Show 0 0 SEED MOVEMENT CONTINUES SLOW Department of Agriculture Estimates 40 of Crop Left I Growers Hands Bands Alfalfa Alfalfa Ir Ira seed seed ee l movement lov ment up to toNo November November No No- vember vember r 17 was n as s slower than last year Th The United States department of agriculture estimates that 40 per tiel percent percent cent of the tho crop has left growers growers' hands compared with 60 pe per cent cent ona on ona ona a corre corresponding date last year rear Movement in Utah has lagged behind behind be be- hind ilind that about about 35 35 5 parcent par p ar cent of the crop h having graving ing been sold by growers Country y shippers shippers' figures indicate the ithe e following percentages of the crop crop-as crop crop-as having left growers grower hands in important districts Western South D Dakota lota 50 per per cent eastern 1 Montana 40 per pel cent COl Colorado rado 35 per per cent southern Idaho 50 p per percent percent r cent nt Utah 35 per cent so southeastern southeast southeast- the st- st ern Nebraska 35 per per per- cent Kansas except northeastern part 70 per pei percent cent northe northeastern Kansas ansas 40 percent percent per percent cent western Oklahoma hoina 85 per percent percent cent western Texas 90 per cent eastern New Mexico 95 per percent cent southern Arizona 50 per cent cent m wild and California ia 52 53 per cent Prices to growers on er 17 according to to to the report ep aver averaged averaged averaged aver aged 1530 per pounds ba bast clean seed or about more than limn than thana a a. month ago ago and less titan than ye year r ago Prices ces d luring during ling the pas past two 1 weeks weel s showed e very ery little change In p portions of some sortie districts slight sligh advances occurred while in other portions and in other districts slight sligh declines were recorded Average prices s repol reported ted for important districts districts districts dis dis- in important producing stat state stales s follow South Dakota r 1755 1755 Montana 1870 1570 Colorado 1540 Idaho 1525 Grimm 28 Utah Ulab 1450 Nebraska 1530 Kansas 1435 1 1435 Oklahoma 1495 1495 15 New Mexico 1450 Arizona 15 15 and California 1553 1550 Reports Reports' on quality m those month io to this tho effect that thai of a ago o the quality of or the tho i 1925 O cr crop croy was as equal to or better than loot lot year yar r In J J important sections T H c. c cs enl elt it ri rn Idaho western Kau Kanc Kau- Kau eastern lh w Mexico and nud ro Texas roses ws Imports of or alfalfa July 1 t tt No- No November J November No No- vember 15 amounted l to pounds pounds compared with 01 and and pounds s. s last year oar pounds yO t two years rears ago ago for tor the same sane will continue continue continue con con- Imports probably period Imports Canadas Canada Canad to come mostly from frolI Argentine Argentin has little or none of il its iti as own seed to offer Hungary had a crop was snail small crop Germanys Germany's practically callY a n failure and France hail ha-d in the Provence a 1 fairly good crop else else- one I district list lct but a a- a rather poor v where i |