CANADIAN GRAIN STATISTICS

if 4 ri CANADA DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS AGRICULTURAL BRANCH Vol.. 25 No. 2 CANADIAN GRAIN STATISTICS Week ending AUGUST 10, 1944 lrccord. for Western Inspection Divi.ion supplied by Board of C.rain Commissioners for Canada Published by Authority of the Hon. James A. MacKinnoii. M.P., Minister of Trade and Commerce. ++ + OTTAWA Price $2 a year 944

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/ DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE DO:INION BUREAU OF STATISTICS CANADA AGRICULTURAL BRANCH Issued August 17, 1944 Dominion Statistician S0 A. Cudmors M.A. (Oxon.,) ft FOS.,SO F0R.S0C0 At?t jug Chief,. Agricultural Branoha Ian McArthur, N0 So Státisticiaiu W. Dougan0 VISIBLE SUPPLY OF WHEAT Stocks of Canadian wheat in store or in transit in North Ajnerioa at midnight August lo r 1944 totalled 296540,535 bushels. This represented a decrease of 1391,428 bushels compared with the total a week earlier. Week Previous August 12, 194 bu0 bu 0 bu0 In Canadian positions 279,746212 379,612,588 In United States positions 19,51$,042 18,185751 13,742,172 Total 296 540,535 297931,963 393,354,760 FARMERS? MARKET INGS The following quantities of wheat and coarse grain were delivered from farms in western Canada Week ended W"ek Since Aug 1 Same period 10,1944 Previou s bu bu 0 bu. bu 0 Wheat (except Durum) 598034 1,432,517 2 030 551 2,063,771 Durum wheat 2.,329 35495 37.324 34805 Oats 258044 93915 1,197,359 3,051,913 Barley 9154 515217 606371 1,893383 Rye 26503 4 1 377 3OS8O 128,941 F,laxseod 26,889 3.945 30,834 14,,321 GRAIN I}IS1CTED The foll1ng is a sutmary of the cars of western Canadian grain both old and new crop, inspected by the Board of Grain Coxniiisioners during the period August 1, 1944 to August 7, 1944, WHEAT Cars OATS Cars BARLEY Cars No, I Northern 1025 No.. 2 50 No0 1 & 2 C.W. 6row 14 No, 2 Northern 1.802 No 0 3 235 No., 3 C.W. 6row 119 No0 3 Northern 714 No, I Feed 305 No0 1 & 2 C.W. 2row 8 No, 4 Northern 366 No, 2 Feed 58 No0 1 Feed 130 No, 5 Wheat 274 No. 3 Feed 12 Not. 2 Feed 154 No. 6 Wheat 52 Mixed Feed No0 3 Feed 30 Feed Wheat 10 Toughs 4 Toughs 7 Toughs 31 All others 198 All others All others Total 4.382 T'tal 862 Total 462 RYE Cars FLAXSEED Cars C(N Cars No., 1 & 2 CL 2 Not. I 00W, 54 No 0 2 C,W0 Yellow No. 3 cw 9 No 0 2 C0L 5 No0 3 C.W. Yellow Nc, 4 CL 1 No, 3 C0W0 1 No0 4 G.W. Yellow Toughs Toughs 1 Toughs All others 3 All others ]. All others 15 Total 62 Total

CANADIAN GRAIN IN STORE AUGUST 10.1944 Wbeat Oats Barley Rye Fiaxseed Total f1flyflyfl '., fl..,....vujn1i VArJl{ 10320,000 1,745,000 1605006 64000 31000 13.735033 Saakatchewsn 68900000 8,690,0O0 2,930000 364,000 175,000 81,059.000 Alberta 53 740 000 2690000 935000 156.000 74,000 5 7.595:000 TOTAL 132 960000_1ETS.000 INT PTE & MILL 6 IGL INT. TERMINALS 10.971..435 38017 279.275 63 639.542 11928.332 VANCOUVERN WEST, 15116 1.722 197.899 43.039 L775 15 359435 VICTORIA 255.011 255.011 PRINCE RUPERT 1.209,152.. 1 209 152 CHURcHILL 1.877 812,. 1877817 FORT WM PORT AR 27,201:964 13 9577 5p552;9812941085850,56131 TOTAL WEST, DIV: 157* P1844313 97295 3. 06,939 2,459,400 242,535, 7 EASTERN L. PORTS Co11inwood 1405 298 46637 95.031 6737 1.555 703 Midland 1.60238 40.926 467;,105 21110.69 Midland, Simooe 3,.177864 455422 147839 3..781.,125 Midland0 Tjffjn 4170.054 10.737 32757 ' 4,21.548 Midland, Aberdeen 734.870 104762 2L921 861553,en SOUZId 2189415 551.393 4991133 36.297 3,276.238 Port MoNicoll 4.953.281 20929 462.812 49,.990 5.675.912 Goderih E. & T.. 1380.865 236.813 350.137 76,.593, 2,.044,708 Goderioh W..C,F.M, 147687 81000 1879 157.566 Sarnia 2.446 : 069 30,.376 174.297 2.652.742 Pt. Co1borrR, N.H,B. 1901.843 44o453 71.645 2,,01.94, Co1born, LL, 1.378.014 41.886 57.307 46,254 1,523461 Rumberstone 1.694199 1,694.199 Toronto 1764.310 278.025 827.917 29.794 2.900.046 Kingston Elev., Co. 1.844,.905 35.929 " 1880n634 Prescott 220,.. 545 104 610 343 528 LERJJB PORTS Montreal, N..H.BO 11.909.774 77.375 1,114,325 4,798 373 13106645 Montreal, D.E. 39072 90,908 80.650 210,630 Sore? 2r452..675 " 2.452.675 Three Rivers 1,349.318 8.682 1.358,000 uebe, N.H.B. 1,667,533 81,610 83,840 1,833,283 W't Saint John 1.155.023. 1,155.023 Saint John, C.N.R. 392,153 4,000 1.700 397.853 Halifax 939. 1 88 10.870 9 2 058 TOTAL ' 373 21, 464,1 67 UNITED STATES Bufi.. 3.597.000 1,528,000 879,000 6,004,000 Buffalo Afloat 353,000 353,,000 Erie 1.479,000 1,479.000 Portland 1,162,153. 1,162,153 Boston 16,606 16.606 Now York 2..161,.000 2,161,000 Now York kiat 2411000 = 241r 000 Philadelphia 556,202 60,767 616,969 Baltimore 3.980825. 3.980.825 Aibany 274,952 2 14152 Afloat other ports 693,,000 ' 693.300 17OO TOTAL IN TRANSIT LANE.2.3O6..0. 18.9iC 1.68..06 61.160 3OO2.O45 IN TRANSIT RAIL 25.213,734 6..445,073 3,089.604 87,990 339.631 35 1 76032 IN TRANSIT LS..AO 5.253,256. IN STORE CANADA 277..027,.493 37,212 9 966 21,510.875 3,315,898 2,890,358 341,9590 TN STORE U.S.A.. 19.513,042 1,528,000 1,214,719 22,255,761 IN STORE. CANADA) 296,..540.535 38.740.966 21.510.875 4,530,617 2,690,,358 364,213,351 AND

STOCKS IN STORE, BY PRINCIPAL GRADES, AT PUBLIC, SEMI'PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TERMINALS AND EASTERN ELEVATORS, AUGUST 10, 1944 Fort Wi11ia Vancouver Lake and Lower St) Port Arthur Interior New Westrnr, Upper St: r'nce & Total Elevators Terminals & Victoria Lwvrence JAaritime YH EAT 75 23,273 467 2437 26252 1 Northern 5.,376,411 8,466772 6,,529778 12,023.551 6.147020 38.,543,.535 2 Northern 10,511448 2,181,955 4946,346 10,220,315 9438618 37298682 3 Northern 4,389,526 136,863 3,029 656 3.545,460 991,525 12093,030 4 Notthern 2,690368 85.O33 582793 3075071 827195 7,250,460 Number 5 1,206,083 62039 171,641 2,989,941 2,029152 6,458,856 Number 6 301,311 3,177 11,006 33 1 593 39,1858 388 0 945 Feed 68,452 684 2,738 2,129 74,003 1 C,W. Garnet 1,224 402 1,626 2 C.,L Garnet 35 299 1581 44,879 352 82,141 3 CW0 Garnet 57,433 16547 73,980 Tf, Contract ds0 65210 7,389 22,369 95468 Others 980 498 2,669 13,480 815 671 13389 1,825,707 Eastern 659,383 659,383 I CW Amber 145,352 1,230 146,582 2 C.W. Amber 611,165 13,750 262337 887,282 3 C.L Amber 448,183 96,308 147,838 692,329 4 C,,W, Amber 192908 6,906 199,814 Tough Durum 4176 28,814 ", 32,990 Others Durum 116,339 4,497 1524 122860 T o t a 1 0 OATS 947,738 2,.418 72,944 2,978 6,000 1,032,078 Ex, 3 CL 1,305,.584 = 172858 5,354 1,483,796 3 C.L. 2,398.548 2,.137 44,371 567,577 8,003 3020,736 Ex 1 Feed 1,502,414 1,130 43,075 38,518 52109 1,637,846 1 Feed 6,857,685 1,360 271229 417,337 102,216 7,435,827 2 Feed 406,720 279 6,054 1 0 690 237 414..950 3 Feed 100,794 880 2,000 103,674 Tough 9,562 2,061 11,623 Others 398,082 30,093 1,285 962,726 76,700 1,468,886 Eastern 263 1274 1,537 T o t a 1 13 957,,227 38017 197,899 2,16 253,893 16 1,61083 BAiILE '1 SixRow 56,633 344302 13,400 414,335 3 C.L Six'Raw 1,153,526 786,801 585,008 2,525,335 2 C.,L TwoRow 100)444 = 4342 1,,789 106,575 1 Feed 2,270,083 239,941 6,245 980,663 242,330 3,739,262 2 Feed 9291200 19072 22,115 577,851 148,746 1,696,984 3 Feed 144,661 18,341 10,151 12,147 6,122 191,422 Tough 13.,984 1,921 1,530 2,207 1.681 21,323 Others 884,450 2,998 1,147,491 300,991 2,335,930 T ot a 1 5, 552,981 279,275 1,300,067 11,031,166 2C0L 973 0 277 63 1,775 118,079 4,798 1097,992 3 C,W, 1,291,150 98,092 1,389,242 Tough 11,368 11,668 Others 118006 118,006 To t a 1 2,394,101 63 1,75 216,171 4,798 2 D 616,. 908 FLAXSEED 1 COW, 1,372,431 627,678 27,314 373 2,027,796 2 C0L 291910 10 0 694 40,604 3 C0W0 9,765 69 9,534 Tough 1,729 1,729 Others 47,023 1,101 48,124 Eastern _._ 2,480 = 2,480 T C t a 1 1.460,858 639542 29, 7 4 ANDrOTAL...... 50,567,131 11928,332 15,814,446 39,779,473 21,464,167 139,353,549

COUNTRY ELEVATOR STOCKS, RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS DURING WEEK ENDED AUGUST 10, 1944 Country Wheat Durum F1ax Elevat ore (except Durum) Wheat Oats Barley Rye Seed STOCKS IN STORE Manitoba 9940,000 380000 1, 745 000 1)605,000 64000 31,000 Saskatchewan 687,315 ç,000 585,000 8,690.000 2.,930000 364,000 175.0O0 Alberta 53740000 2690000 935,000 156O0074,,000 TOTAL 131995,000 965,000 13j25000 5,470000 584000 280,000 Total 7 A Week Ago 132965000 970,000 12,610,000 5,615,000 599,000 280,000 AYearo 223 1,215,000 RECEIPTS_DURING WEEK Manitoba 2.867 1, 7 71 10010 29,398 2,657 621 Saskatchewan 364665 558 14,955 39,958 19350 22729 Alberta 16 103 246 20,259 4 TOTAL 585,699 2329 256,211 89,615 26.503 26,774 Total A Week Agos 1415, 705 34,971 933 925 510826 4,377 3921 Year 22431,O3892 113 D91113,6?4 SHIPMENTS DURING WEEK Manitoba 354144 12,.335 367.,50 265,490 209 2 ; 517 Saskatchewan 2424929 491 1"357 434475 13,662 15,1535 Alberta 43.. v 0 9 789 10,540 TOTAL 4,227266 12335 1165231 742676 16 ) 660 28,592 Total A Wek Ago* 1,123,507 21.,639 502460 269,017 3,971 9,183 A Year Ago 3,6l1,210 37,405 2.,777,007 1,746,350 108,087 27,170 * Revised TOTAL FARS' MARKETINGS, INCLUDING LOADINGS OVER PLATFORMS, IN WESTERN CANADA AUGUST 1, 1944 TO AUGUST l0, 1944 Wheat Durum Flax (except Durum) Wheat Oats Barley Rye seed (bushels) Manitoba 523,604 36,742 608,893 452,146 4158 1,302 Saskatihewan 780281 1,082 324424 90265 21,466 22429 Alberta 5,256 68O3 TOTAL 2,030,551 37,824 1497,359 606,4 371 30,880 30,834 FORT WILLIAN AND PORT ARTHUR (Licensed capacity of Terminal elevatrs and temporary azmexee 145,030,210 bushels) In Store Week's Week gen'f Sl4pments_since Au. 1 Aug 10/44 Receipts Lake Ra1[ ffai1 Common wheat 25683,341 7,078,424 7653. 111 9,881 11,224,931 23,242 Duruin wheat 1,518.623 69 2 627 140,244 3036 140244 4536 Oats 13,957.227 2,329282 L729,166 42.222 2,529,124 75 ) 285 Barley 5,552,981 675,637 686,014 20,907 i,447,918 34,578 Rye 2,394101 25,280 93 93 Flaxseed 1,46085S 81,788 58408 349366,1.25 TOTAL 50,567,131 10460,038 10.266,943 111,112 15,408,342 202,420 Common Durum Flax Wheat Wheat Oats Barley Rye seed (bushels) Receipts since ugust,1,. 1944 11,068,389 103,519 3,448,562 1,310,254 47,258 112,813

5 DAILY CLOSING PRICES AND WEEKLY AVERAGES OF CASH GRAIN QU0TATIO BY GRADES ON THE WINNIPEG GRAIN EXCHANGE WEEK ENDED AUGUST 10, 1944 (Bajs in Store Fort WilliamPort Arthur) August August August August August August Weekly 4 5 7 8 9 10 Average (cents and eighths per bushel) VLAT (Other than Durum) No. 1 Man. Hard 125 No, 1 Man. Northern 125 No 0 2 Man, Northern 122 No 0 3 Man, Northern 120 No.. 4 Man, Northern 115 Number 5 110 Number 6 106 Feed 104 Tough No, I Hard 122 Tough No. 1 Northern 122 Tough No. 2 Northern 119 Tough No. 3 Northern 117 Rejected No. 1 Northern FIXED INITIAL PRICES 114 Rejected No., 2 Northern 111 Rejected No, 3 Northern 109 Smutty No, 1 Northern 115 Smutty No. 2 Northern 112 Smutty No, 3 Northern 110 No. 1 C.W. Garnet 120 No, 2 C.W. Garnet 118 No, 3 C,W, Garnet 116 No, 1 Alberta Red Winter 135 No, 2 Alberta Winter 134 No, 3 Alberta Winter 131 DURUM WHE.T No. 1 C.W. Amber Durum 130 No, 2 C.W. Amber Duruin 128 No, 3 C.W. Amber Durum 126 No. 2 C.W. 51/4 51/4 51/4 51/4 51/4 51/4 No, 3 C.W. 51/4 51/4 51/4 51/4 51/4 51/4 C No. 1 Feed 51/4 51/4 51/4 51/4 51/4 51/4 No, 2 Feed 50 50 49/4 49/4 49/4 49/6 No. 3 Feed 49 49 48 48 48 48/3 BARLEY V No, 1 C.W. SixRow 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 No. 2 C.W. SixRow 64/6 64/6 I 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 No. 3 C.W. SixRow 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 No,, 1 C,W. TwoRow 64/6 64/6 C 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 No. 2 G.W. TwoRow 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 No, 1 Feed 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 No, 2 Feed 64/6 64/6 H 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 No, 3 Feed 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 64/6 0 RYE N, 2 CJ. 105/1 103/7 L 101 101/4 101/2 102/4 No, 3 C.W. 100/1 98/7 96 96/4 96/2 97/4 No, 4 C.W. 95/1 93/7 1 91 91/6 91/4 92/5 Ergoty 92/1 90/7 88 88/6 88/4 89/5 Rejected No. 2 C.W. 94/1 92/7 D 90 90/6 90/4 91/5 CORR r?w. Ye11ow20 Moisture 80 80 A 80 80 80 80 FLAXSEEP Y No. 1 C.W. 250 No. 2 C.W. NEW FIXED PRICES FOR SEASON 246 No. 3 C.W. 194344 237 No. 4 C.W. 233

ONTARIO GRAIN STOCKS In Store At Wheat Oats Flaxseed Corn Buckwheat Soyber, bushi) Goderich 5,621 Port Colborne 252692 263 73,504 7,,613 20,,031 Huinberstone 152791 Toronto 248,279 2,480 12,857 3496 8,707 Prescott Montreal T o t a. 1 659383 1536 2,480 87722 12448 28,,738 DAILY quotations AND WEEKLY AVERAGES OF ONTARIO WHEAT AND COARSE GRAIN DELIVERED IN CARLOTS AT Y014TREAL AND TORONTO WEEK ENDED AUGUST 10, 1944 August August August August August August Weekly 4 5 7 8 9 10 Average (cendeighthspeiuiel) MONTREAL No, I White 126 126 125 125 125 125 12f/3 No0 2 White 125 125 125 124 124 124 124/4 No0 3 White 124 124 124 122 122 122 123 No0 1 Red Winter 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 No, 2 Red Winter 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 No0. 3 Red Winter 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 No, 1 Mixed Winter 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 No 0 2 Mixed Winter 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 No,. 3 Mixed Winter 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 TORONTO Oat8. good, sound. heavy 55 55 55 53 53 53 54 Barley, good ia1ting 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 Rye No0 2 100 100 100 98 98 98 99 Corn Natural 22% Moisture 117/4 117/4 117/4 117/4 117/4 11 1/4 117/4 Buckwheat 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 Mixed Grain 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 STOCKS OF UNITED STATES GRAIN IN CANADA, AUGUST 10,, 1944 Wheat Oats Rye Corn Soybean (bu s1 sj Midland, Aberdeen 260 Owren Sound 0:.943 _ Goderich E. & T.3 126987 Sarnia 203.,802 Port Co1borne, NO1I,B V 802,473 Hunberstone 388,228 Toronto 142,426 269,,995 Prescott TOTAL 1490701 781673 269,995 5ania period la8t year 23,526 497,132

7 SI1IPE1; O CANADIA1 ;RIi TO UNITED_STATES Week ended Auust 10 1944 Pacific Coast Terminals Western Elevators Fort William Port ArtLur Eastern Elevators Total (bu8hels) WiIEAT By Vessel 133333 3,585 ; 848 3719,181 Rail 8,529 198155 206,684 OAT S By Vessel 1,202? 940 1,202,940 Rail 47O6 26133 2,000 32,839 BARLEY By Vessel 456182 = 456,382 " Rail 6,826 6,826 RYE ByVessel 'Ra11 FLAXSEED By Vessel Rail TOTAL SHIP1NTS SINCE AUGUST l 1944 Wheat 136833 9,951 4,827,794 312,657 5,287,235 Oats 7,058 30,133 2,161,759 2,198,950 Barley 11,758 687,937 699,695 Rye ' Flaxseed CANADIAN CORN A}D WESTERN SUNFLOWER SEED Receipts, Shipments and Stocks week ended August 10, 1944 Pacific Coast Western Fort William" Eastern Terminals Elevators Port Arthur Elevators Tota 1 tiiihe1) CANADIAN WESTERN_CORN e1pwbtxthg wee Receipts Aug. 1 to date 12 Shipments during week Stocks in Store 14,937 426 15,365 CANADIAN EASTERN CORN Wece i Pt 8 ii9n g Receipts Aug. 1 to date Shipments during week 1,398 Stocks in Store 87,723 87,723 CANADIAN WESTERN SUNFL(WIERSEEI) (pounds) Receipts during week 43,062 Receipts Aug. 1 to date Shipments during week ft Stocks in Store 894,627 1,115,459 2,445,250 4,455,336

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