Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01

been compelled at the last moment to
sell some OF their grain to secure
funds to pay the expenses OF harvest.
Ing and threshing. Grain which has
been stored In country elevators for
they account OF milling concerns o
commission houses las been shipped
to the country elevators in prepare
ton for new crop receipts. Undoubt-
edly the furry In grain prices which
occurred in June was also a factor In
ducing larger grain receipts.
In June. 1921 receipts OF all grains
combined were Is per cent larger than
in June. 1920. Receipts of oats more
than trebled. corn and barley doubled.
and wheat receipts were ~ per cent
shipments of all grains combined de-
clined Is per cent. Wheat, corn and
barley showed the only increases in
shipments.
Milling demand has not increased In
proportion to the Increased receipts.
Stocks in terminal elevators at Min
neapolis and Duluth rose 10 per cent
! between May 81 and June so. Stocks
Of corn nearly doubled wheat stocks
showed an increase Of 81 per cent:
stocks Of oats rose II per cent; and
barley rose 40 per cent and flax 8
per cent.
AZ compared with last year, stocks
Of all grains but wheat and rye in
creased. Corn stocks more than dou-
bled; stocksrof oats which have been
larger than last years stocks In ev-
cry month since the bumper crop Of
1890 was harvested, were 20 times as
large In June Of this year as in June.
1920. Fla stocks were nearly 5 times
the figure OF last year and barley
stocks increased 10 per cent.
Rye Production and War Conditions.
Rye stocks at Minneapolis and Du-
luth during iS30-&l have been less
than 10 per cent ofArye stocks during
the preceding year. During the year
1890 several factors contributed
to make rye stocks abnormally large.
The transportation situation was UNI
favorable. During most Of the Pc
rtod there was an actual a shortage
which compelled shippers to hold rye
In terminal elevators until cars could
be secured to ship to the seaboard.
Meanwhile export demand was large,
owing to the reduced rye acreage
abroad. 1t was profitable, to buy May
! rye and sell July rye, and when jury
became the rear future, It was PROF.
table to buy July and sell September
rye. The carrying. charge amounted
to from 2 to 3 cents per bushel almost
continuously from 1918 and through
the first half Of 1920. During the lat:
ter part Of 1920. and the first hall
Of 1921 there has been no carrying
charge and no car shortage. As q
conseQuence y has been delivered
promptly upon the receipt Of orders;
and rye stocks In terminal elevators
are much lower this year/than last
The war had an interesting effect
on the production and movement Of
rye. Before the war the average pro.
duction Of rye in this district VIA.
less than one-half Of the production
Cd by the volume Of rye receipts a,
Minneapolis for the past ten .cror
years. From the crop OF 1910 Mime.
apolis received 1,766,00O bushels. II
succeeding years Minneapolis - re.
ceipts increased. Indicating an increase
in rye production, until the 1871 crop
when more than 10 million bushels
and until the 1913 crop when mors
j than II million bushels were received
Rye was in. great demand for expor
owing to reduced production ABROAD
4 and also through an increase IN do
nestle demand. Wheat was being
conserved and rye used, as . substitute
IN this country during 191z-l8. and
1919. h price of rye rose contin,
ually until 1920. IN 1913, while Thu
foreign demand for rye continued
the domestic demand fell on, forcing
the reduction In the price 81 rye II
1920. Rye production has declinet
since 1918. From the 1919 crop Min,
neapolis- received onlyNS 8, 3S5,00s
bushels and from the 1890 croI
through June~30 Minneapolis receipts
have been only 9,S5o.0oo bushels,
Flour mills IN the Ninth distric