The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-31
SURVEY or FOOD
SHOWS INCREASE
IN WHEAT STOCK.
Holdings by 1860 Firms
Show Percentage Of 206.I
Over Last Year.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 31.-The COM
mercial stocks of wheat reported In q
survey made by the Department OF
Agriculture for December 1. 1918.
amounted to 21s.434.s3s bushels.
These holdings. by 1860 frms-ele-
yators, warehouses, grain mills ana
wholesale dealers--were more than
twice as large as the stocks held by
the same firms year earlier, the
actual percentage being 206.1 per cent.
OF the 1917 stocks. The Agures refer
to stocks actually reported and do not
represent the commercial stocks OF
the country. nor do they include
stocks on farms.
The commercial visible supply ig-
tres, as published by the Chicago
Board OF Trade for the nearest date
November 80. 1879 show III ,661 900
bushels of wheat as against II. 031. OOO
bushels year ago. Corresponding
Bradstreet figures for 1918 show 21-
684, 900 bushels as against 1858 900
bushels for 1917. As compared with
the same date OF last year, these hg-
ures. as well as those obtained by the
more extensive survey, show very
great relative increase In commercial
stocks OF wheat on December i, 1918.
Large Corn Stock.
The commercial stocks of other ce-
reals reported for December 1. 1918.
according to the department state
ment, were as follows Corn. 1898
7S9 bushels: oats, 61,670,351 bushels;
barley, 74,400,7S7 buahels; rye, 1896
ole bushels. These stacks represent
the following percentages OF the cor
responding stocks on December J..
1917: Corn, 1890 per cent; oats. 94.6
per cent; barley, HOS per cent; rye.
f154.2 per cent. -E
I. The commercial stocks Of flour and
corn meal. as reported for the survey,
were: Wheat flour. white. 6,397. 400
barrels: whole wheat and graham
flour. 133.lS9 barrels; rye flour, 1885,
107 barrels; corn flour, 51,676,911
pounds; corn meal. 72.S25,916 pounds;
buckwheat flour, 13,54S,S09 pounds;
mixed flour. 26.623,397 pounds. These
stocks represent the following per-
centages OF the stocks on hand a year
ago: Wheat flour, white. 1904 per
cent: whole wheat and graham flour.
gt9.1 per cent: rye flour, 215.S per
cent: corn meal. 227.S per cent; buck
wheat IlOuT, ISV.f per cent, MiAcu
'cur, 243.5 per cent.
Elevators, warehouses and whole
s:le dealers reported stocks Of beans
amounting to 7.2S5,713 bushels. while
Wholesale grocers and warehouses re-
ported the following commodities and
In the amounts Indicated: Rice. 49,
99S,S10 pounds; rolled oats, 80.489, 666
pounds; canned salmon, 96.893.624
pounds; canned tomatoes 245, 489. 204
pounds: canned corn. 111,336,010
pounds; sugar. 164.356.634 pounds.
These stocks represent the following
percentages of the corresponding
stocks on hand December !, 1917:
Beans. 1545 per cent: rice, 62.6 per
cent: rolled oats, 1857 per cent: can
ned salmon. 94.3 per cent: canned to-
matoes. 1903 per cent; canned corn.
1895 per cent, sugar. 1850 per cent.
Stocks of condensed and evaporated
milk were reported by condenseries,
cold storages, warehouses and whole
sale grocers as follows: Condensed
milk, 40. S7S, 129 pounds; evaporated
milk, LAG. 757.96S pounds. The hold
ings of condensed milk reported for
December I, 1918, represented 1877
per cent of the stocks held by the
same firms a year earlier, while the
holdings OF evaporated milk represent
ed 1913 per cent of the December, 1917,
stock.