"c           VAR 0071      05003 PLY COT 3R 927-941               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0071         LOC  600 WIDTH  9             DK  10 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              VISIBLE SUPPLY OF COTTON                                      "
"c              ------------------------                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05003                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF RUNNING BALES                            "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  07/1927-08/1941                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  THE COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL CHRONICLE               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS SEVEN               "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1869-1881  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1880-1890 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1889-1903 (4)--ORIGINAL DATA,   "
"c              1902-1916 (5)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1915-1928 (6)--ORIGINAL DATA,   "
"c              1927-1941 (7)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1946-1957.                      "
"c                   DATA REFER TO THE FRIDAY NEAREST THE END OF THE MONTH.   "
"c                   DATA WERE COMPUTED BY SUMMING STOCKS AT U.S. PORTS AND   "
"c              STOCKS AT FIFTY-SIX INTERIOR TOWNS.                           "
"c                   DATA FOR AUGUST 1927-MARCH 1928 WERE ORIGINALLY GIVEN    "
"c              FOR FIFTY-SEVEN TOWNS.  IN APRIL 1928, RALEIGH WAS            "
"c              DISCONTINUED SO THE SERIES WAS MADE COMPARABLE FOR FIFTY-SIX  "
"c              TOWNS BY DEDUCTING RALEIGH ENTIRELY.                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "