270 CORN 



Approximately one-half billion bushels of corn was shipped out 

 of the county where grown in the United States in 1914. Of this 

 amount one-half was handled through the principal markets, and it 

 will be of interest to note that Chicago alone received nearly as much 

 as all of the other markets combined. The greatest daily receipt, of 

 corn recorded for the Chicago market was 2,055,000 bushels, Febru- 

 ary 13, 1913. 



TABLE NO. 60* 

 SHOWING RECEIPT OF CORN AT PRINCIPAL MARKETS— 1914 



Chicago 106,600,000 bushels 



MinneapoHs 12,260,999 bushels 



Duluth 1,377,000 bushels 



St. Louis 17,106,000 bushels 



Milwaukee 18,338,000 bushels 



Kansas City 23,173,000 bushels 



Omaha 30,005,000 bushels 



Peoria 14,520,000 bushels 



Toledo 4,310,000 bushels 



Detroit 3,349,000 bushels 



Total 231,038,000 bushels 



The following table will give some idea of the movement of the 

 corn crop by months, in 1914. This shows the receipts and shipments 

 of corn for the Chicago market alone. 



TABLE NO. 61* 



SHOWING RECEIPT AND SHIPMENT OF CORN BY MONTHS FOR THE 



CHICAGO MARKET— 1914 



Received — Bushels Shipped — Bushels 



January 8,774,000 4,773,000 



February 8,401,000 3,327,000 



March 7,644,000 4,249,000 



April 2,139,000 6,705,000 



May 2,492,000 4,423,000 



June 9,741,000 6,727,000 



July 5,131,000 4,188,000 



August 9,925,000 6,132,000 



September 8,146,000 5,794,000 



October 5,914,000 3,706,000 



November 12,458,000 6,001,000 



December 25,835,000 9,234,000 



Totals 106,600,000 65,259,000 



*Annual Report of Chicago Board of Trade. 



