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Show ! I HEAVY SHORTAGE IN H WHEAT OF NORTHWEST :t . : PORTLAND, Or.. July 2. The to- tal production of wheat In the ', States I of Oregon and .Washington for the cereal year ' Which ended June 30, - - 1904. was 33,584,970 bushels, as compare! J . with 41,679,435 bushels last year. The . shipment (flour reduced to i wheat measure. 4 bushels to the bar-rel) bar-rel) were distributed as follows; 8hlp- .? ped foreign from Puget sound, 11.S68,- 15 168 bushels from Portland, 8.400.S65 bushels. Shipped east by rail from the 3f coast, 1,783,957 bushels; coastwise to 2 California. 4.225,539 bushels. The bal- i ance, 7,306,261 bushels, was consumed at , home. Is still unsold In the hands of the farmer or is retained for sending. |