The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-29
BIG INCREASE FOR
1878 WHEAT CROP
Stocks Reported Held by Same Firms
Nearly Three Times MS Large as
------ :. - I1ast year.
=. SUPPLY COMPARED.
Commercial Figures Published by
Chicago Board Of Trade Show Over
Forty Million Bushels More. Than
Previous Season.

Washington, Sept 2s.-The COM
mercial stocks Of wheat reported TO
the department of agriculture in
food survey dated September i. 1919
amounted to 114,331.S42 bushels
ThAse ngures refer to stocks actually
Reported and do not represent tne
total commercial stocks OF the coun =
try, nor do they include stocks on
farms on the date of the survey Inc
stocks reported we're held by ll.z4i
nrmx consisting or elevators, ware
houses. grain mills and wholesale
dealers. and were equal to 1866 per
centssof the stocks held by the same
firms on September j. 1917, or nearly
threA times as large as the stocks on
hand year ago.
Survey and Visible supply Figures
q Compared
Thn commercial visible supply
figures, al published by the Chicago
Board of Trade for the nearest GATE.
show, 4S. 1871 600 bushels of wheat as
against s. o5S.00 bushels year ago,
and the corresponding Broadstrees
figures for 1918 show 54.23e GOV
bushels as against 1881 1000 bushels
for 1a17. These figures. as Wen as
tho results of the more extensive sur
vey.. shay a very great relative in
crease- IN the commercial stocks OF
wheit.On September this year as
|compareds with the same date in 1als,
This increase. as pointed out in con-
nectlon with the report for August ],
| ID due To an earlier season and more
rapid movement OF grain into com =
Imercial channels, as well as to an In
creased yield.
Other Cereals, Flour. and Corn Meal.
The commercial stocks OF other
cereals reported for September i.
statement. were as follows; Corn,
|1S.7i5,s1s bushels: oats, 54.6S3.s5s
bushels: barley. le,2sa.1o4 bushels.
and rye. A.14s.e1a bushels. These
stocks represent. the following per
centages OF the corresponding stocks
on September l, 1917: Corn, 2esS
per cent; oats, 1901 per cent; barley,
~ per cent, and rye. 152,s per cent.
The commercial stocks OF -four and
corn meal as reported for the survey
were. Wheat -four. white, 4,539, 32S
barrels: whole whea. and graham
-four. l47.4s5 barrels: barley -four,
167.l5s barrels: rye -four. 2z5,l u
barrels: corn -four. 3o522275 pounds;
corn meal, 7e.s42,s53 pounds, buck
wheat -four, 2,3s4.530 pounds; mixed
-four, s,333.324 pounds These stocks
represent the following percentages
on the stocks on hand a year ago
Wheat -four, white. lao err cent
whole wheat and graham -four, t6s.1
per cent; barley -four e.eso.4 per
Gent. rye flour. 274.4 psr cent: corn
AeHF. a9se. ) per cent. corn meal. ias
per cent: buckwheat -four. Si.7 per
rent: mixed -four. 2o22 per cent.
WHOLESALE Stocks OF Selected Com
motiities.
Elevators. warehouses and whole-
kaie dealers reported stocks OF beans
amounting TO i4.s17,s3o bushels,
while wholesale Erocers and ware
houses reported sthe following COM
)modifies In the amounts indicated:
Rice. 5s.Sa7,asl pounds: rolled oats,
&4.SSo.074 pounds: canned salmon.
b4.1S5.is0 pounds: canned tomatoes.
BIZ .see.36i pounds; canned corn Is
pSs.s66 pounds; sugar. al ,is4,43o
pounds. These stocks represent the
following percentages OF the CORE
bponding stocks on hand September
fAl7: Beans. 1ss- 1 per cent. rice.
to.5 per cent. relied oats. 1865 per
bAnt: canned salmon, 104.5 per cent +.
banned tomatoes. 1918 per cent.
canned corn. II per cent; sugar, 1913
per cent.