"c           VAR 0409      01219 SHORT   3R 922-955               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0409         LOC 3642 WIDTH  9             DK  58 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              SHORTENING (LARD COMPOUNDS AND OTHER LARD SUBSTITUTES)        "
"c              PRODUCTION                                                    "
"c              ------------------------------------------------------        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  01219                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF POUNDS                                    "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  07/1942-12/1955                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  BEGINNING IN JULY 1949, ABOUT 1000 PRODUCERS ANS      "
"c              CONSUMERS OF SMALL QUANTITIES OF FATS AND OILS CEASED FILING  "
"c              MONTHLY REPORTS AND REPORT ANNUALLY INSTEAD.  THE NUMBER OF   "
"c              SUCH FIRMS HAS INCREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 1500 BY 1954.  FOR  "
"c              DATA AFFECTED BY MORE THAN 1% BY THIS CHANGE THE MONTHLY      "
"c              FIGURES ARE ADJUSTED TO AN ESTIMATED 100% ON THE BASIS OF     "
"c              RECORDS OF PAST OPERATIONS OF THE NON-REPORTING FIRMS.  THE   "
"c              MONTHLY FIGURES ARE THEN ADJUSTED ON THE BASIS OF THE ANNUAL  "
"c              REPORTS IN THE ANNUAL ISSUES OF"ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FATS     "
"c              AND OILS (SEE INTRODUCTION TO EACH ISSUE SINCE 1949).         "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE CHANGED FROM FIRST, 1922 - FOURTH, 1942    "
"c              TO NONE BY JROTH@NBER.ORG 5/15/2001                           "
"c           ...............................................................  "