The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-16

Commercial stocks Of wheat re-
ported in q eurvey made by the de-
pArtment Of agriculture for June /.
1919. amounted TO 51392.s9s bushels.
There holdings were reported by 1854
Arms, comprising elevators, ware
houses. grain and -four mills, and
wholesale dealers, and represented
nearly three times the stocks held by
the same Arms on June ], 19fs, The
actual percentage being 274-5 per
cent of the 1918 stocks The figures
refer TO stocks actually reported and
do not represent the total CONNER
ciai stocks OF the country nor do
they include stocks on farms
The commercial visible Supply
figures. as published by the Chicago
board =. .rsae for Nav 81. 1912,
sahnw IS 7n2 .0oa bushels o. wheat. AS
against 1iS, 600 year earlier. The
corresponding Bradstrect figures
figures show 1888. 300 bushels. as
Against 4.37a.he6 for l9ls. As COM
pared with the same date last year,
these figures. as we'll those OBJ
sknined BY the more extensive survey,
show q very great relative Increase
IA commercial stocks OF wheat on
June l. 1919,
4 The commercial stocks of other
cereals reported for june /. 1912 ac-
cordinz 10 the department. state
nhent. we're as follows: Corn. 11254,-
SIS bushels cats s5770543 bushels
barley 1o,o43351. bush els rye, IA
1851 bushels These stocks repre-
vent the following percentages Of the
corresponding stocks on June /. 1873:
Corn. AIS per cent. oats. eos per
cent. barley, 2o7.2 per cent. rye,
3&S,I per cent.
The commercial stocks of -four and
corn meal. as reported for the sur
vey, were as followe. Wheat flour
white. 5.65305l barrels whole wheat
I and graham -four, 32064 barrels;
sbarley nour. 1892 barrels: rye -four
4 1H6,2+3 barrels. corn -four, 6.I2S.f2I
pounds, corn meal. 40297,627 pounds
gsonckwheat nour. 2o,35l $50 pounds.
MIXED flour, l5,2sa.sTs pounds. These
sAkOcks represent the following per
Ne4ntnges of the stocks on hand a
T4Ar ago: Wheat -four. white, l21.s
p&r cent whole wheat and graha m
AMeur, 81 per cent. barley -four 40
pArs cent. rye four, 81 per cent.
4 corn hour, l4-3 per cent; corn meal.
ee.1 per cent: buckwheat -four, 32sS
SpAe cent. mixed fiour. 1855 per cent
Elevators, warehouses and whole
SNAae dealers reported stocks of dry
3A4tb3e beans amounting 10 .a29l $50
+ buahels, while wholesale grocers and
SHArehouses reported the following
@Eoa61modities in tho quantities indl.
%Ga1ed; Cleaned rice, s0.Dl3,SS-
nG11nds: rolled oats. S764ll.3
p6unds: canned salmon, lI0 0z0.s4a
sounds. canned tomatoes, 1es Sas e69
sk14Ands: canned corr Ss.g44.V54
syUo6aAda, sugar. 225az5.574 pounds
&4he9e stocks represent tbs follow
S3me percentages of The correspond.
#3ME STICKS on hand June /, 1918;
&144n6s. ss.5 per cent ;rice a3.l per
E&MqE rolled oats, I7.- per cent. can
kp44 salmon, 1901 per cent: canned
&t6npAtoes, 2e2.3 per cent: canned corn.
&4A1.D per cent; sugar. s5i per cent
tocks Of condensed and evaporated
&1Ilk were reported by cond ensaries.
x1po31 storages warehouses, and
%AoIes4le grocers, Is foiloxss Con
nseA milk. ss,ass,52s pounds, eva.
artsd milk, l.o.i5ae55 pounds. The
1anEe OF condensed milk reported
June /, 1919. represented 1885,
E cant Of the stocks held b.. the
II 1rn4 a year earlier. While the
I'd - ~ evapCrated milk repre-