"c           VAR 0077      05005 AT MILL 3R 912-956               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0077         LOC  654 WIDTH  9             DK  11 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              COTTON STOCKS AT MILLS, END OF MONTH                          "
"c              ------------------------------------                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05005                                           "
"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:  ROUND BALES ARE COUNTED AS HALF BALES.  RUNNING       "
"c              BALES ARE OF VARYING WEIGHT, DEPENDING ON THE GINNERY         "
"c              ITSELF.  LINTERS ARE NOT INCLUDED, BUT PART STOCKS ARE.       "
"c                   DATA FOR 1912-JULY 1925 WERE COMPUTED BY NBER BY ADDING  "
"c              STOCKS IN COTTON GROWING STATES AND IN"ALL OTHERS."           "
"c              THEREAFTER, DATA ARE GIVEN IN TOTAL BY THE SOURCE.  DATA      "
"c              WERE CHECKED FROM THE RECORD BOOK, PART 1, P. 22 (THE RECORD  "
"c              BOOK FOR 1912 INCLUDES LINTERS AND WAS NOT COMPARABLE) AND    "
"c              THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS.                               "
"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           ...............................................................  "