"c           VAR 0233      05045 CRU TON 3R 917-955               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0233         LOC 2058 WIDTH  9             DK  33 COL 44-52  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CRUDE COTTONSEED OIL STOCKS, END OF MONTH                     "
"c              -----------------------------------------                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  05045                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF POUNDS                                    "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  02/1917-12/1955                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DATA FOR 1917-JULY 1951:  "
"c             "COTTON PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION," BULLETIN NO. 135, P.     "
"c              100, AND LATER BULLETINS THROUGH NO. 188; DATA FOR AUGUST     "
"c              1951-1955:  FACTS FROM INDUSTRY,"ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS    "
"c              AND OILS," SERIES M 17-1-01,-02,-03,-04                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  DATA COVER STOCKS AT COTTONSEED OIL MILLS,            "
"c              REFINERIES AND CONSUMING ETABLISHMENTS, AND IN TRANSIT TO     "
"c              REFINERIES AND CONSUMERS.                                     "
"c                   BEGINNING IN JULY 1949 ABOUT 1000 SMALL PRODUCERS AND    "
"c              CONSUMERS WERE EXCUSED FROM FILING MONTHLY REPORTS.  THEY     "
"c              FILED INSTEAD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.   THEIR NUMBER INCREASED    "
"c              TO ABOUT 1500 SINCE 1949, BUT THEIR ELIMINATION HAD NO        "
"c              SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE DATA.  FOR ITEMS AFFECTED BY MORE   "
"c              THAN ONE PER CENT, FIGURES WERE ADJUSTED TO AN ESTIMATED 100  "
"c              PER CENT IN THE MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS, ON THE BASIS OF PAST    "
"c              RECORDS OF THOSE PLANTS.  THEY WERE REVISED IN THE ANNUAL     "
"c              SUMMARIES ON THE BASIS OF THE FIGURES REPORTED ANNUALLY.      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "