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" The holdings cd dry-salted and cured fish, and fish in brine, amounted to 

 approximately 115,000,000 lbs. About 51 per cent of tliese stocks were held by 

 fish packers and wholesale fish dealers, and 30 per cent by storage ware- 

 houses. . . . There was an increase of about 6 per cent over the holdings of the 

 previous year. 



" Stocks of condensed and evaporated milk totaled 390,000,000 lbs. Con- 

 deuseries and wholesale dealers each held about 30 per cent of the total stocks. 

 Retail dealers held about 13 per cent, while storage warehouses and exporters 

 held 11 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively. . . . The 1917 stocks were 77.5 

 per cent larger than those of 1916." 



The supply of lard in the United States. — Its extent and distribution on 

 August 31, 1917 {U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Sec. Circ. 97 {191S), pp. 32, figs. 

 12). — "This circular presents the results of the War ICmergency Food Survey 

 of August 31, 1917, so far as they relate to pure lard, lard compounds, and lard 

 substitutes other than purely vegetable substitutes. For convenience, the term 

 ' lard ' has been used to designate this entire group of food products. 



" The survey indicates that the total stocks of lard in the possession of com- 

 mercial concerns on August 31, 1917, were approximately 240,000,000 lbs. Of 

 the total reported supply the meat packers held slightly more than 50 per cent; 

 the wholesalers held, roughly, 16 per cent ; the retail dealers, 14 per cent ; the 

 storage warehouses, 10 per cejit ; and the bakers and a group .of miscellaneous 

 dealers, 10 per cent. 



" The survey further indicates that the total stocks on hand August 31, 1917, 

 were 6.3 per cent larger than stocks held on the corresponding date of 1916." 



The supply of canned salmon in th.e United States. — Its extent and dis- 

 tribution on August 31, 1917 (U. 8. Dept. Agr., Office Sec. Circ. 98 (1918), 

 pp. IS, figs. 6). — Detailed information concerning the extent and the distribu- 

 tion of the supply of canned salmon on August 31, 1917j is presented. 



The commercial stocks amounted to approximately 310,000,000 lbs., an increase 

 of 18.2 per cent over the previous year. Four-fifths of the stocks were located 

 in the State of Washington, and nearly three-fifths were held by canners of 

 E»a food. 



Commercial stocks of miscellaneous cereal and vegetable foodstufEs in the 

 United States on August 31, 1917 (U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Sec. Circ. 99 

 {1918), pp. 28, figs, 24). — Commercial stocks of several foodstuffs on August 31, 

 1917, are listed in this contribution from the Bureau of Markets. The total 

 holdings were, for corn, 13,664,582 bu. ; corn food products, 200,806,674 lbs. ; 

 beans, 3,212,749 bu. ; roUed oats, 76,976,273 lbs.; rice, 192,124,953 lbs.; sirup 

 and molasses, 43,571,916 gal. ; vegetable oils, 36,631,369 gaL ; and solid vegetable 

 cooking fats, 35,529,611 lbs. The 1917 stocks for corn were 43.8 per cent 

 smaller tlian in 1916, stocks of beans practically equal, and stocks of other 

 foodstuffs from 12.3 to 42 per cent larger in 1917. 



Sugar supply of the United States. — Its extent and distribution on Au- 

 gust 31, 1917 (U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Sec. Circ. 96 (1918), pp. 55, figs. 19).— 

 This circular presents the results of the 'IS^ar Emergency Food Survey. It 

 " indicates the sources of the country's sugar supply, the estimated extent of 

 sugar shortage on the date of the survey and the probable reasons therefor, and 

 the distribution of the existing stocks as compared with that of a year ago." 

 Detailed information is given in the circular regarding the distribution of the 

 stocks of sugar not only among the several classes of concerns from which 

 information was secured, but also among the several States and the different 

 sectiens of the coimtry. 



