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Show Alfalfa Seed Prices Unchanged Growers of alfalfa seed were offered offer-ed the same average price on Dec. 14 as November 16, according to the United States department of agriculture. agricul-ture. Prices on both dates averaged approximately $15.10 per 100 pounds, basis clean, compared with $14.35 on October 20 and $14.60 on December 15, 1925. Declines of 20 cents on the dollar in the prices offered in some producing produc-ing districts were offset by advance in others. Average prices for the principal producing districts on Dec 14 follows: western Utah, $16.60; western South Dakota, $15.60; Montana Mon-tana and southeastern Nebraska, $155.55; eastern Utah, $15.25; Colorado, Colo-rado, $14.70; southern Idaho, $14.35; western Oklahoma, $14.20; Kansas, $13.60; western Texas, $13.50; and eastern New Mexico, $13.20. Growers continued to sell freely 'urlng' the four weeks ending Dec. ' i and up to this date approximately SO per cent of the crop had left then-hands then-hands compared with 75 per cent last month and 50 per cent on a corresponding- date. During this period movement was most active in eastern Utah, Montana, western South Dakota Dako-ta and western Oklahoma. Country shippers' figures indicate the following percentage of the crop as having left the hands of growers up to December 14; western Utah and western South Dakota, 90 percent; eastern New Mexico, 85 percent; Colo-rr.do Colo-rr.do and southern Idaho, 80 percent; Kansas and western Texas, 75 percent; per-cent; Montana, 70 percent; eastern Utah, 65 percent, and southeastern Nebraska, 45 percent. Imports of Alfalfa seed (all from Canada) for the first fifteen days of December amounted to 251,600 pounds compared with 364,200 last year. From July 1 to December 15, imports amounted to 1,266,400 pounds compared com-pared with 1,021,000 last year, 3,695,-700 3,695,-700 in 1924 and 6,581,700 in 1923 for 'he same period. .. 1 - |