The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30
TWICE As MUCH WHEAT
is A YEAR AGO
The 219,434,ss2 Bushels Held By 1860
Firms, Refer to Stocks Actually Re-
ported and Do Not Represent
the Commercial Stocks,

Washington, D. G., Dec. S0.--The com
mercia stocks Of wheat reported in a
survey made by the department of agri-
culture for Dec /, 1918 amounted TO
2l9 .434, 1872 bushels These holdings, by
| 1860 firms elevators, warehouses grain
mills and wholesale dealers-were more
than twice as large as the stocks held by
| the same firms year earlier, the actual
percentage being 206,l per cent Of the
1917 stocks The figures refer to stocks
actually reported and do not represent
| the commercial stocks of the country,
nor do they include stocks on farms.
Visible Supply Figures Compared.
The commercial visible supply figures,
as published by the Chicago Board of
Trade for the nearest date NOV. 80,
1879 show l2l ,J6l 900 bushels of wheat
as against 2l OBI 900 bushels a year ago.
Corresponding Bradstreet figures for 1918
show l3l ,5S4 900 bushels as against 20,
633, 900 bushels for 1917. As compared
with the same date of last year, these
| figures, as well as those obtained by the
more extensive survey, show a very great
relative increase in commercial stocks of
wheat on Dec. /, 1918.
Other Cereals, Flour and Corn Meal.
The commercial stocks Of other cereals
reported for Dec /, 1918, according to
the department statement, were as fol-
lows. Corn, Is, l93,7S9 bushels; oats, 81 :
670,35l bushels; barley, 74,400,TS7 bush
els; rye, l3036,0l0 bushels. These stocks
represent the following percentages OF
the corresponding stocks on Dec. l, 1917:
Corn, 1870 per cent; oats, Gao per cent +;
barley, HOS per cent; rye, 1912 per cent
The commercial stocks Of -four and
corn meal, as reported for the survey
were: Wheat flour, white, 6,397 . bar.
rels; whole wheat and graham flour, 1885,
| lS9 barrels; rye flour, 266, l07 barrels
corn flour, 81 ,676,9ll pounds; corn meal
| u, S25,0l6 pounds; buekwheat -four, 49,,
54s 800 pounds; mixed -four, 26,623,39
pounds. These stocks represent the fol
lowing percentages Of the stocks on hand
a year ago: Wheat -four, white, l70.4
per cent; whole wheat and graham -four
249I per cent; rye -four, 2l5.s per cent
corn meal PTS per cent; buckwheat
flour, 2204 per cent; mixed -four, 243.5
per cent.
Stocks Of Selected Commodities.
Elevators warehouses and wholesale
dealers reported stocks Of beans amount.
ing TO 7285713 bushels, while wholesale
grocers and warehouses reported the fol
( lowing commodities and in the amounts
indicated; Rice, 4999s,sl0 pounds; rolled
oats, S0,4S0,6 pounds; canned salmon
96, S93 ,624 pounds; canned tomatoes, 245,
4S9 ,204 pounds; canned corn, Ill y336,0lC
pounds; sugar, 1854 ,356,634 pounds These
stocks represent the following percent
ages of the corresponding stocks on hand
Dec. |, 1917; Beans, l54-5 per cent; rice
62.6 per cent; rolled oats, 1861 per cent
canned salmon, 94.3 per cent; canned to
matoes, 1903 per cent canned corn, 1884
per cent; sugar, 1875 per cent.
Stocks OF condensed and eyaporateC
milk were reported by condenseries, colo
storages, warehouses and wholesale gro
GERS, as follows: Condensed milk, 40,
s7s,l2 pounds; eyaporated milk, lac,
757 ,96s pounds. The holdings of con
densed milk reported for Dec |, 1918
represented 1877 per cent of the stocks
held by the same firms a year earlier
while the holdings of evaporated milk
represented 1878 per cent of the Deem
Der, 1917, stock.