-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------- | Grease. | Scoured. | Pulled. | Total. Section. +------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------ | 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_ 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.