South Bend news-times., 1918-11-04
STOCKS Of GRAIN
HELD IN OCTOBER
Big Increase on First of Month
Over September Shown
BY Markets.

According to a food survey Of the
department of agriculture dated
oct. l, 1918, the commercial stocks
Of wheat reported for that date
amounted to 195.997.s39 bushels as
against 114,331,S42 bushels on hand
In a similar survey for Sept. l.
These figures refer to stocks actual
~ reported and do not represent
the total commercial stocks of the
country, nor do they include stocks
OH farms. The stocks reported for
oct. 1 were held by I2,9T9 firms.
consisting of elevators. warehouses.
grain mills, and wholesale dealers.
These holdings, like those of Sept.
1, 1918, were nearly three times as
large as the stocks held by the
same firms year earlier, the ac-
tual percentage for Oct. being
2976 per cent of the 1917 stocks.
Survey and Visible supply Figures
Compared.
The commercial visible supply
figures as published by the Chicago
board of trade for the nearest date,
Sept 2S, show 9O,623.O0 bushels of
wheat as against 7,7S9,0OO a year
ago, and the corresponding Brad
street figures for 1918 show 9s,155.
900 bushels as against 13,072,0 900
bushels for 1917. A very great re-
lative increase in the commercial
stocks of wheat on oct. 1 this year
as compared with the same date
last year is shown by these figures
as well as by the results of the more
extensive survey.
Other Cereals. Flour and Corn
Meal.
The commercial stocks Of other
cereals reported for oct. l. 1918, ac-
cording to the department state
ment. were as follows: Corn, 21.119.
O7S bushels; oats, S5,391.911 bu-
shells; barley. 27,56O,565 bushels;
and rye. 9.679.O69 bushels. The
stocks represent the following per-
centages of the corresponding stocks
on oct. l, 1917: Corn, 275.4 per
cent; oats. 1911 per cent; barley
112.7 per cent; and rye, 1927 per
cent
The commercial stocks Of -four
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survey were: Wheat flour, white
5.466.423 barrels; whole wheat and
graham -four. SS,372 barrels; bar
ley flour, 1859 barrels: rye flour.
31O,2S5 barrels; corn flour. 40,097,
525 pounds: corn meal, 1870. 53S
pounds; buckwheat flour, 2,463. sos
pounds: mixed flour, 16.407,492
pounds. These stocks represent the
following percentages OF the stocks
on hand a year ago: Wheat -four.
white, 131 per cent; whole wheat
anu graham -four, 1853 per cent;
rye flour 237.1 per cent; corn flour.
1852 per cent: buckwheat -four.
1863 per cent; mixed -four, 176
per cent.
Wholesale Stocks of Selected
Commodities.
Elevators. warehouses and whole
sale dealers reported stocks OF beans
amounting to S.977.OT5 bushels.
while wholesale grocers and ware
houses reported the following com
modities in the amounts indicated
Rice. 42.O52.C65 pounds; rolled
oats, 67.45S.964 pounds; canned
salmon. S9.9O2.669 pounds; canned
tomatoes. 125.56S,452 pounds: can
ned corn. 35.265.S24 pounds: sugar.
23S,O24.S13 pounds These STOCKS
represent the following percentages
OF the corresponding stocks on
hand oct. 1. 1917: Beans, 1898 per
cent: rice. 37.7 per cent; rolled oats,
1856 per cent; canned salmon, 20
per cent: canned tomatoes. f26 per
cent; canned corn. S5.6 per cent;
sugar. 1863 per cent.
Stocks OF condensed and eva
porated milk were reported by con-
densaTies, cold storages, warehouses
and wholesale grocers. as follows:
Condensed milk, 66.477. .37S pounds;
evaporated milk. l24,941.051 pounds
The holdings OF condensed milk re-
ported for oct. I, 1918, represent
ed 1868 per cent OF the stocks held
by the same firms year earlier
and the holdings Of evaporated