. Commercial stocks of wheat and flour in the United States on August 31, 1917. ai co3 J 3 ,S 3 A•g fl ft So T co (A0) w c3 c 3 co O •2 cfl .e $ o a g « S 6 ° ° 3 M O 5 £ 5 j-0«^43<y Ok *ft o o 18 COMMERCIAL STOCKS OF WHEAT AND FLOUR. COMMERCIAL STOCKS OF Reports for the War Emergency Food Survey of August 31, 1917, showstocks of flour on this date of 10,092,980 barrels. It is estimated thatthis figure represents 80 to 90 per cent of the total commercial holdings offlour and that therefore total stocks on this date were approximately12,000,000 barrels. On the basis of an annual cons
. Commercial stocks of wheat and flour in the United States on August 31, 1917. ai co3 J 3 ,S 3 A•g fl ft So T co (A0) w c3 c 3 co O •2 cfl .e $ o a g « S 6 ° ° 3 M O 5 £ 5 j-0«^43<y Ok *ft o o 18 COMMERCIAL STOCKS OF WHEAT AND FLOUR. COMMERCIAL STOCKS OF Reports for the War Emergency Food Survey of August 31, 1917, showstocks of flour on this date of 10,092,980 barrels. It is estimated thatthis figure represents 80 to 90 per cent of the total commercial holdings offlour and that therefore total stocks on this date were approximately12,000,000 barrels. On the basis of an annual consumption of one barrelper capita, this quantity represents about a six weeks supply in tradechannels. Of the total holdings reported, as may be seen from Table 6,flour mills, elevators, and wholesale grain dealers held 3,633,653 barrels,or per cent; retail dealers held 2,456,826 or per cent; bakers,1,999,583 or per cent; wholesale grocers, 958,628 or per cent; Diagram 0.—Distribution of Total Stocks of Flour Reported for August 31, 1917. °/°. STOCKS REPORTED (Barrels). TOTAL Flour mills, etc Storage warehouses Wholesale grocers 3,633,653 514,929 1,999,583 2,456,826 306,361 Bakers Retail dealers Miscellaneous storage warehouses, 514,926 or per cent; and a miscellaneous group ofconcerns, 306,361 or per cent. The relative holdings of these groupsof concerns are represented graphically in Diagram 6. The number of schedules received from concerns belonging to thosegroups of business firms that usually handle flour was 133,809. Of these 1 The term flour as used in this circular means wheat flour, including patents and straights,first and second clear, low grades, and whole-wheat and graham flour. COMMERCIAL STOCKS OF WHEAT AND FLOUR. 19 concerns, as shown in Table 7, 92,974 reported stocks on hand at the dateof the survey. Out of 15,686 flour mills, elevators, and wholesale graindealers, 7,711 or 49 per cent reported stocks
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