The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-11-29
U. S. FOOD SURVEY
Shows Wheat Amounting to 274,o25,o1o
Bushels on Nov /.

Commercial stocks of wheat reported in
a survey made by the U. S. department
of agriculture as Of Nov. |, 1918, amount
ed TO 274,9250l0 bushels, as compared
with l95,997 ,S39 bushels reported on hand
in similar survey for Oct. /. These
figures refer to stocks actually reported
and do not represent the total CONNER
cial stocks of the country, nor do they
include stocks on farms. The stocks re-
ported for November were held by 1888
firms1elevators, warehouses, grain mills
and wholesale dealers-their holdings be-
ing more than two and one-half times
the stock held by them year earlier,
the actual percentage being 1884 Of the
1917 stock.
Visible Supply Figures Compared.
The commercial visible supply figures,
as published by the Chicago board of
trade for the nearest date NOV. 2, 1919
show l22,604,000 bushels of wheat as
against l4,90S,000 a year ago, and the
corresponding Bradstreet figures for 1918
show l3l,S52,000 bushels as against o.
$4,000 bushels for 1917. A very great
relative increase in the commercial stocks
of wheat on Nov. /, this year, as com
pared with the same date of last year is
shown by these figures, as well as by the
results of the more extensive survey.
The commercial stocks of other cereals
reported for Nov. !, 1918, according to
the department statement, were as fol-
lows: Corn, l7,l23,734 bushels; oats, 49,
775,204 bushels; barley, 34,462, 597 bush.
els; rye, l5,l23,l35 bushels These stocks
hu fp1l 4o.S Is
the corresponding stocks on Nov. i, 1917
Corn, 272.7 per cent; oats, 1859 per cent
barley, 1921 per cent; rye, l22 per cent
The commercial stocks of flour and
corn meal, as reported for the survey
were: Wheat -four, white, 1894 ,S39 bar
rels; whole wheat and graham flour, 49,
9l6 barrels; rye -four, 1903, 434 barrels;
corn flour, 5l,756,s46 pounds; corn meal
69,299,044 pounds; buckwheat -four
5,l29,970 pounds; mixed -four, % AGO 225
pounds. These stocks represent the fol
lowing percentages of the stocks on hand
a year ago: Wheat -four, white, 1881 per
cent; whole' wheat and graham flour
1904 per cent rye flour, l76.5 per cent
corn meal, 2244 per cent; buckwheat
flour, 1871 per cent; mixed flour, 1884
per cent.
Elevators, warehouses and wholesale
dealers reported stocks of beans amount
ing to 0,2l9,426 bushels, while wholesale
grocers and warehouses reported the fol.
lowing commodities and in the amounts
indicated Rice, 45,936,02l pounds; rolled
oats, 70,624,76l pounds; canned salmon
l34,395,22l pounds; canned tomatoes
1881 1874 pounds; canned corn, 72,l35,,
S32 pounds; sugar, 1901 900 pounds
These stocks represent the following per.
centages of the corresponding stocks on
hand Nov. /, 1917 Beans, 1857 per cent
rice, sos per cent; rolled oats, 1903 per
cent; canned salmon, 03 per cent; canned
tomatoes, 1918 per cent; canned corn
1888 per cent; sugar, 1898 per cent.
Stocks of condensed and evaporated
milk were reported by condenseries, cold
storages warehouses and wholesale gro.
GERS, as follows; Condensed milk, 57,0l7,.
0SS pounds; evaporated milk, 1924, Az
pounds. The holdings of condensed milk
reported for Nov l, 1918, represented
1853 per cent Of the stocks held by the
same firms year earlier, while the hold,
ings of eyaporated milk represented 72.g
per cent of the November, 1917, stock.