Class
and
grade.		 Grease. Scoured. Pulled.
1921 1920 1921 1920 1921 1920
Fine:            
  Combing—            
    Domestic 6,241 2,090 45 56 19 45
  Foreign 2,814 4,661 14 56 1 10
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 985 358 654 476 229 54
  Foreign 270 487 632 546 10 7
1⁄2 blood:            
  Combing—            
  Domestic 4,280 1,937 45 52 138 219
  Foreign 1,285 2,066 53 50 ... ...
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 347 195 561 345 215 45
  Foreign 12 10 199 114 10 7
3⁄8 blood:            
  Combing—            
  Domestic 2,207 1,323 299 148 185 106
  Foreign 1,603 2,112 35 37 ... ...
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 183 71 1,019 434 443 64
  Foreign 172 140 307 589 ... 1
1⁄4 blood:            
  Combing—            
  Domestic 2,747 1,630 159 151 266 161
  Foreign 2,719 3,329 109 143 61 32
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 289 186 790 372 193 39
  Foreign 504 314 443 243 33 19
Low or Lincoln:            
  Combing—            
  Domestic 158 223 9 36 2 2
  Foreign 485 570 15 45 31 3
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 4 13 105 45 10 7
  Foreign 21 154 58 7 1 3
Carpet:            
  Combing, foreign 2,522 2,380 95 248 70 46
  Filling, foreign 2,812 2,530 509 572 461 245
Grade not stated:            
  Domestic 5,513 97 103 58 ... ...
  Foreign 4,351 25 25 9 ... ...
Total:            
  Domestic 22,954 8,123 3,789 2,173 1,700 742
  Foreign 19,570 18,778 2,494 2,659 678 373
  Grand total, August 42,524 26,901 6,283 4,832 2,378 1,115
  Grand total, July 38,022 26,757 5,923 4,281 2,406 1,336
  Grand total, Jan. to Aug. 283,721 321,703 43,430 56,099 17,654 13,302
Class
and
grade.		 Total,
August.		 Total,
July.		 Total,
January
to August.
1921 1920 1921 1920 1921 1920
Fine:            
  Combing—            
    Domestic 6,305 2,191 4,166 2,411 27,035 40,533
  Foreign 2,829 4,727 2,976 5,701 28,138 53,343
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 1,868 888 1,624 773 11,720 12,322
  Foreign 912 1,040 959 899 8,101 13,164
1⁄2 blood:            
  Combing—            
  Domestic 4,463 2,208 3,678 2,517 24,681 27,949
  Foreign 1,338 2,116 1,345 2,544 10,088 24,582
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 1,123 585 925 523 7,315 10,661
  Foreign 221 131 310 98 2,131 3,057
3⁄8 blood:            
  Combing—            
  Domestic 2,691 1,577 2,741 1,514 20,485 29,035
  Foreign 1,638 2,149 1,410 1,503 12,420 21,708
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 1,645 569 1,580 828 11,630 12,180
  Foreign 479 730 348 257 2,948 5,236
1⁄4 blood:            
  Combing—            
  Domestic 3,172 1,942 2,861 1,666 22,630 23,722
  Foreign 2,889 3,504 2,424 3,829 28,920 37,667
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 1,272 597 1,143 608 8,641 6,930
  Foreign 980 576 966 608 7,106 6,561
Low or Lincoln:            
  Combing—            
  Domestic 169 261 156 199 1,386 1,742
  Foreign 531 618 825 572 5,555 7,839
  Clothing—            
  Domestic 119 65 117 61 1,074 709
  Foreign 80 164 32 56 697 1,263
Carpet:            
  Combing, foreign 2,687 2,674 1,993 2,255 13,596 23,353
  Filling, foreign 3,782 3,347 2,925 2,910 18,405 26,111
Grade not stated:            
  Domestic 5,616 155 5,838 20 38,550 730
  Foreign 4,376 34 5,009 22 31,553 707
Total:            
  Domestic 28,443 11,038 24,829 11,120 175,147 166,513
  Foreign 22,742 21,810 21,522 21,254 169,658 224,591
  Grand total, August 51,185 32,848 ... ... ... ...
  Grand total, July ... ... 46,351 32,374 ... ...
  Grand total, Jan. to Aug. ... ... ... ... 344,805 391,101

Quantities Entering into Manufacture According to Sections.
[In thousands of pounds, i. e. 000 omitted.]

Section. Grease. Scoured. Pulled. Total.
1921 1920 1921 1920 1921 1920 1921 1920
New England 27,026 13,980 3,419 2,097 894 500 31,339 16,577
Middle Atlantic 13,710 11,516 1,419 1,431 1,162 469 16,291 13,416
Pacific coast 62 47 235 182 55 12 352 241
Other sections 1,726 1,358 1,210 1,122 267 134 3,203 2,614
Grand total 42,524 26,901 6,283 4,832 2,378 1,115 51,185 32,848

Foreign Markets

Foreign Markets

INCREASE IN WHEAT SHIPMENTS FEATURES EXPORT TRADE.

August, 1921, Exports of Wheat Exceed in Quantity Those of Any Single Month in Ten Years.

Exports of farm products during August had a total value of $233,000,000, an increase of $57,000,000 over the month of July, when the value of agricultural exports totaled $176,000,000, according to preliminary trade statistics obtained from the Department of Commerce. Agricultural products represented 62.1% of the total exports during the month, as compared with 55% during July.

The outstanding feature of the month’s foreign trade was the big increase in the exports of wheat, which totaled 59,000,000 bus., as compared with 25,000,000 bus. exported in July, and 28,000,000 bus. exported in August of last year. The August, 1921, exports exceeded those of any other single month during the past ten years.

The exports of cotton totaled 254,739,435 lbs., compared with 271,527,561 lbs. in July, a decrease of 16,788,126 lbs., equivalent to 33,576 bales of 500 lbs. each.

Exports of meat and meat products totaled 203,758,869 lbs., compared with 201,767,270 lbs. for July, and 82,268,344 lbs. exported during the month of August, 1920. The exports of lard jumped from 83,329,000 lbs. in July to 87,410,000 lbs. in August.

Of condensed, evaporated, and powdered milk 31,958,637 lbs. were exported during August, compared with 18,053,097 lbs. during July and 25,638,722 lbs. for August, 1920.

Exports of corn totaled 13,651,559 bus. compared with 14,972,765 bus. exported during July, and 781,271 bus. during August, 1920. The total exports of corn during the first eight months of 1921 were 86,372,464 bus. compared with 10,525,077 bus. exported during the first eight months of 1920.

Exports of rice totaled 61,981,737 lbs., as against 63,264,950 lbs. in July, and 10,322,640 lbs. exported during August, 1920. Total exports of rice during the first eight months of 1921 were 434,863,107 lbs. compared with 289,514,321 lbs. exported during the first eight months of 1920.

Exports of tobacco totaled 53,076,605 lbs., a slight decrease from July, but more than 10,000,000 lbs. greater than the exports for August, 1920.

The exports of the principal agricultural products during August and July, 1921, with comparisons for August, 1920, and the first eight months of the calendar years 1920 and 1921, are set forth in Table 1.

The value of the agricultural products imported into the United States during August was $116,000,000, or 59.8% of all imports during the month, compared with $98,000,000 in July, 1921, and $350,000,000 in August, 1920. The leading commodities imported, together with their declared values, were: Raw silks, $27,721,270; sugar, $18,119,559: coffee, $10,012,416; hides and skins, $8,226,888; tobacco, $5,190,213; rubber, $5,098,629; seeds, $4,071,250; vegetable oils, $2,873,161; fibers, $2,117,925; unmanufactured wool, $2,081,065; bananas, $1,918,357; cacao, $1,006,333.

The imports of some of the principal agricultural products during August and July, 1921, with comparisons for August, 1920, and the first eight months of the calendar years 1920 and 1921 are set forth in Table 2.

MONTHLY TREND OF EXPORTS OF WHEAT, COTTON, PORK, AND LARD.
[The 1910-1914 curve represents the prewar annual average.]

Export trends

Enlarged charts.

TABLE 1.—MONTHLY EXPORTS OF PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Commodity. Unit. Aug., 1921. July, 1921. Aug., 1920. Eight months ending—
Aug., 1921. Aug., 1920.
Wheat Bus. 58,536,829 24,842,294 27,693,982 206,602,944 99,775,041
Wheat flour Bbls. 1,872,573 1,238,019 1,166,707 11,182,195 15,256,168
Cotton Lbs. 254,739,435 271,527,561 74,767,391 1,958,818,466 1,982,687,809
Meat and meat products Lbs. 203,758,869 201,767,270 82,268,344 1,381,422,150 1,246,522,110
Butter Lbs. 435,489 531,078 436,214 6,260,466 15,965,485
Cheese Lbs. 428,014 2,200,800 374,538 9,912,810 13,674,469
Milk (condensed, evaporated, and powdered) Lbs. 31,958,637 18,053,097 25,638,722 184,120,177 335,270,393
Tobacco Lbs. 53,076,605 53,174,339 42,828,455 374,316,822 326,728,208
Wool Lbs. 92,702 193,574 683,320 1,526,920 5,967,463
Corn Bus. 13,651,559 14,972,765 781,271 86,372,464 10,525,077
Rice Lbs. 61,981,737 63,264,950 10,322,640 434,863,107 289,514,321
Rye Bus. 3,079,857 931,148 5,082,819 21,479,252 41,481,106
TABLE 2.—MONTHLY IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
Commodity. Unit. Aug., 1921. July, 1921. Aug., 1920. Eight months ending—
Aug., 1921. Aug., 1920.
Sugar Lbs. 570,852,965 277,270,645 880,435,997 4,431,517,830 6,565,255,469
Hides and skins Lbs. 38,090,047 34,377,952 35,127,547 236,176,698 402,772,854
Tobacco Lbs. 4,819,657 3,154,947 7,894,406 208,505,559 63,424,548
Wool Lbs. 15,866,744 9,396,864 14,447,810 273,521,338 213,531,918
Rice (cleaned) Lbs. 6,567,780 1,407,850 15,354,050 38,096,280 104,671,751
Meat and meat products Lbs. 5,013,869 3,385,354 25,015,317 53,632,204 89,534,449
Butter Lbs. 149,886 191,748 2,737,265 11,774,801 25,592,355
Lemons Value. $242,440 $304,058 $456,387 $944,756 $2,576,655

Good Outlook for Spain’s Crop of Jordan and Valencia Almonds.

From all available reliable sources it is believed that Spain’s 1921 crop of Jordan almonds, which are grown only in the Provinces of Malaga, Jaen, Granada, and Almeria, will be about equal to last year’s production, reports the American consul at Malaga. Various exporters place the crop from 70,000 to 75,000 boxes of 25 lbs. each.

The crop is somewhat delayed because of the late spring, but the quality is good. Since all stocks of this variety have been exhausted for some time, the demand is active, and opening prices f. o. b. Malaga are expected to be considerably higher than last year. However, this should make but little difference to the buyers in the United States, as they will benefit by the decrease in the exchange value of the peseta.

The general opinion seems to be that this year’s crop of Valencia almonds will exceed last year’s production by 15% to 20%. Inasmuch as these almonds are grown in various parts of Spain and often shipped to Malaga for export, it is difficult to give exact figures. Prices of Valencia almonds are regulated by quotations from Italy, but Spanish farmers in the Malaga district are expecting good prices on account of the small stocks carried over.

The following table gives the total exports of shelled almonds from Malaga, Spain, to all countries and to the United States during the past five years:

Year. Total
exports.		 Exports to
the United
States.
  Pounds. Pounds.
1916 4,548,090 2,873,356
1917 2,469,152 2,183,659
1918 4,664,934 2,882,597
1919 6,673,324 3,821,341
1920 2,521,078 5,028,693

WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1921

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