Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Pounds, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Data Are For Unsweetened And Unskimmed Milk. Incomplete Monthly Figures For 1918 Were Raised By The Ratio Of The Complete Annual Total To The Incomplete Annual Total: 1002.9/916.3=1.0945. For Example, January 1918 Is Changed From 65.7 To 71.9. Source: 1918 Data Are From United States Department Of Agriculture, Statistical Bulletin No.25, P.158; 1919-1937 Data Are From Usda, "Production And Consumption Of Manufactured Dairy Products, " (Technical Bulletin, No. 722) P.71; 1938-1955 Data Are From Survey Of Current Business, 1942 And Following Supplements, And Monthly Issues; See Also Usda, Agricultural Marketing Service, Milk Production On Farms And Statistics Of Dairy Plant Products, 1954 And Earlier Annual Issues (With Slight Changes In Title).

This NBER data series m01068 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 1 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter01.html.

NBER Indicator: m01068