The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-09-30
COMMERCIAL STOCKS
or GRAIN, FLOUR, MEAI
Products in the United States for Sept. /
1918, Announced By Department
Of Agriculture.

The commercial stocks Of wheat re-
ported to the department of agriculture
in food survey dated Sept. |, 1918,
amounted to ll4,33l ,s42 bushels. These
figures refer to stocks actually reported
and do not represent the total CONNER
clal stocks of the country, nor do they
include stocks on farms on the date of
the survey. The stocks reported were
held by ll,27l firms, consisting of eleva-
tors, warehouses, grain mills and whole
sale dealers, and were equal to 1865 per
cent of the stocks held by the same firms
on Sept. /, 1917, or nearly three times as
large as the stocks on hand year ago.
Survey and Visible Supply Figures Com
pared
The commercial visible supply figures,
as published by the Chicago Board Of
Trade for the nearest date, show 4S,S2l,-
600 bushels of wheat as against 5,05S 900
bushels year ago, and the corresponding
Bradstreet figures for 1918 show 54,236,-
000 bushels as against l0,3l5,000 bushels
for 1917 These figures, as we'll as the
results of the more extensive survey,
show very great relative increase in
the commercial stocks of wheat on Sept.
this year as compared with the same
date in 1917 This increase, as pointed
out in connection with the report for
Aug. !, is due TO an earlier season and a
more rapid movement of grain into com
mercial channels, as well as to an in
creased yield.
Other Cereals, Flour and Corn Meal.
The commercial stocks of other cereals
reported for Sept. /, 1918, according to
the department statement, were as fol-
lows: Corn, l6,7l5,07S bushels; oats, g.,
6S3,S5o bushels; barley, 1929, l04 bush
els; and rye, 4,l49,6l2 bushels. These
stocks represent the following percent
ages of the corresponding stocks on Sept
!, 1917: Corn, 20s,6 per cent? oats, l40l
per cent; barley, 81 per cent; and rye,
1928 per cent.
The commercial stocks of -four and
corn meal as reported for the survey
were: Wheat -four, white, 1859 1928 bar
rels; whole wheat and graham -four, l47,-
465 barrels; barley flour, l67 1853 barrels;
rye flour, 225,l2 barrels; corn flour, 3d.
522,278 pounds; corn meal, 72,642, 1853
pounds; bucltwheat -four, 1884, $50
pounds; mixed flour, S,333,324 pounds
These stocks represent the following per
centages of the stocks on hand a year
ago: Wheat -four. white, lao per cent
whole wheat and graham -four, l64.7 per
cent; barley flour, 2,69o4 per cent; rye
-four, 2744 per cent; corn -four, 020,3 per
cent; corn meal, lS9 per cent; buclxwheat
-four, sl.7 per cent; mixed -four, 202,2 per
cent.
Wholesale Stocks Of Selected Commodi-
ties.
Elevators, warehouses and wholesale
dealers reported stocks of beans amount
ing to l4,477 $3.50 bushels, while wholesale
grocers and warehouses reported the fol-
lowing commodities in the amounts in.
dicated; Rice, 56,89726 pounds; rolled
oats, 446S0,074 pounds; canned salmon,
S4,l95,lS0 pounds; canned tomatoes, 6l,-
692,36l pounds; canned corn, 23,063 ,068
pounds; sugar, 81 ,l94,430 pounds. These
stocks represent the following percent
ages of the corresponding stocks on hand
Sept /, 1917: Beans, 1861 per cent? rice,
30.7 per cent; rolled oats, 1865 per cent;
canned salmon, l04.5 per, cent; canned to-
matoes, 1918 per cent; canned corn, II
per cent; sugar, 900 per cent.