lines = 'Date Y_1 Y_2 Y_3
10/1 16.1 14.4 15.3
10/2 16.0 16.4 13.5
10/3 14.3 14.0 15.4
10/4 14.8 13.1 15.2
10/5 12.0 15.4 16.4
10/8 16.4 12.3 14.2
10/9 16.9 14.2 15.8
10/10 17.2 16.0 14.9
10/11 10.6 15.3 14.9
10/12 15.0 19.2 10.0
10/15 16.3 13.3 15.3
10/16 17.4 13.8 14.3
10/17 13.5 11.0 15.4
10/18 15.6 9.2 18.9
10/19 16.3 17.6 20.5
10/22 14.3 15.6 17.0
10/23 15.4 15.3 15.4
10/24 14.3 14.4 18.6
10/25 13.9 14.9 14.0
10/26 15.2 15.5 14.2'
con = textConnection( lines )
DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE )
close(con)