Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Bushels, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly, Saturday Nearest Month's End

Notes:

Series Is Presented Here As Four Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1873-1885 (2)--Original Data, 1884-1889 (3)--Original, 1888-1927 (4)--Original, 1926-1954. Data For Canada Are Included Until 1891. For 1888 Thrugh September 1906, Data Were Computed By Deducting Stocks At Canadian Points From Figures Given For "U.S. And Canada, East Of The Rockies." In Transit Rail Data Are Excluded, From 1888 On, These Data Were Deducted By Computation For 1888-May-1891. For 1888-1889, The Last Day Of The Month Is Sometimes Given Instead Of The Saturday Nearest The End Of The Month. Data For March 1890 Reflect Only Data For March 22. Data For March 29 And April 5 Are Not Available. After October 1906, Computation Was Made Unecessary, Because Figures Were Obtainable Directly From The Source. Source: Bradstreet'S

This NBER data series m05084c appears on the NBER website in Chapter 5 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter05.html.

NBER Indicator: m05084c