Canada’s Storage Stocks of Butter on July 1 Below last Year.
The quantity of creamery butter in storage throughout Canada on July 1 was 10,178,891 lbs., while that of dairy butter was only 426,671 lbs. Comparative figures show this to be a decrease of 34% in the case of creamery butter and 18.83% in the case of dairy butter from the amounts held in storage on the corresponding date last year.
The average quantity of peanuts exported per annum from Senegal during the five years 1916–1920 was 190,512 metric tons, according to the American Consul at Dakar, Senegal. Peanuts constitute the most important export crop of Senegal, most of the exportable surplus going to England and France.
Fruits and Vegetables
SHIPMENTS CONTINUE HEAVY; WHITE POTATO PRICES SLUMP
Car-lot Movement So Far This Season about 28,000 Cars Larger than to Same Time in 1921.
Shipments of 14 lines of fruits and vegetables during the week ending July 29 increased nearly 300 cars over the previous week, having filled 14,531 cars. This is about 930 cars less than during the corresponding period last year, but the total movement of these 14 products this season to July 29 is 28,000 cars ahead of last season to the same date.
With accumulated supplies in many cities, white potato markets were slow and weak. A further decrease of 275 cars in last week’s shipments, however, may tend to strengthen this line. Peaches also showed declines of 50¢-$1 under a peak movement of 2,100 cars. Cantaloupe markets tended to advance and watermelons were nearly steady, even though shipments of the latter crop jumped nearly 500 cars over the preceding week. Movement of grapes and pears continued to gain, especially from California. The grape season is later than usual in central California, but probably 20,000 cars of grapes will come from that territory this year.