"c           VAR 0187      05044 RE SEED 3R 917-955               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0187         LOC 1644 WIDTH  9             DK  26 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              REFINED COTTONSEED OIL STOCKS, END OF THE MONTH               "
"c              -----------------------------------------------               "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05044                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF POUNDS OF OIL                             "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  02/1917-11/1955                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1917-JULY 1951:  "
"c              ANNUAL BULLETINS ON"COTTON PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTIONS,"     "
"c              NOS. 135-180 (JULY 31, 1951); DATA FOR AUGUST 1951-1955:      "
"c              FACTS FOR INDUSTRY SERIES M-17,"ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS     "
"c              AND OILS," 1951, 1952, 1953 AND 1954 (SERIES                  "
"c              M-17-01,-02,-03,-04) AND MONTHLY PRELIMINARY"FATS AND         "
"c              OILS"; DATA WERE CHECKED WITH THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 05044 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1917-1955 (2)--ORIGINAL,       "
"c              1952-1955.                                                    "
"c                   BEGINNING IN JULY 1949 ABOUT 1000 SMALL PRODUCERS AND    "
"c              CONSUMERS WERE EXCUSED FROM FILING MONTHLY REPORTS, FILING    "
"c              INSTEAD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.  THE NUMBER OF SUCH RESPONDENTS   "
"c              HAS BEEN INCREASED TO ABOUT 1500 SINCE 1949.  THEIR           "
"c              ELIMINATION HAD NO SIGNIFIGANT EFFECT ON THE DATA.  FOR       "
"c              ITEMS AFFECTED BY MORE THAN 1 PER CENT, FIGURES ARE ADJUSTED  "
"c              TO AN ESTIMATED 100% IN THE MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS, ON BASIS    "
"c              OF PAST RECORDS OF THOSE PLANTS.  THEY ARE THEN REVISED IN    "
"c              THE ANNUAL SUMMARIES ON THE BASIS OF THE FIGURES REPORTED     "
"c              ANNUALLY (SEE FOOTNOTES IN THE INTRODUCTION TO THE VARIOUS M  "
"c              17-1 ISSUES, 1949 AND FOLLOWING.)                             "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "