The public ledger., 1918-10-02
STOCKS OF GRAIN
ON HAND IN THE
UNITED STATES
Commercial Stocks OF Grain Flour
and Other Food Products on
Hand Reported.

Washington, d. c., September /
The commercial stocks of wheat re-
ported to the Department of Agricul-
ture in food survey dated September
1, 1918, amounted to 114,331,S42 bu-
shells. These figures refer to stocks
actually reported and do not repre-
sent the total commercial stocks OF
the country, nor do they include
stocks on farms on the date OF the
survey. The stocks reported were
held by 11,271 firms, consisting of ele-
vators, warehouses, grain mills, and
wholesale dealers, and were equal to
1865 per cent. of the stocks held by
the same firms on September l, 1917
or nearly three times as large as the
stocks on hand year ago.
Survey and Visible Supply Figures
Compared
The commercial visible supply fig
ures, as published by the Chicago
Board of Trade for the nearest date,
show 4S,S21 900 bushels of wheat as
against 5,O5S,O00 bushels a year ago,
anod the corresponding Bradstreet fig
ures for 1918 show 54,296,00O bushels
as against 1O,315,OOO bushels for 1871.
These figures, as well as the results OF
the more extensive survey, show a
very great relative increase in the
commercial stocks of wheat on Sep
tember | this year as compared with
the same date in 1917. This increase,
as pointed out in connection with the
report for August 1, is due to an ear
lier season and a more rapid move
ment of grain into commercial chan
nels, as we'll as to an increased yield.
Other Cereals, Flour, and Corn Meal
The commercial stocks of other ce-
reals reported for September l, 1915
according to the department, were as
follows: Corn, 16,715,97S bushels
and rye, 4,149,6l2 bushels. These
stocks represent the following per
centages of the corresponding stocks
on September /, 1917: Corn, 20S.6 per
cent; cost, 14O.1 per cent; barleyti S4
per cent; and rye, 1928 per cent.
The commercial stocks of flour and
corn meal as reported for the survey
we're: Wheat -four, white, 4,539,S2S
barrels; whole wheat and graham
-four, 1885 barrels; barley flour,
167,15S barrels; rye flour, 225,127 bar
rels; corn -four, 3O,522,276 pounds;
corn meal, 72,642,S53 pounds; buck
wheat flour, 2,3S4,5SO pounds; mixed
-four, S,333,324 pounds. These stocks
represent the following percentages
of the stocks on hand a year ago;
Wheat flour, white, 140 per cent;
whole wheat and graham -four 1647
per cent; barley -four, 2,69O.4 per
cent; rye -four, 274,4 per cent; corn
flour, 920.3 per cent. corn meal, lS9
per cent; buckwheat -four, S1.7 per
cent; linked -four, 2SO2.2 per meal,
189 per cent buckwheat -four, S1.7
per cent; mixed -four, 2O2.2 per cent.
Wholesale Stocks of Selected Com
mOditieS
Elevators, warehouses, and whole
sale dealers reported stocks of beans
amounting to 14,477,63O bushels, while
Wholesale grocers and warehouses re-
ported the following commodities in
the amounts indicated: Rice, 56,S97,-
261 pounds; rolled oats, 44,6SO,O74
pounds; canned salmon, S4,195,1S0
pounds; canned tomatoes, 61,692,36l
pounds; canned corn, 23,06S,966
pounds; sugar, 311,194,4SO pounds,
These stocks represent the following
percentages of the corresponding
stocks on hand September l, 1917;
Beans, 1861 per cent; rice, 30.7 per
cent; rolled oats, 1855 per cent; can
ned salmon. 104.5 per cent; canned
tomatoes, 1913 per cent; canned corn,
II per cent; sugar, 99.9 per cent.