"c           VAR 0513      01029 FERTILI 3R 922-943               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0513         LOC  789 WIDTH  9             DK  13 COL 35-43  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION                                        "
"c              ----------------------                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  01029                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S. --ELEVEN SOUTHERN STATES                  "
"c              UNITS:  THOUSANDS OF SHORT TONS                               "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1922-12/1943                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JANUARY 1934, P.19, AND  "
"c              SUCCESSIVE ISSUES.                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  TAGS SHOWING THAT TAX HAS BEEN PAID MUST BE SECURED   "
"c              AND ATTACHED TO FERTILIZER. "TAG SALES" THUS SEEMS TO MEAN    "
"c             "SALES OF TAGS" FOR FERTILIZERS AND CONSTITUTE ONLY AN         "
"c              INDICATION OF ACTUAL FERTILIZER SALES.  MONTHLY RECORDS OF    "
"c              TAG SALES ARE KEPT BY STATE OFFICIALS AND ARE USUALLY LARGER  "
"c              OR SMALLER THAN ACTUAL SALES.  DATA HERE ARE COMPILED BY THE  "
"c              NATIONAL FERTLIZER ASSOCIATION, FROM TAG SALES REPORTS OF     "
"c              COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE IN 11 SOUTHERN STATES.  THIS     "
"c              SERIES IS COMPARABLE OVER THE ENTIRE PERIOD AS MISSOURI HAS   "
"c              BEEN ELIMINATED FROM DATA PREVIOUSLY SHOWN IN THE SCB.  THE   "
"c              11 STATES INCLUDED ARE VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH        "
"c              CAROLINA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA,           "
"c              ARKANSAS, TEXAS, ALABAMA, AND TENNESSEE.                      "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 1/3/94.                           "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "