"c           VAR 0340      4081B WP CTNSD R 909-941               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0340         LOC 1194 WIDTH  9             DK  19 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              WHOLESALE PRICE OF COTTONSEED OIL, CRUDE                      "
"c              ----------------------------------------                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  04081B                                          "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  CENTS PER POUND (IN TANKS)                            "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  08/1909-07/1910, 09/1910-06/1941           "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  YEARBOOK OF AGRICULTURE, 1930 (FOR DATA 1909-1928)   "
"c              P. 695, AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1938 (FOR 1929-1938) P.      "
"c              116, BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS:  PRICES 1916-1918      "
"c              FROM WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD PRICE BULLETIN NO. 15.  PRICES FOR  "
"c              1919-1928 ARE AVERAGES OF WEEKLY QUOTATIONS IN THE"OIL,       "
"c              PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER."  FROM AUGUST, 1928 THROUGH JULY,   "
"c              1934, PRICES ARE AVERAGES OF DAILY QUOTATIONS IN THE"OIL,     "
"c              PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER" EXCEPT FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER,      "
"c              1932-JUNE, 1933, WHEN THE"OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER"      "
"c              PUBLISHED NO PRICES FOR CRUDE COTTONSEED OIL AT SOUTH-        "
"c              EASTERN MILLS.  FOR THAT PERIOD,(10/1932-06/1933), THE"NEW    "
"c              YORK JOURNAL COMMERCE" DAILY PRICES WERE AVERAGED AND USED.   "
"c              FOR AUGUST, 1934 THROUGH 1937, PRICES ARE AVERAGES OF         "
"c              QUOTATIONS FOR SATURDAY DURING THE MONTH-- QUOTATIONS GIVEN   "
"c              IN THE"OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER."                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  NO QUOTATION FOR AUGUST, 1910.  FIGURE FOR JULY,      "
"c              1916, INTERPOLATED BY WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD.                   "
"c                   DATA FOR 1916-1918 CHECKED WITH THE U.S. WAR INDUSTRIES  "
"c              BOARD, PRICE BULLETIN NO. 15, P. 11, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL    "
"c              SOURCE FOR THESE YEARS                                        "
"c                   AVERAGE PRICE PER POUND, F.O.B. SOUTHEASTERN MILLS.      "
"c              PAGE 58 OF STATISTICAL BULLETIN NO. 24, USDA ALSO HAS A       "
"c              PRICE SERIES FOR CRUDE, S.E. BUT GIVES AN AVERAGE OF THE      "
"c              HIGH AND LOW PRICE PER POUND EACH MONTH.                      "
"c                    TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH AN OILS SPECIALIST AT OIL,  "
"c              PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER, ON DECEMBER 5, 1938, REVEALED: A)   "
"c              CRUDE COTTONSEED OIL IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN SOLD IN TANKS,    "
"c              THE B.A.E. NOTE TO THE CONTRARY (AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS,     "
"c              1938, P. 116) NOTWITHSTANDING.  THE B.A.E. ERROR PROBABLY     "
"c              AROSE BECAUSE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH PRICES OF CRUDE AND      "
"c              REFINED OIL ARE QUOTED NEAR EACH OTHER.  REFINED OIL WAS      "
"c              SOLD IN TANKS AT TIMES AND IN BARRELS AT OTHER TIMES; B) THE  "
"c              OIL, PAINT, AND DRUG REPORTER HAS USED SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT     "
"c              WORDING IN DESCRIBING THE MARKET AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT      "
"c              ACTUALLY NO CHANGE IN MARKET QUOTED HAS TAKEN PLACE.  F.O.B.  "
"c              MILLS, SOUTHEASTERN, AND IMMEDIATE SOUTHEASTERN, ALL REFER    "
"c              TO SPOT SALES AT THE SOUTHEASTERN MILLS.                      "
"c                  "JANUARY, 1929-JULY, 1930 QUOTED IN BARRELS," A           "
"c              FOOTNOTE IN THE SOURCE IS WRONG ACCORDING TO OIL, PAINT, AND  "
"c              DRUG REPORTS OFFICE AND BY INSPECTION OF THIS ORIGINAL        "
"c              SOURCE.                                                       "
"c                   INTERPOLATED DATA USED FOR JUNE-JULY, 1926, JULY, 1927,  "
"c              JUNE- AUGUST, 1928, JUNE-AUGUST, 1929, AND JULY-AUGUST,       "
"c              1931.                                                         "
"c                   LESS THAN 10 QUOTATIONS FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1931.     "
"c              OTHER QUOTATIONS WERE BIDS.                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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