"c           VAR 0517      01218 TALLOW  3R 919-954               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0517         LOC  825 WIDTH  9             DK  13 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              INEDIBLE TALLOW PRODUCTION                                    "
"c              --------------------------                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  01218                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF POUNDS                                    "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1946-12/1954                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, FACTS FOR INDUSTRY,       "
"c             "ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS."                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  BEGINNING IN JULY 1949, ABOUT 1000 PRODUCERS AND      "
"c              CONSUMERS OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF FATS AND OILS HAVE NOT       "
"c              FILED MONTHLY BUT ONLY ANNUAL REPORTS.  BY 1954, THE NUMBER   "
"c              OF SUCH FIRMS HAD GROWN TO ABOUT 1500.  MONTHLY FIGURES FOR   "
"c              SUCH PLANTS ARE ESTIMATED ON THE BASIS OF THE PERFORMANCE IN  "
"c              THE PRECEEDING YEAR, AND SIGNIFICANT DISCREPENCIES BETWEEN    "
"c              ESTIMATED AND REPORTED ANNUAL TOTALS ARE ADJUSTED IN THE      "
"c              ANNUAL ISSUES OF"ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS"          "
"c              (SOURCE, INTRODUCTION).                                       "
"c                   BEGINNING WITH JANUARY 1955, FIGURES FOR INEDIBLE        "
"c              TALLOW WERE COMBINED WITH FIGURES FOR GREASE, OTHER THAN      "
"c              WOOL (SEE"FATS AND OILS, SERIES M17-1-15, FOR JANUARY         "
"c              1955).                                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE CHANGED FROM FIRST, 1919 - FOURTH, 1946    "
"c              TO NONE BY JROTH@NBER.ORG 5/15/2001                           "