lines = 'Year Jan_Change Year_Change
1950 2.0 21.8
1951 2.3 16.5
1952 0.6 11.8
1953 -0.9 -6.6
1954 0.5 45.0
1955 -1.8 26.4
1956 -2.1 2.6
1957 -0.9 -14.3
1958 2.5 38.1
1959 0.3 8.5
1960 -0.7 -3.0
1961 1.2 23.1
1962 -3.4 -11.8
1963 2.6 18.9
1964 1.3 13.0
1965 0.7 9.1
1966 0.8 -13.1
1967 3.1 20.1
1968 0.2 7.7
1969 -2.9 -11.4
1970 0.7 0.1
1971 0.0 10.8
1972 1.4 15.6
1973 1.5 -17.4
1974 -1.5 -29.7
1975 2.2 31.5
1976 4.9 19.1
1977 -2.3 -11.5
1978 -4.6 1.1
1979 2.8 12.3
1980 0.9 25.8
1981 -2.0 -9.7
1982 -2.4 14.8
1983 3.2 17.3
1984 2.4 1.4
1985 -1.9 26.3
1986 -1.6 14.6'
con = textConnection( lines )
DF = read.table( con, header=TRUE )
close(con)