.55 
24.20 
34.35 
3.70 
2.80 
7.40 
1932 
13.65 
16.35 
15.05 
5.50 
8.30 
7.50 
4.30 
8.70 
13.45 
1.75 
1.15 
1.70 
1933 
13.60 
11.40 
11.95 
4.50 
7.50 
7.00 
3.25 
5.30 
8.35 
1.60 
1.15 
2.10 
1934 
13.00 
14.75 
16.25 
6.50 
5.00 
8.75 
8.50 
8.40 
13.40 
3.35 
1.60 
5.50 
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