The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-10-28
SPECIAL Information FROM
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Commercial Stocks Of Grain, Flour,
COrnmeal and Other Food Pro.
duets in the United States
October l, 1918.

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food survey of the Department of
Agriculture dated October 1, 1918, the
commercial stocks of wheat reported
for that date amounted to 1876, 1897 1899
bushels as against 114,331 ,842 bushels
reported on hand in a similar survey
for September /. These figures refer
to stockqs actually reported and do
not represent the total commercial
stocks of the country, nor do they in
clude stocks on farms. The stocks re-
ported for October l were held by 49,
979 firms, consisting of elevators,
warehouses, grain mills, and whole
sale dealers. These holdings, like
those of September l, 1918, were near
ly three times as large as the stocks
held by the same firms a year earlier,
the actual percentage for October l
being 1915 per cent. or the 1917
stocks
Survey and Visible Supply Figures
Compared
/ The commercial visible supply fig
ures as published by the Chicago
Board of Trade for the nearest date,
September %, show 9O,623, 900 bushels
of wheat as against 7,7S9,OOO a year
ago, and the corresponding Bradstreet
figures for 1918 show 9S,155,OOO bu-
shells as against 13,072,OOO bushels for
1917. A very great relative increase
in the commercial stocks of wheat on
October l 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 Neal
The commercial stocks of other GER
eals reported for October 1, 1918, ac-
cording to the department statement,
were as follows: Corn, 21.119,O7S bu-
shells; oats, 1891 81 bushels: bar
ley, 27,56O,565 bushels; and rye. O.
6f9'O69 bushels. The stocks represent
the following percentages of the cor
responding stocks on October l, 1917,
Corn 1854 per cent; barley. 1927 per
cent; and rye, 1927 per cent.
The commercial stocks of flour anf
corn meal as reported for the survey
we're; Wheat -four, white. 1886 423
barrels; whole wheat and graham
nour' SS,372 barrels; barley flour,
! 1859 barrels; rye flour, $40. 2S5 bar-
rels; corn flour, 4O,O97,525 pounds ::
corn meal, 7777O,5SS pounds; buck
wheat flour, 2,463,6O5 pounds; mixed
hour 16,4O7,49 pounds. These stocks
represent the following percentages
OF the stocks on hand a year ago.
Wheat flour, white, 1S1 per cent
whole wheat and graham -four. 155
per cent rye -four, 2371 per cent
corn Hour, 1852 per cent; buckwbeat
hour' 1863 per cent; mixed flour, 17f
per cent.
whole Stocks Of Selected Commidties
Elevators, warehouse, and whole.
sale dealers reported stocks of beans
amounting to S,977O75 bushels. while
wholesale grocers and warehouses re.
ported the following commodities ir
tne amounts indicated: Rice, 42,O52,.
100 pounds; rolled oats, 6745S. 964
pounds; canned salmon, S9.9O2 &c!
pounds; canned tomatoes, 125, 56S, As.
pounds; canned corn, 35,265. 80.
pounds; sugar, 23S,O24,S13 pounds
Ihese stocks represent the followin.
percentages of the correspondinf
stocks on hand October l, 1917
Beans, 1898 per cent: rice. 37.7 ne,
cent; rolled oats, 1856 per cent
cannerd salmon, 70 per cent: canned
tomatoes, 126 ner cent; canned corn
900 per cent; sugar, 1863 per cent.
Stocks of condensed and evaporate,
milk were reported by condensaries
cold storages, warehouses, and whole
sale grocers, as follows: Condense,
milk 66,477,S7S pounds; evaporateC
milk, 124,941,O51 pounds. The hold
lngs Of condensed milk reported TO,
October l, 1918, represented 1O6.S ne
cent Of the stocks held by the sam,
firms a year earlier, and the holding,
OF evaporated milk, 1872 per cent.
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CONNECTICUT is CLEAR OF DEBT