"c           VAR 0156      05007 OLD EAT 3R 946-956               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0156         LOC 1365 WIDTH  9             DK  22 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OF TOTAL MEATS, END OF MONTH            "
"c              --------------------------------------------------            "
"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:  01/1946-12/1956                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF            "
"c              AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING          "
"c              ADMINISTRATION, AND THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE, AND   "
"c              THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS (FOR COLD-STORAGE HOLDINGS OF  "
"c              MEATS EXCLUDING LARD); U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, FACTS FOR   "
"c              INDUSTRY, SERIES M-17-1, ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS,  "
"c              VARIOUS ANNUAL ISSUES; FATS AND OILS, MONTHLY ISSUES (FOR     "
"c              DATA ON LARD)                                                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05007 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1917-1946 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA,  "
"c              1946-1956.                                                    "
"c                   LARD STOCKS ARE INCLUDED AND COVER TOTAL STORAGE OF      "
"c              LARD AT FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES (EXCLUDING LARD HELD BY      "
"c              RETAILERS); REFRIGERATED STORAGE HOLDINGS ARE INCLUDED, BUT   "
"c              CANNOT BE SEGREGATED.  BEGINNING IN 1949, REFINED LARD WAS    "
"c              ADDED TO STOCKS OF LARD.  PRIOR TO 1949, ONLY STOCKS OF       "
"c              RENDERED LARD (INCLUDING NEUTRAL LARD AND RENDERED PORK FAT)  "
"c              HAD BEEN REPORTED, BUT SINCE THERE WAS NO DISTINCTION         "
"c              BETWEEN"RENDERED" AND "REFINED" IT IS ASSUMED, ACCORDING TO   "
"c              THE SOURCE, THAT FIGURES PRIOR TO 1949 MAY HAVE INCLUDED      "
"c              CERTAIN QUANTITIES OF"REFINED" LARD STOCKS.                   "
"c                   THIS VARIABLE ENDS IN 1956, AS COVERAGE CHANGED IN       "
"c              JANUARY 1957.                                                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "