"c           VAR 0154      05007 OLD EAT 3R 917-946               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0154         LOC 1347 WIDTH  9             DK  22 COL 26-34  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS OF TOTAL MEATS, END OF THE MONTH        "
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"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05007                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF MEAT                            "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1917-12/1946                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF            "
"c              AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS,"LIVESTOCK, MEATS, AND WOOL MARKET     "
"c              STATISTICS AND RELATED DATA," 1942 AND FOLLOWING ISSUES;      "
"c              ALSO SEE THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF   "
"c              COMMERCE                                                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05007 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1917-1946 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1946-1956.                                                    "
"c                   TOTAL MEATS INCLUDE:  PORK -- FROZEN, DRY SALT-CURED     "
"c              AND IN THE PROCESS OF CURE, PORK PICKLED; BEEF AND VEAL --    "
"c              CURED AND IN THE PROCESS OF CURE; LAMB -- FROZEN LAMB AND     "
"c              MUTTON; AND MISCELLANEOUS MEATS, INCLUDING LARD.              "
"c                   COLD STORAGE HOLDINGS ARE DISTINCTLY SEASONAL.  FIGURES  "
"c              REPRESENT STORAGE HOLDINGS ON THE LAST DAY OF EACH MONTH.     "
"c                   STOCKS OF MEAT PURCHASED UNDER THE EMERGENCY             "
"c              HOG-CONTROL PROGRAM IN 1933 AND MEATS FROM DROUGHT-STRICKEN   "
"c              LIVESTOCK WERE PURCHASED BY THE FEDERAL SURPLUS RELIEF        "
"c              CORPORATION IN 1934 AND 1935 ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIGURES  "
"c              (SEE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1938 SUPPLEMENT.)            "
"c                   IN JUNE 1944 VEAL COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS WERE ADDED, AND  "
"c              IN SEPTEMBER 1944 HOLDINGS OF SAUSAGE AND CANNED MEAT AND     "
"c              PRODUCTS WERE ADDED.  PLOTTED FIGURES FOR THE SUM OF THESE    "
"c              ITEMS WILL INDICATE IF IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE DATA SHEETS    "
"c              SHOWING THE OVERLAPPING PERIOD INCLUDING AND EXCLUDING THESE  "
"c              ITEMS.                                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
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