The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-06-28
COMMERCIAL STOCK
OF WHEAT ENORMOUS
Will Be Three Times That of Last Year,
According to Survey Conducted by
the Department of Agri-
culture.

Commercial stocks of wheat reported
in a survey made by the department OF
agriculture for June |, 1919, amounted
to 81 ,392,S9S bushels. These holdings
were reported by 1894 firms, comprising
elevators, warehouses; grain and -four
mills, and wholesale dealers, and repre-
sented nearly three times the stocks
held by the same firms on June |, 1918,
the actuals percentage being 2745 per
cent of the 1918 stocks. The figures refer
to stocks actually reported and do not
represent the total commercial stocks OF
the country nor do they include stocks on
farms.
Visible Supply Figures Compared.
The commercial visible supply figures,
as published by the Chicago board of
trade for May 81, 1919, show 23702,000
bushels of wheat, as against ,l46,000 a
year earlier The corresponding Brad
street figures show 27,626,000 bushels, as
against $4,000 for 1918. As compared
with the same date last year, these fig
ures, as well as those obtained by the
more extensive survey, show very
great relative increase in commercial
stocks of wheat on June /, 1910.
Other Cereals, Flour and Corn Meal.
The commercial stocks of other cereals
reported for June J., 1919, according to
the departments statement, were as fol-
lows: Corn, l7,254,578 bushels; oats,
45,770,543 bushels; barley, 20O43,375
bushels; rye, 1924 1921 bushels. These
stocks represent the following percentages
of the corresponding stock on June l.,
1919; Corn, AIS per cent; oats, pos per
cent; barley, 207.2 per cent; rye 1851
per cent.
The commercial stocks of -four and
corn meal, as reported for the survey,
were as follows: Wheat -four, white,
5,653,05l barrels; whole wheat and gra-
ham flour 32,065 barrels; barley flour,
II ,S22 barrels; rye -four, los, 243 barrels;
corn -four, 6,l2s,427 pounds; corn meal,
40,2o7 1877 pounds; buckwheat -four, 90
35l $50 pounds; mixed -four, l5,2g9,6I
pounds These stocks represent the fol-
lowing percentages of the stecks on hand
a year ago: Wheat -four, white, l2l.s
per cent; whole wheat and graham -four,
81 per cent; barley -four, 4.6 per cent;
rye -four, 3l.l per cent; corn flour, 1913
per cent; corn meal, 2o.l per cent; buck
wheat -four, 1858 per cent; mixed -four,
1883 per cent.
Stocks of Selected Commodities.
Elevators, warehouses, and wholesale
dealers reported stocks Of dry edible
beans amounting to 5,29l $50 bushels,
while wholesale grocers and warehouses
reported the following commodities in
the quantities indicated: Cleaned rice.
90,0l3,ss7 pounds; rolled oats, 7,64l 1913
pounds; canned salmon, ll0,202,642
pounds; canned tomatoes, l99,99S,D $50
pounds; canned corn, s6,649.754 pounds;
sugar 225.345.574 pounds. These stocks
represent the following percentages of
the corresponding stocks on hand June ],
1918: Beans, 96.5 per cent; rice, 931 per
cent: rolled oats, III per cent; canned
tomatoes, 202.3 per cent; canned corn,
1918 per cent; sugar. 95.4 per cent.
Stocks Of condensed and evaporated
milk were reported by condensaries, cold
storages, warehouses and wholesale gro
GERS. as follows: Condensed milk, 6s,-
3ss.52s pounds; evaporated milk. no.
,055 pounds. The holdings of con
densed milk reported for June !, 1910,
represented 1855 per cent of the stocks
held by the same firms a year earlier.
while the holdings Of evaporated milk
represented 797 per cent of the June |,
1918, stock.