"c VAR 0040 05001 OFWHEAT 3R 888-905 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0040 LOC 321 WIDTH 9 DK 5 COL 71-79 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c VISIBLE SUPPLY OF WHEAT, SATURDAY NEAREST MONTH'S END " "c ----------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 05001 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S.-- INCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF BUSHELS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1888-12/1905 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: BRADSTREET'S " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 05001 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SIX " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1873-1885 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1884-1889 (3)--ORIGINAL, 1888-1905 (4)--ORIGINAL, 1904-1928 " "c (5)--ORIGINAL, 1927-1954 (6)--ORIGINAL, 1953-1956. " "c "IN TRANSIT BY RAIL" IS EXCLUDED FROM 1888 ON, DEDUCTED " "c BY COMPUTATION, FOR 1888-MAY 1891. FOR 1888-SEPTEMBER,1906, " "c FIGURES WERE COMPUTED BY DEDUCTING STOCKS AT CANADIAN POINTS " "c FROM, AND ADDING PACIFIC COAST FIGURES TO"U.S. AND CANADA " "c AND EAST OF THE ROCKIES." " "c FOR 1888-1889, THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS SOMETIMES " "c GIVEN, INSTEAD OF THE SATURDAY NEAREST THE END OF THE MONTH. " "c DATA FOR JULY 1888 EXCLUDE THE PACIFIC COAST " "c (APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE TOTAL IN OTHER MONTHS OF 1888). " "c THE FIGURE FOR MARCH 1890 REFLECTS ONLY DATA FOR MARCH " "c 22, AS DATA FOR MARCH 29 AND APRIL 5 WERE NOT AVAILABLE. " "c FOR JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST 1893, CERTAIN NORTHWESTERN " "c POINTS, GIVEN IN FOOTNOTES, WERE ADDED IN ORDER TO PRESERVE " "c COMPARABILITY. " "c FOR MAY 1891, IDAHO PRESUMABLY WAS INCLUDED BUT NOT " "c GIVEN SEPARATELY. THIS IS PROBABLY A NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT IF " "c JUDGED BY APRIL AND JUNE IDAHO AMOUNTS. " "c IN 1887, JULY 3,"EAST OF THE ROCKIES" WAS ADDED TO " "c JUNE 26"PACIFIC COAST," THE LATTER NOT BEING AVAILABLE FOR " "c JULY 3. " "c IN 1899, THE SAN FRANCISCO FIGURE IS FOR A WEEK LATER, " "c MARCH 4, NOT BEING AVAILABLE FOR FEBRUARY 25. ALSO IN THE " "c SAME YEAR, THE SAN FRANCISCO FIGURE IS FOR A WEEK LATER, " "c NOVEMBER 4, NOT BEING AVAILABLE FOR OCTOBER, 28. THIS IS " "c ALSO THE CASE WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO FIGURES FOR FEBRUARY, " "c MAY AND OCTOBER OF 1904, AND FOR FEBRUARY, AND OCTOBER OF " "c 1905: THE SAN FRANCISCO FIGURE IS OF A WEEK LATER THAN " "c OTHER POINTS, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE THE PREVIOUS " "c WEEK. ALSO IN 1905, THE DECEMBER FIGURE INCLUDES THE ENTIRE " "c PACIFIC COAST FOR A WEEK LATER, THE CURRENT WEEK NOT BEING " "c AVAILABLE. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "