The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-30
GREAT INCREASE N
WHEAT STOCKS SHOWN

Washington. d. c., May 2s.--Com,
mercial stocks Of wheat reported In q
survey made by the Department Of
Agriculture for May /, 1919, amount.
ed to 98,873.147 bushels. These hold
fngs, reported by 1857 firms--eleva.
tors. warehouses, grain mills, and
wholesale dealers-were nearly three
times as large as the stocks held by
the same firms year earlier. the ac-
tual percentage being 1897 per cent
Of the 1913 stocks. The figures refer
to stocks actually reported and do moi
represent the total commercial stocks
of the country, nor do they include
stocks on farms.
The commercial visible supply fig
ures. as published by the Chicago
Board of Trade for May 3. 1919, show
4s,501,000 bushels Of wheat, as against
2,777.00O bushels a year earlier. The
corresponding Bradstreet figures show
SIS, Eat. 900 bushels, as against 7,572.-
900 for 1913, AS compared with the
same date last year, these figures, as
we'll as those obtained by the more
extensive survey, show a very great
relative increase in commercial stocks
of wheat on May l. 1919.
The commercial stocks of other
cereals reported for May /, 1919, &C
cording to the department. state
ment, were as follows: Corn. 10000
316 bushels; oats, 50.7S7,249 bushels;
barley, 25,oso.s3s bushels: rye, a1,-
1866 bushels. These stocks repre-
sent the following percentages Of the
corresponding stocks on May /, 1918:
Corn, SO per cent; oats. e3.6 per cent;
barley, l74.1 per cent; rye. ASA per
cent.
The commercial stocks of -four and
corn meal, as reported for the sur
vey. were as follows: Wheat -four,
white. s.o0s.529 barrels; whole-wheat
rye flour, 200,1ss barrels: corn -four
10.58S.306 pounds: corn meal. 49,763,
Oh pounds; buckwheat -four. 22,526,-
$50 pounds; mixed -four, 45,6s7, 035
pounds These stocks represent the
following percentages of the stocks
on hand a year ago: Wheat -four,
white, 1lS.9 per cent; whoie-wheat
and graham -four, AT per cent;
barley -four, s.4 per cent; rye -four,
AIS per cent: corn -four. s2.l per
cent; corn meal. 37.6 per cent; buck
wheat -four. sTs.4 per cent. mixed
hour. 1854 per cent
Elevators. warehouses. and whole
sale dealers reported stocks of dry
edible beans amounting to 5,s62.515
bushels, while wholesale grocers and
warehouses reported the following
comm ODDITIES in the quantities indi-
Gated: Cleaned rice. 103.S33,5Ss
pounds. rolled oats, 5,57S,21
pounds: canned salmon. 1l5,s43,7sl
pounds: canned tomatoes 22s,197,07l
pounds; canned corn, 9S,s43,0
pounds. These stocks represent the
following percentages of the CORE
spending stocks on hand May ]. 1918:
Beans, 1901 per cent: rice. 125 per
cent; rolled oats. 111.S per cent;
canned salmon, 1857 per cent; canned
tomatoes, tas, per cent. canned corn,
1853 per cent: sugar. SAT per cent.
Stocks of condensed and evaporated
milk were reported by condensaries
cold storages, warehouses, and whole
sale grocers as follows. Condensed
milk, 33,4s4,07s pounds; evaporated
milk, 90.752.523 pounds. The hold
ings of condensed milk reported for
May /. 1919, represented S6.5 per cent
of the stocks held by the same firms a
year earlier, while the holdings OF
evaporated milk represented s5.7 pei
cent of the May l. 1918. stock.
Rank CLEARANCEs
Richmond, May 20, $S,1T1 1881.