The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-26

more. Millers and jobbcrs in this
country have always proceeded ON the
supp0sition that a barrel OF -four IL con.
sumed annually for every man. woman
and child Although the last census
gave a larger figure. they still trust the
old '.rule Of thumb" in preference.
While the barrel-apiece average holds
good for the whole country, the large
cities, where fresh vegetables and
other foodstuffs are available in great
er variety and for longer period OF
each year. consume slightly less than
their proportional share of plain wheat
flour. 1t is probably faIr to allow
3,OOO.OO barrels year for the 3.3OO.-
GOO or more Inhabitants of Greater
New York. This makes about S2OO
barrels per day. There are no figures
which show the amount on hand In the
numerous warehouses, but men Of ex-
perience in the business say that it will
average something like 100000 barrels.
AS to the raw materials from which
4our could he made there are definite
statistics The visible supply" of
each grain is known Mt all times with
III iStllO" AC NONANNS SkOiSN
in this city should reach it's maximum
within the next few weeks, and will
then fall irregularly until next years
crops are harvested On October 2G OF
last year there were In store in Man
haitian and Brooklyn warehouses 4, 70o,-
414 bushels Of wheat, 1876, 1856 of corn.
S93 1872 Of oats, S6,293 of rye and 14S. :
800 of barley. On August 9 of this
year the Accommodations had shrunk to
$4,000 bushels of wheat, 152. 600 OF
corn. 10000 of oats, 1900 of rye aud
10000 of barley.
DREAD AND BUTTER FOR MONTH.
After bread and breadstuffs the
thoughts of the eater naturally turn
towards butter. Unfortunately. the
butter supply wonld be exhausted long
before the bread gave out. II is doubt
full If there is ever much more than IL
months supply on hand.
SHIFTS OF THE EGG SUPPLY.
Butter and eggs and pound Of
cheese went together in Mr.. Calver-
ley's ballad. Eggs are stored in SO
many places III and about the city and
in such varying quantities that accur-
ate information. except as to the re-
ceipts from day to day. cannot be Oh
tanned. The proprietor Of large cold
storage warehouse states that in his
opinion the supply Of eggs in storage
at one time would never suffice for the
city's needs for more than a fortnight
and he doubted if the accumulation
would last so long If all other sources
We're cut Off
The fact that the weekly receipts Of
cheese quadruple between March and
July is alone sufficient to show that
there must be large accumulation, in
summer to supply the winters needs,
and this is the case. There is probably
enough cheese to last for more than
two months.
When prohibitive prices are the rule
for fresh provisions housekeepers usu-
ally resort to canned goods. 1t would
seem that the city could do the same.
Canned peaches and pears, peas and
green corn could still be had, supposins
that people did not try to live on them
exclusively. after -four and water por-
ridge became u luxury. Canned goods
are almost the only edibles the whole
supply of which the dealers receive at
the same time. The strawberry season
being over. for instance, all or practj-
cnlly NIL OF the strawberries that three
and quarter million people will eat
until the fresh fruit comes again are
packed away in brightly labeled tiers
within carting distance OF the retail
counters.
The fresh fruits and vegetables. milk
and cream Except, of course, the
canned. condensed Variety, and fresh
fish would not he expected to last very
long. AT the same time there might be
enough of some less important food
products Of which the usual consump-
ton is small to last long time 1t
might easily happen that the city had
seasoning i'll plenty. for instance. with
no substantial food to put 1t ob.-New
York Post