
SALES OF 17 SEEDS ARE SMALLER BUT 6 ARE LARGER THAN IN 1941 
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 1.—Retail sales of 17 field seeds during 
the past spring and early this summer were smaller than last year, 
while sales of 6 were larger. The total quantity of the 23 kinds 
sold by the 1,459 dealers reporting was 62,900,000 pounds, which 
is 3 percent more than was sold in 1941. If, however, sales of the 
larger seeds—corn, cowpeas, and soybeans—are excluded from 
the total, the sales of the remaining (smaller) seeds are 7 percent 
less than in 1941. Declines in sales ranged from 5 to 15 percent, 
with the sales this year compared with last year given in paren- 

theses as follows: white (Dutch) clover (85), alfalfa (87), cowpeas 
(87), timothy (87), millet (88), sweetclover (89), crested wheat- — 
grass’ (90), meadow fescue (90), orchard grass (90), Kentucky 
bluegrass (92), redtop (92), alsike clover (94), Korean lespedeza 
(94), ryegrass (94), sorgo (94), bromegrass (95), and Kobe 
were 1 to 35 percent Jarger than in 1941: Ladino clover (135), 
soybeans (130), seed corn (124), red clover (103), Sudan grass 
(102), and rapeseed (101). 

RETAIL SALES (TONNAGE) OF FIELD SEEDS IN SPRING, 1942, COMPARED WITH 1941 





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Bans penta ae Red | Alsike | Sweet (ogee La- Lespedeza Cow- Soy- Seed 
Giates ports fa clover | clover | clover | ‘Gover dino oe Kobe peas beans corn 
% % % % % % % % % % % 
New England..... 33 95 110 95 115 50 130 SS ic ate ta |e ne ee ee 140 125 
ING WAY Or keane 64 105 100 95 90 70 TOO wae ea ase ee 90 130 100 
Pennsylvania. .... 136 100 110 100 95 70 160 120 Thi ese 5 120 105 
New Jersey....... 24 90 100 95 105 115 15. Si sees eee cere een 125 135 105 
Maryland........ 24 90 135 100 95 100 165 110 90 115 170 170 
WitftsbVe),, «os sonnn 30 90 100 100 100 TO aameeee 15 90 90 130 | 130, 
West Virginia... .. 15 110 100 LOO st Aes PF eer # shee SO Fie a es eee 105 10m | 
Southeastern...... 27 65 125 100 60 SOS ketene 90 100 85 110 130 
Tennessee........ 10 100 115 90 70 TOO WO Sree 65 110 80 105 115 
Kentuckymees see Zl 80 85 90 75 LOO | ober ae 11:5 |e 120 110 120 
OHiGHTS ee eee 91 100 105 90 95 WOSE ole witecdiacn é 135m lesee | eee 145 120a | 
indianayeees 69 100 115 100 80 (Daal Reet su Pease ane 1 85 120s 
TLINOISN sae 92 95 110 105 80 SOM hereseee Ob) Bae, 80 150 115 
TOWart ye eee A, 90 105 90 95 SO tale ae 130 hl eee 90 140 110 
IVESSO Urine Dal 80 75 70 100 OOPS ee erssedw 6biz |Eea ona. 90 115 165 
Michiana 98 100 105 100 90 55 all | Sees 100 Silene ee 100 135 130 
Wisconsin een 100 90 95 90° 4°80 LOG" S| eee Ae al eae ae eee 110 50 125 
Minnesota........ 80 65 70 80 95 BO 5 Ata tenes calle en eee aeons 65 145 115 
North Dakota.... 39 65 80 70 95 BQ: cllscaestewcr ces sell robs (oleae lacs cuss | eee 185 130 
South Dakota..... 26 65 70 80 95 O50 WS ate stella cue Ditces ace fees | eee 185 110 
Nebraska.....-,... 47 80 105 85 80 (6,0 FR ERS seo econ rt eae ret el loins SO, aherc 105 110 
IXAansas sage eee 54 80 105 150 105 60 aaa 100s eee 130 250 130 
©klahoman ne 27 Vfte Sia Be el tthe 95 110 2 |Ea cee 125 100 110 140 175 
Arkansas......... Sal Lee ere a LOO eee hice sl epee eas ee ee eee 60 90 105 150 150 ! 
Texas Sees 47 i aye Ware paneer nal ater seve 105 O53 al eer: 130 110 75 130 160 
New Mexico...... 6 De | ae eee | = eee ees LOO. : i) cee toctem llc seeeeareclle teeeagecaee eae ee eee 120 
Montana 20 90 140 100 120 5 Ne Fasten. iecllts aecee © ete eee | eee | ee 110 | 
Goloradosa are 26 65 HS 115 95 LOCI} eee 25 eae ee eee 130 100 
Idahow ees tees. 12 100 100 85 95 85 100: se nck gcclh occ a eee eee ae eee als) | 
Washington...... 18 85 85 90 85 GO osc, ster Geecellh ateecth crs lie tateesasee sore eee ee 90 
Grecon eye 1S 80 115 100 95 110 1T20) Wee eee a Ses cee Ree eee ae 15 
California ae 21 OO Nr oa diode eee ee ee 120 90 NB ogee cet, ees ee 1105 ia oe 100 
U.S. Average..... 1,459 87 103 94 89 85 135 94 95 87 130 124 
Sy Timo- | Red- ee Laer Meadow] Brome re Rye Sudan | Sorg Mil- | Rape- 
States thy top grass grass Fescue grass as grass grass |(“Cane’’)| let seed | 
% % % % % % % % % % % % 
New England..... 65 80 80 Orns eee a aie Sahn eee, 2 85 SOs Ee eens 90 120 | 
INGw. VOLK ee 85 75 95 150 TOOAD eer cerca 4 Aare 90 115 95 100 130 
Pennsylvania..... 100 85 100 120 LO | Manes al een eee 110 110 175 70 85 
New Jersey....... 95 120 LTO SB reer OOS | eee | Ope ee eer 95 95 16059) 23eeee 100 
Maryland Sess: 60 65 C00 ane eee Se REE A et ee 110 110 150 2c see 105 
Wireline 85 90 100 al Ryan ak cal eee re eae oe 110 100 105 145 85 
West Virginia... .. 100 120 110 OO: ll eth a eee eee ener 110 140 105 105. | oe 
Southeastern ee aaiveree are 115 115 UO YOON timecsans ery mem ree So oar orn 4 ae 80 95 105 85 85 
Tennessee........ 75 110 110 Lavo lea eee ae OR et wee Sag ll Lavoie a 70 130 160 120 110 
entuckys eee 95 100 85 GD aR etae een eae: an] Aone erie 110 105 100 95 105 
Ohios eee ere ee 95 100 85 125 ele ee 1303S Se eee 130 130 110 100 120 
indiana 95 85 85 85 90 N65 53 Geese 110 145 130 90 125 
iiO1S sae ee 90 90 110 a ea ea 11029 | ae er 110 120 135 110 110 
lowes ce ee 95 85 O05 ll tee: 100 115 85 90 95 110 90 80 
IVIISSOULL See 60 90 80 105: ela LOO eee 90 105 110 90 75 
Michi gare 100 100 100 150 95 (RSM ee ee aa 95 a 125 130 130 
WASCOnSini= eee. 90 95 80 75 100 105%) | een ae 120 115 95 100 105 
Minnesota........ 80 80 Dio Serene Mny ese 55 50 75 95 105 75 75 
North Dakota.... 60 85 LOO Ae ee, Fee 70 60 110 1S 70 aS 130 
South Dakota..... 115 120 LIORE ttre sete | eee ee 80 90 100 110 100 100 70 
Nebraska......... 90 100 80 LOOPS Aeereec 95 115 85 105 85 90 95 
Kansas ee 85 75 95 60 75 145 150 90 95 90 90 70 
Oklahoman eon eeeeere 100 110 LOO eek, eect ee een oe er 95 105 140 110 115 
PR c¢2 00 cc a es Peer ene te ice trina ee a en lbs Ai Sorel ioscan SIG cea Gog Climo au See 110 100 100. |....23aam 
=> <2} a a Ae es (RC Rees ee eK Ee aie Wt olan.) Galle mich es eiallere aetcooBlle dose the 70 95 80 90 85 
New Mexico: Silo clee sca = ohellicesreoes 0 (eas tote ocean es | penne | er | 100 105 1059) ee 
Montana eee 100 85 100 100 105 TH L6O Sa bregenete 100 60 85 — |... =e 
Goloradom ee OOMS Weta ape 80 90 120 110 75 100 60 70 80° |... 22 
idaho. eee 95 100 100 100 90 120 100. | oe ssh le dees as Wok eee ee 
Washington...... 85 80 70 90 100 120 110 95 LOO) i 6 a edtileeeae eee 
Oresonte a eee eee 70 90 90 95 80 90 80 125 L252 slecene- kee | See 120 
Caltfomia wae. alee cre eee Se ee 85 Ee LO Me ieaeng es cieeal intrao) Sande etl Bars oe 100 105: cles yl aes oe ee | 
U.S. Average..... 87 92 92 90 90 95 90 94 102 94 88 101 et 
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