"c           VAR 0105      04008 WP HOGS  R 858-940               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0105         LOC  906 WIDTH  9             DK  15 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF HOGS, CHICAGO,                             "
"c              ---------------------------------                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04008                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --CHICAGO                                 "
"c              UNITS:  DOLLARS PER 100 POUNDS                                "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1858-12/1940                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  FOR 1858, 1859, 1920-1940, ANNUAL REPORTS OF         "
"c              CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE FOR THE SPECIFIC YEAR.  FOR            "
"c              1860-1919, H.A. WALLACE, AGRICULTURAL PRICES, PP. 116-117.    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA FOR 1858 AND 1859 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY       "
"c              AVERAGING ALL THE WEEKLY HIGH AND LOW QUOTATIONS FALLING      "
"c              WITHIN ANY MONTH.  EITHER 8 OR 10 QUOTATIONS WERE AVERAGED.   "
"c              THIS METHOD WAS ALSO USED BY WALLACE FOR THE PERIOD           "
"c              1860-1880 FROM THIS SAME SOURCE.  WALLACE ENDS IN 1919 AND    "
"c              THE YEARS 1920-1940 HAVE BEEN COMPUTED BY NBER BY AVERAGING   "
"c              THE MONTHLY HIGH AND LOW AS THEY APPEAR IN THE ANNUAL REPORT  "
"c              OF THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.  THE GRADE USED HERE WAS       "
"c             "HEAVY PACKING, 250-500 POUNDS," TO CONTINUE THE GRADE         "
"c              SPECIFIED BY WALLACE. THE WALLACE DATA, 1896 TO 1919,         "
"c              WAS COMPILED BY CHARLES A.S. MCCRACKEN FOR THE CHICAGO        "
"c              DROVERS JOURNAL YEARBOOK.  FOR 1881-1895, INCLUSIVE, THE      "
"c              AVERAGE OF THE RANGE OF CHICAGO HOG PRICES, AS COMPILED BY    "
"c              THE CINCINNATI PRICE CURRENT HAVE BEEN USED.  THESE PRICES    "
"c              REFER MORE NEARLY TO AVERAGE HOGS THAN TO HEAVY HOGS.         "
"c              PREVIOUS TO 1881, PRICES HAVE BEEN COMPILED FROM CHICAGO      "
"c              BOARD OF TRADE REPORTS, THE GRADE KNOWN AS HEAVY PACKERS AND  "
"c              SHIPPERS BEING USED SO FAR AS POSSIBLE.                       "
"c                   A STRIKE FROM NOVEMBER 21-DECEMBER 3, 1938 RESULTED IN   "
"c              PRACTICALLY NO SALES.                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "