"You have drawn up the latest inventory of the grain stocks?"

Last spring, before the drought developed, Mr. Lyng had decided that grain stocks were getting too low.

He also bought up much of the available grain stocks andtrade goods in the markets.

"We delivered new grain stocks there years ago."

Most of the government's limited grain stock was being handed out in the electoral battlegrounds.

Corn and wheat prices retreated swiftly after the Agriculture Department reported that grain stocks were even smaller than previously thought.

Of the fine grain stocks, the following were recommended by film manufacturers:

The Agriculture Department said grain stocks in storage next year would total 288 million metric tons, a 63-day supply.

Since 1933, the Government has used its grain stocks to regulate supplies and prices.

They own grain stock engineered through selective breeding.