The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-03-26
Rreadstufrs in the Northwest.
From the Detroit Tribune ]

/
Dating the breadstuffs 6 season as
commencing with Aug. l, more than six
months of the current year have passed.
| A short comparative statement, there
| fore. knowing the receipts of -four and
grain for that time at Chicago, Milwau-
kee. Detroit. Toledo and Cleveland, with
| those for the same period one year since,
will be of public interest.
The aggregate receipts of flour for the
last half year at the points named
amounted to 100000 barrels, and for
| the same time in 1874 to 2,63O, ,000
/ This shows falling off in the present
season of about 430, 900 barrels.
| The like receipts of wheat for the pres
ent season aggregated 81, BE, GOO bushels,
against Al, 80, 900 for the same period in
| 1874. This shows loss for the past
six months of nearly II, 600, 900 bushels,
! although the amount is considerably
more than were the receipts of the two
years preceding this comparative state
ment. For the same period the yield of
| 1874 throughout the Northwest was near
| ly or quite as good as that of 1873. In
our own State It was much better. Hence
the inference seems fully justified that
the crop has not been SO freely moved as
was the case one year since, and that
more of the staple Is still back in
1874. Other reasons also seem to sus
tain this view. The demand for the
staple has not been SO free this season for
| the export trade as it was in 1874 to
take away the surplus stock. Prices,
| too, have ruled so low as to be unsatis-
tory to farmers, and they have not been
! in such haste to part with their wheat.
| On the other hand, corn, oats and barley
have brought better figures, and there
has been more disposition to realize for
these products. The farmers have sold,
however, sufficient wheat to meet all the
| demand.
The receipts of corn at the Northwest
ern ports this season have aggregated
10, 700, 600 bushels, against 26, ,625, 900
bushels one year since-a falling off of
about Z, ZOO, 900 bushels. The yield of
this staple last year was not equal to that
| of 1878, and this fact, in the main, ac-
| counts for the difference in the foregoing
| figures. Other causes, however, have
also operated to promote the same result.
| The prices of hogs have ruled unusually
high, and doubtless much more corn has
been fed than was the case one year
since. The prospects or the hope of
still further advance in values for corn
may have also induced some to withhold
their stocks from market.
The receipts of oats at the above
named points for the past six months
have aggregated 9, 600, 900 bushels. One
year since for the same months they were
II, 900, ,OO0-a difference of about 2, 400,
600 bushels The supply for the past
season in the Northwest was good one,
not being much, if any, less than that OF
1873. The movement of barley in this
section also shows considerable falling
off. The receipts for the past six months
computed as in the above cases-ag-
gregated 8, 100, 600 bushels, against s.
13O, 1000 in 1874 for the same period
difference of over 1, 400, 900 bushels.
The fact that the barley market for the
past two or three months has been un.
usually depressed, may explain the state
of the trade.
The yield of rye last season was Light
one, and the receipts at the lake ports
aggregated about 800, 900 bushels, which
is somewhat below the arrivals for the
same period one year since.