The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-01
HAD 9,237,O59 BU. OF
WHEAT IN j. 5. JULY |
Department OF Agriculture Makes
Food Survey OF Commercial
Stocks of Grain.
HELD BY 1889 FIRMS,
Estimated Amount of Wheat on
Farms on Ja!y Was $3.50 900
Bushels, as Compared With i5.61i.-
coo Bushels One Year Ago.

Washington n. G., July 31.-The
commercial stocks OF wheat reported
TO the department OF agriculture in
food survey dated July /. 1918,
amounted to a,23T.059 bushels. &C
cording to statement just issued by
the department. This refers to
stocks actually reported and dt es not
represent an estimate of he total
commercial stocks If the country,
heither do the figures include stocks
on farms on July !. The con5tnei'-
tial stocks reported were held by
1883 firms out OF q total of l3.0l9
submitting reports. the firms consist
ing of elevators. warehouses, grain
mills and wholesale grain de Alcrs
and were equal to 2SS per cent. Of
the stocks held by the Sans firms
on July J. 1917.
Survey and Visible supply Ficurcs
Compared
The commercial visible supply fig
u 'es, as published by the Chicago
BOARD of trade for Tho nearest date.
namely. June 80. 1915 showed only
$4,000 bushels of wheat as against
100000 a wear ago ana the Brad
street figures for June 80 show I'D
2,465,00Q bushels as against l9,90t,-
600 bushels for the same date in
1917, Inasmuch as the holdings re-
ported by the Chicago board of trade
represent stocks in the primary and
export markets. the survey f@ure<
show that the commercial hot...nss
were confined for the most part to
the smaller interior points.
Stocks on Farms.
The comparative figures thus
shown for the CONNIE rcial stocks of
wheat this year and last should be
considered in connection with the
stocks still remaining on farms. The
estimated amount of wheat on
farms on July /, as presented in the
monthly crop reports of the depart
ment was sass, 900 bushels. as
against 1871 900 bushels on July /
year ago.
Other Cereals, Flour and Meal.
The~ commercial stocks of other
cereals on July I, according to the
department statement. were as fol-
lows: Corn, 27.371,441 bushels; oats.
4o.5sS,65s bushels, barley. s.551.65s
bushels; and rye, l.65S,lS9 bushels.
These stocks represent the following
percentages of the corresponding
stocks of July /, 1917; Corn, 1854
per cent. oats, 1919 per cent; bar
ley, 1856 per cent; and rye, 1919 per
cent
The commercial stocks of -four
were Wheat flour. white, e.3ae,s43
barrels; whole wheat and graham
-four. lss.4ss barrels: barley -four,
42s,i4I barrels; rye -four. 451, EOS
barrels, corn -four. 43,559,S3s
pounds, cornmeal, 93,s3s,77s pounds;
huckwheat -four. 2.1sl,5s5 pounds,
and mixed -four, s,sss,594 pounds.
These stocks represent the following
percentages OF the stocks on, hand a
year ago: Wheat -four, white, 4s.e
per cent, whole wheat and graham
-four, 25e.l per cent: rye -four, 344.S
per cent: cornmeal. aIs.5 per cent;
buckwheat -four. 72.s per cent, and
mixed -four, 2o0.S per cent. The
stocks of harley -four and corn fiotr
on July /, 1917. were so small as to
make any comparison between them
and the present stocks on percent
age basis Improbable.
Wholesale Stocks OF Selected Conn
modities.
The following commodities were
reported by wholesale grocers: Beans.
a,7ss,o22 bushels: rice. s2,s4s.oo5
pounds. rolled oats. 4o,lT7,743
pounds; canned salmon. 5s,62a.s5s
pounds: canned tomatoes, 5s,s57.7se
pounds: canned corn. 3o.7oS,l39
pounds; and sugar. l7s,s25,s24
pounds. The stocks of beans, ro.led
oats, ana canned salmon showed q
substantial increase. the present
holdings representing the following
percentage Of those on hand q ear
ago: Beans, 1871 per cent; rolled
oats. l3s.s per cent, and canned
salmon, ITS per cent. The stocks
OF rice. sugar and canned corn, on
the othar hand, showed Z substan-
tiai decrease. being $50 per cent,
7TS per cent. and s7.s per cent. re-
spsctively. OF the amounts reported
for July !, 1917. The stocks Of
canned tomatoes were 102.s per cent.
OF those reported = year ago.
Returns from wholesale grocers
and condensaries reporting holdings
Of condensed milk on July !. 1sIa.
indicated that the stocks OF con-
densed milk. amounting to So.sss.2s7
pounds. were lS.1 par cent. larger
than those last ysar and that the
stocks Of evaporAtsd milk. amount
ing to s3.E11.0os pounds. were 80 per
cent. lArgsr than On The correspond.
ing dats : ysAf Alros 1880 a, 81. /