"c           VAR 0363      01071 BUTTER  3R 917-941               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0363         LOC 3228 WIDTH  9             DK  52 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              BUTTER CONSUMPTION                                            "
"c              ------------------                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  01071                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF POUNDS                                    "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1917-09/1941                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  1917-1918 DATA WERE COMPUTED FROM PRODUCTION AND     "
"c              COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS DATA IN BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL          "
"c              ECONOMICS,"SUMMARY OF DAIRY SITUATION STATISTICS,"            "
"c              SUPPLEMENT TO THE DAIRY SITUATION, APRIL 1934, PP.30, 87.     "
"c              REVISED PRODUCTION ANNUAL TOTALS IN UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT  "
"c              OF AGRICULTURE, TECHNICAL BULLETIN, NO.722, P.29.  IMPORT     "
"c              AND EXPORT DATA WERE TAKEN FROM MONTHLY SUMMARY OF FOREIGN    "
"c              COMMERCE.  1919-1941 DATA WERE GIVEN DIRECT IN THE DAIRY      "
"c              SITUATION, AUGUST 1940, P.11 AND THE SURVEY OF CURRENT        "
"c              BUSINESS, 1942 SUPPLEMENT, P.115.                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  THESE DATA REPRESENT THE DISAPPEARANCE OF CREAMERY    "
"c              BUTTER, INCLUDING WHEY BUTTER, INTO TRADE OR CONSUMPTION      "
"c              CHANNELS.  THEY ARE COMPUTED FROM FACTORY OUTPUT, IMPORTS     "
"c              AND EXPORTS, AN THE CHANGE IN COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS.  RELIEF  "
"c              DISTRIBUTION BEGINNING IN 12/1933 AND ESTIMATED PURCHASES OF  "
"c              BUTTER UNDER THE STAMP PLAN BEGINNING IN 05/1939 ARE          "
"c              INCLUDED AS WELL AS SHIPMENTS TO NONCONTIGUOUS TERRITORIES.   "
"c              FARM BUTTER IS NOT INCLUDED.  SEE THE 1942 SUPPLEMENT TO THE  "
"c              SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS.                                   "
"c                   THE DATA FOR 1917 AND 1918 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER IN      "
"c              ORDER TO PLACE THEM ON THE SAME BASIS AS 1919 AND FOLLOWING   "
"c              YEARS.                                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "