"c           VAR 0158      05006 OLD AGE 3R 915-955               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0158         LOC 1383 WIDTH  9             DK  22 COL 62-70  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OF BEEF, END OF MONTH                   "
"c              -------------------------------------------                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05006                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF MEAT                            "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  12/1915-12/1955                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF            "
"c              AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE,   "
"c              FOR 1916-1942 DATA:  STATISTICAL BULLETIN NO. 39,"COLD        "
"c              STORAGE HOLDINGS," P. 18; THEREAFTER: "LIVESTOCK MARKET       "
"c              NEWS STATISTICS AND RELATED DATA," ANNUAL ISSUES; AND         "
"c              MONTHLY ISSUES OF"COLD STORAGE REPORT                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05006 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1915-1955 (2)--SEASONALLY      "
"c              ADJUSTED DATA, 1916-1930.                                     "
"c                   THE"END OF MONTH" DATA IN THE STATISTICAL BULLETIN WAS   "
"c              GIVEN AS THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, SO THE FIGURES HAVE BEEN     "
"c              PUSHED BACK, SO THAT FEBRUARY 1 BECAME JANUARY 31, ETC.       "
"c              DATA IN THE SURVEY WAS GIVEN AT THE END OF THE MONTH          "
"c              DIRECTLY.  BEEF AND VEAL HOLDINGS INCLUDE"FROZEN, CURED,      "
"c              AND IN THE PROCESS OF CURE IN COLD-STORAGE HOUSES AND MEAT    "
"c              PACKING ESTABLISHMENTS."                                      "
"c                   DATA ALSO APPEAR IN THE AGRICULTURAL YEARBOOK (TO 1928)  "
"c              AND AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS (TO 1938), BUT"FROZEN," AND       "
"c             "CURED" BEEF MUST BE ADDED.                                    "
"c                   STOCKS OF MEAT PURCHASED IN THE FEDERAL SURPLUS RELIEF   "
"c              CORPORATION FROM"DROUGHT STRICKEN LIVESTOCK" IN 1934-1935     "
"c              ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THESE FIGURES.                            "
"c                   FROM JUNE 1944 ON, THESE FIGURES INCLUDE TRIMMINGS       "
"c              PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED WITH EDIBLE OFFAL IN THE GROUP            "
"c             "MISCELLANEOUS MEATS."                                         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "