The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-04

1913. On MarCh 11Cn, OUT OF oSSo4 I
coke ovens, 34,477 were in blast COM
pared with 1888 on February 5ths as
recorded in our last report.
Receipts Of zinc and spelter at the
principal market during February to-
tailed 433 Thousand slabs compared
with 291 thousand slabs in February,
1915, while February shipments from
this market were APT thousand slabs
compared with 297 thousand in the
same month last year. Zinc and
speIter supplies at this point seem to
be increasing slightly.
Dom este consump tion of tin in
February totaled 6,388 tons compared
with 4, 452 tonse in January and S75
tons in February OF last year. Stocks
of tin in this country at the close OF
February amounted to 1908 tons COM
pared with 2,4O1 tons a month pre-
vfo1s and 2, 046 tons a year previous.
This decrease in our tin stocks was to
have been expected as our consump-
ton is large and shipments of tin to
this country from the Straits Settle
Ynerlt during February were only 2 900
tons compared with 4,2O5 tons in jan
uary The visible supply of tin on
February 29th was 1851 tons com
pared with 1904 tons on January
si31st and 14,548 tons on February %,
1915.
Transvaa1 gold production in F'ebru-
airy amounted to 754 thousand ounces
compared with 1877 thousand ounces
in January and 676 thousand ounces
in. February of last year.
Domestic consumption of cotton in
February amounted to 541 thousand
bales compared with 463 thousand
bales in February of last year. F'ebru-
airy cotton exports totaled 703 fth GUS
and bales, compared with 1902 thous-
and in February of last year, while
nd Ia1o on
pared with 20 Thousand bales a year
ago Stocks of cotton in consuming
establishments on February 10Th were
1885 thousand bales compared with
1854 thousand a year ago and stocks
in public storage and at congresses
were 1911 thousand bales compared
with 4,075 thousand a year ago. A
final report gives the amount of cot
ton ginned from the 1915 crop at H.
059 thousand bales compared with
,906 thousand bales ginned from the
Hcrop of 1914 and g. 983 Thousand bales
from that of g. There were crushed
from the 1916 crop, 4,132 thousand
tons of cotton seed compared with g.
$50 thousand tons from the 1914 crop.
I1inters obtained from the 1915 crop
amounted to 895 thousand bales COM
pared with 832 thousand bales from
the crop Of 1914. There were $40
cotton seed mills in operation during
in operation the previous year.
Stocks of corn on farms total 1,139
million bushels or 81 per cent. of last
years crop compared with Oil million
bushels a year ago or "a per cent. of
the 1914 crop. Wheat on farms to-
tails 242 million bushels or "a per
cent of last years crop compar ed
with 153 million bushels a year ago
which was IT per cent. of the 1914
crop. Oats on farms totals SGT mil
lion bushels or SO per cent. of last
years crop compared with S79 mil
lion bushels a year ago which was 8
per cent. of the 1914 crop. Barley
on farms totals II million bushels or
26 per cent. of last years crop COM
pared with 43 million bushels a year
ago which was % per cent. of the
1914 crop.
Some spring blowing is under way
even as far north as Alberta and soil
conditions generally are up to average,
the principal exception being in the
southwest where the ground is too
dry for planting, much rain being
needed in Texas and Oklahoma, par
ticularly before cotton can go in the
ground. The winter wheat condition
is below average and the acreage to
be abandoned this year will probably