"c VAR 0075 05004 COT TON 3R 912-956 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0075 LOC 636 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 71-79 " "c " "c " "c COTTON STOCKS IN PUBLIC STORAGE AND AT COMPRESSES, END OF " "c MONTH " "c --------------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 05004 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: THOUSANDS OF RUNNING BALES " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 09/1912-01/1956 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, BULLETIN NO. 135, " "c "COTTON PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION" AND FOLLOWING BULLETINS " "c THROUGH NO. 189 (1952); THEREAFTER, DATA ARE FROM MONTHLY " "c RELEASES,"COTTON AND LINTERS," FACTS FOR INDUSTRY SERIES " "c M-15-1 " "c " "c NOTES: LINTERS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THIS COVERAGE. PART " "c STOCKS ARE INCLUDED. A RUNNING BALE IS A VARYING WEIGHT OF " "c BALE DEPENDING ON THE GINNERY. RUNNING BALES ARE BALES AS " "c PRESSED AT THE GINNERIES. ROUND BALES ARE COUNTED AS HALF " "c BALES. " "c AFTER 1949, REPORTS ON COTTON WERE NO LONGER MADE ON A " "c CALENDAR MONTH BASIS, BUT FOR FOUR OR FIVE WEEK PERIODS. " "c THEREFORE, BEGINNING IN JANUARY 1950, THE FIGURES REFER TO " "c THE SATURDAY NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH, UP TO AND INCLUDING " "c THE FOURTH DAY OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 2/26/94. " "c " "c ............................................................... "