Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-31


GRAND re
between June and July but the ship
ments Of calves. increased 43 per cent
As compared withsa yeaIsago receipts,
Eof all live stock combined decIirsdi
~ per cent and there was q pro-
bounced decline In each class. Com
bdned shipments of#aIis livestock were
45 per cent less In July of this year
b q year ago, although The ship
ment OF hogs was 1913 per sent larg-
er. Receipts and shipments Of horses
at South ST. Paul were only az per.
cent last month OF year MOO
h movement of feeders to the
country was 80 per cent less infaJtiiy
than In June and So percent less
than in July q year. ago. ThesShip-
ment Of Sheep for feeding &purposes,
while - per cent less than last ysar.i
Iwasf1S0 per cent larger gthansin.J June,
which is the usual fall movement.
Receipts OF I've stock for the cali
endar year to date were 1Isspers: cent
Hess h during the same periodsin
1920. All classes OF live /. stock Z
perdenced this decline except sheen.
IN which 5~classaaskie receipts Increased
n per cent. The totAl{ shipments OF
1--we stock In the hrst seven months
Iof 1921. on the other hand, showed
the slight increase 81 one per .cent
over SHIPMENTS inssthe same period Of
1920. although the shipment Of cat.
tie and horsseI wassSdoWn.5 IS per cent.
EGumulattve shipments OF feeders for
the first seven months OF the year
were 40 per cent less than shipments
OF EIDE IN the first seven months
OF 1920. The shipment ofs.calves has
been especially weak with 1 move
ment 78 per cent less thanSi 1890.
Grain Movement and SOCKS. 81
Grain receipts. at Minneapol4s ana
Duluth receded IL per cent from Fthe
unusual volume Of receipts durinE
June with 10 per cent decrease ia
wheat receipts. a So percent decrease
in barley and at per cent decrease in
rye. Receipts OF oats and f1ax In
creased slightly between June and
July. Shipments Of all grains from
Minneapolis and Duluth, other than
oats and flax, declined and the com
bined shipment of all Sgrains WA
Shipmentsssof oats increased 34s.per
cent and Max 1871 per. cent between
June aid July. In more detail,-Du.
luth received is per cent more whaax
in july than In June, while MiinNe--
apolis receipts were down 1sss per
cent. On the, other hand, Mime.
apolis received % per cent more oats
in july than in June while Duluth
receipts We're down .67 : perN cent.
Minneapolis receipts OF rye increased
between the two months while barley
and fax receipts declined. At tDu-
luth the reverse was true, with in.
creases in barley and FAX and q de.
crease in receipts of rye. Corn re.
ceipts declined in both cities. Ship,
ments Of all grains other than ryl
!, and fax from Minneapolis declined
during July from the June figurs
while Shipments of all grains othe,
than barley and rye increased at Du.
luth. sSs,-, =.
AsNcompazed.wi i year age, re
ceipts OF all grains combined at Min.
neapolis and Duluth were up IA pc
cent, although there were sdecreases I,
the, receipts tof rye and sfaxsShip
ments of all grains were ~ per cen
less in July this year than aayea,
ago due to decrease in shipment
OF rye Of 3 million bushelssor SO pc
cent and a decrease in the shipmen
OF oats of six hundred: thousan,
bushels or IS pei cent. Shipments o
all other grains were larger insJul,
this year .than.jn July a2year ago.
J The probable production,ha bee
estimated blythe Department of4Agri
culture forSthe whole Ninth district
which includes in addition to tn
states of Minnesota, North. Dakota
HoNth,,pajlsnSA and Montana. fhesub
per pentnsnlas of Michigan, and tn
northern and northwestern countie
Ncwcrap Year, forl wheat sss@s
August 9Th. marked the begtnnini
OF heavy receipts of 1921! &sprinI
wheat.at Minneapolis. This date i
!, j days ahead Of the beginning O
theInew crop year in 1920. whicl
veEihes'the prediction that the whea
crop is approximately Two. week
earlier this yea than last. Tn
movement of new wheat, however
) for the first IA days. Of the Gro
veal. from August 9Th to August let
) a not been as heavy as the move
. ment during the first II days Of tn
, crop year in 1920. Minneapolis Re
cetpts of, wheat during this period i
9zl were $685., carr as compare
With s,803 cars in a similar perio
! A notable feature OF the wheat Re
cefyeds SO far from the 1921 crop
I the high protein content. The ayer
!, age protein content Of wheat is abou
II per cent, but this year wheat ha
j been received at Minneapolis term
tnals with a protein content as hig
as 20 per cent. which is the highes
figure on record for this district. 4
, Building Activity.
: The number OF building permit
, granted in nine cities OF the, Mint
: Federal Reserve district declined
per cent between June and July al
though there were increases in tn
number of permits granted at Siou
: Falls. Missoula and Helena. In til
valuation Of permits granted the min
cities combined showed a decrease. I
] 28 per. cent. with increases in the tw
!. cities OF Duluth and Superior. Fro,
: : an inspection Of the figures, It az
! pears that building permits granite
: : durtng July were for smaller types {
: construction than those Granted dul
: ing June,A Cases where this is M
|. ttceable are the cities OF Minneapoli
I Sioux Falls, Missoula, Great Fail
. land Helena. Moreover. an anaiys
OF the figures for the nine citif
shows that whereas the average pel
NIT Tor new constructions during til
year from June, 1920, to- May, 1872.
vas 1874, the average permit e
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