TIMOTHY SEED EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES, BY COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION 





1929-1941 
Compiled from Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States. 
Country to 
which exported 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 19411 
Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 
11,000 28,600 130,026 0 0 0 48,600 77,318 132,628 138,002 40,454 0 0 
6,342,738 12,532,960 6,324,495 8,565,213 3,191,510 3,291,045 190,483 2,342,742 411,247 1,399,462 5,307,717 6,072,062 1,237,520 
273,930 165,772 331,375 38,599 0 0 18,500 0 0 0 0 0 0 
24,449 7,516 197,542 45,563 1,228 0 201,113 98,586 177,129 175,570 154,120 270,764 0 
219,356 345,519 496,620 210,799 35,088 0 173,258 0 82,475 0 1,732,902 0 0 
Irish Free State.. 111,042 58,091 25,856 37,257 22,440 0 35,945 108,272 168,919 233,881 170,383 114,894 0 
Ttalyc = oes 2,210 44,200 2,210 1,134 0 it) 4,400 2,200 0 0 17,600 2,200 0 
Japan ae 15,184 20,244 27,514 37,887 15,000 6,046 9,981 0 9,000 37,943 0 )) 0 
Netherlands........ 65,193 88,994 166,321 51,599 65,036 0 171,780 90,468 169,932 327,151 230,679 75,313 0 
New Zealand___... 294,017 191,356 191,138 218,693 259,238 114,215 472,076 184,321 296,437 233,240 275,365 312,120 20,484 
Newfoundland & 
Labrador.......... 31,700 44,200 47,008 34,650 48,193 42,840 19,040 25,225. 55,525 48,683 54,470 84,526 36,147 
Norway... 241,648 269,917 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Switzerland. 0 7,500 2,646 60,500 0 11,008 94,785 59,730 0 15,676 82,971 37,775 0 
United Kingdom 1,522,323 1.985.296 2,533,593 1,581,728 1,353,708 233,066 1,973,724 1,013,444 1,727,538 1,833,897 2,338,565 2,608,037 796,337 
40,232 238,406 0 7,040 317,806 0 11,031 300 940 48,044 1,110 6,979 2,500 
Other Countries. 
1 Three montks ended March. 232,000 pounds to Hungary. 

RED CLOVER SEED EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES, BY COUNTRIES 
315,266 pounds to Austria. 
OF DESTINATION, 1929-1941 
Compiled from Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States. 


9,195,022 15,828,571 10,476,344 10,890,662 5,009,247 3,698,220 3,424,716 4,002,606 3,231,770 4,491,549 10,406,336 9,584,470 2,092,988 





Country to 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941! 
which exported 
Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11,480 17,920 
16,309 0 0 0 234,325 172,633 0 2,200 0 0 0 0 0 
58,051 170,688 488,656 87,333 805 121,229 6,232 9,341 79,475 0 881 10,575 789 
44,331 11,338 0 0 11,000 16,314 6,785 6,770 4,521 0 0 0 0 
8,860 21,701 0 0 976,450 235,684 11,000 0 33,762 (0) 0 0 0 
117,005 206,678 49,103 76,172 230,330 120,672 20,537 10,975 15,458 0 0 0 0 
63,628 51,609 0 0 2,500 0 20,780 22,380 85,207 33,000 1,000 0 0 
0 114 1,142 20,340 11,200 175,682 6,990 2,427 0 11,160 1,120 0 0 
203 ,133 55,150 116,065 100,545 1,420,162 195,514 184,293 34.986 232,088 135,967 220,488 681,079 124,426 
212,218 %18,194 15,338 13,509 4138 , 666 53,892 554,820 £36,192 12,678 2,645 760 23,358 1,325 
PROtANE eee ce 523,535 535,472 670,304 297,899 3,025,438 1,091,620 311,437 125,271 463,189 182,772 224,249 726,492 144,460 

1 Three months ended March. 
pounds to Italy. > 51,823 pounds to Japan. 

2 11,000 pounds to Poland and Danzig. 
6 32,050 pounds to Japan. 

WHOLESALE SELLING PRICES FOR BEST GRADES OF FIELD SEEDS 
Compiled from office records, by the Division of Agricultural Statistics, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
3 17,603 pounds to Japan. 

4 83,616 pounds to Japan; 22,000 pounds to Austria, and 33,000 

AT IMPORTANT MARKETS, 1930-1942 
(Per 100 pounds, except for last 8 kinds where prices per bushel are given.) 





















Kind of Seed Market 
Alfa lfae sores te, coer Kansas City-....... 
Red clover... Chicago..... 
Alsike clover... = |Chicavo =e 
Sweetclover.__ ...| Minneapolis........ 
White clover.__.. | Chicagoes 
Crimson clover... ..-| Baltimore.__ 
Lespedeza........ .|Louisville.___....... 
Timothy... Chicago...... 
Redtop.2-....-.......... Chicago..... 
Kentucky bluegrass. Kansas City. 
Louisville.____...... 
Orchard grass._......-.....-.-- 
Meadow fescue... 2 
Chewings fescue. 
Sheep’s fescue... 
German mixed 
Bermuda grass... 
Bromus inermis.__ 
Italian ryegrass.__......... 
Perennial ryegrass........ 
Common ryegrass 
German millet.__. 
Siberian millet... 
Hungarian millet.. 
Japanese millet.___ 
Broomcorn millet. 
Amber sorgo.......... 
Orange sorgo.__ 
Sudan grass.__ 
.-| Baltimore. 
Baltimore. 
Baltimore-.......... 
...|Minneapolis._-.. 
Baltimore............ 
__|Kansas City 
Minneapolis.——... 
...| Minneapolis... 
...|Kansas City........ 
.../Kansas City........ 
...|Kansas City-....... 
..| Baltimore___..... 


Common vetch.__.. 
Canada field peas. 
Kairos 
Cowpeas.. Bu.|Baltimore._ 
Soybeans. ** |Louisville. 
Seed corn.___ “ !Chicago 
Seed wheat... “* |Minneapolis. 
Seed oats.__.. ** !Minneapolis....... 
Seed barley._ “« |Minneapolis___.... 
Seed rye.____... ‘* /Minneapolis._._... 
Seed buckwheat ...... ** 'Minneapolis..._._.. 
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1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 
Dollars| Dollars | Dollars | Dollars | Dollars | Dollars | Dollars 
24.80 22.55 13.65 13.60 13.00 19.80 15.20 
21.35 25.05 16.35 11.40 14.75 23.65 20.90 
19.90 23.50 15.05 11.95 16.25 28.65 23.30 
8.00 9.20 5.50 4.50 6.50 10.40 6.25 
27.50 39.05 40.50 27.85 30.50 27.50 27.10 
11.50 9.00 6.75 9.20 9.20 12.05 7.55 
14.35 14.70 8.10 7.50 5.00 10.50 5.65 
8.05 10.55 4.30 3.25 8.50 22.80 3.65 
16.50 24.20 8.70 5.30 8.40 13.95 9.35 
20.00 35.35 13.45 8.35 13.40 23.20 12.30 
17.15 16.05 7.35 7.30 9.70 16.20 12.50 
10.00 10.75 5.50 4.15 7.05 18.00 7.00 
27.00 36.00 22.65 11.75 19.35 55.45 41.90 
22.00 27.50 14.90 10.95 14.85 52.45 30.25 
55.00 85.00 71.60 62.00 72.15 85.90 52.70 
33.80 31.35 16.25 12.10 10.55 20.40 23.45 
18.50 20.00 14.00 8.00 16.20 26.00 13.45 
9.25 9.50 8.85 1.107 | ce Se | eee 
8.75 10.00 8.85 7.10 11.40 11.90 10.20 
ee ctoats 5.00 3.45 3.70 6.70 5.20 4.50 
3.45 3.70 1.80 1.55 3.35 7.00 2.70 
3.10 3.40 2.60 2.40 3.65 6.10 2.75 
4.10 3.50 2.25 1.95 2.90 6.05 3.00 
4.20 3.70 3.20 2.90 3.00 6.00 2.50 
3.00 2.40 1.95 1.80 2.20 4.30 2.25 
3.45 2.80 1.20 1.15 1.60 5.65 2.70 
3.30 2.80 1225 1.20 2.10 5.40 2.70 
5.40 7.40 1.75 2.05 5.50 12.30 3.15 
5.70 4.30 4.15 3.75 4.30 3.60 4.00 
9.00 8.45 7.50 7.00 8.75 11.50 9.75 
4.80 4.50 4.00 3.50 5.00 3.50 3.75 
5.25 3.85 4.80 4.50 3.85 3.85 4.00 
2.05 1.75 1.15 1.10 1.40 3.20 2.00 
3.30 2.70 1.05 95 2.50 2.50 2.30 
2.25 2.15 75 295 1.45 1.60 1.35 
1.75 1.65 1.20 85 1.00 1.75 2.95 
1.65 1.15 1.00 -90 1.25 1.50 1.65 
-80 65 see) 245 -65 90 70 
.80 275 75 65 95 1.45 1.00 
1.50 1.05 90 -80 1.35 1.50 1,25 
1.50 1.30 1.20 95 1.20 1.15 1.85 




1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 
Dollars | Dollars | Dollars | Dollars} Dollars} Dollars 
29.6 34.00 24.75 2.75 | 19.00 33.00 
38.25 40.00 18.00 | 18.70 | 14.00 22.50 
25.95 33.00 16.25 | 23.00 | 14.50 | 22.50 
17.00 11.35 7.75 6.90 6.60 | 13.00 
30.10 35.00 42.50 | 62.50 | 72.00 73.00 
7.80 10.35 12.70 | 11.60 | 10.85 11.50 
15.60 5.45 3.50 5.55 5.40 7.10 
6.95 4.00 4.00 6.35 5.25 9.00 
21.50 11.50 11.15 | 11.35 | 10.25 11.50 
18.35 10.65 10.50 | 19.50 | 18.50 | 18.50 
18.30 16.15 17.50 | 16.90 | 26.00 |. 32.50 
10.50 8.85 12.00 | 14.00 | 16.00 ]....... 
31.80 39.75 60.00 | 51.00 | 32.90 | 35.00 
29.00 26.10 35.00 | 45.00 | 45.00 ]....... 
45.00 58.10 55.00 |' 59.00) | | eee 
26.75 22.90 24.60 | 23.70 | 19.70 | 38.00 
26.00 19.45 17.05 | 16.60 | 19.00 | 19.00 
7.10 7.50 7.80. |... ee 
11.30 9.00 11.00 | 11.00 | 12.40 | 14.50 
7.10 7.55 6.25 6.00 5.00 7.75 
4.90 3.25 1.85 2.60 3.25 3.25 
3.40 2.35 2.50 3.79 4.25 4.00 
5.00 3.50 3.15 4.50 3.50 4.50 
3.25 3.00 3.00 5.45 5.00 4.00 
2.05 2.30 2.50 2AS 1.65 2.15 
4.00 1.85 1.70 Deroy 2.65 2.25 
3.95 1.80 1.60 2.75 2.70 2.40 
4.60 3.25 3.55 3.50 3.85 3.00 
5.95 6.55 6.35 7.30 | 16.50 | 16.00 
8.85 8.50 8.20 | 10.80 | 10.00 10.75 
5.00 4.65 5.00 6.75 6.00 7.50 
5.15 5.35 4.85 5.85 5.20 5.50 
3.15 1.75 1.55 2.30 2.30 2.75 
3.00 2.20 2.40 1.90 2.25 2.85 
2.25 1.35 1.15 1.50 1.50 2.70 
2.50 1.50 1.25 1.40 1.35 1.60 — 
2.00 1.35 1.25 1.40 1.30 1.70 
90 75 65 75 75 -90 
1.70 1.15 90 .90 -90 1.25 
1.45 1.30 1.10 1.25 1,25 1.40 
1.75 1.35 1.10 1.10 1.00 1.20 
SEED TRADE 

