FOREIGN TRADE IN FARM AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 13 



The lard oil exported increased from 103,000 gallons in 1855 to 

 1,963,000 gallons in 1879, and decreased to 111,000 gallons in 1914. 

 During the five years, 1910-1914, the greater portion of this product 

 was consigned to three countries, Germany, the United Kingdom, and 

 Mexico. 



Lard compounds. — The lard compounds exported in 1893 were 

 912,000 pounds. During the next 10 years, or in 1903, this product 

 had increased 500 per cent, amounting to more than 46 million 

 pounds, and continued to increase to more than 58 million pounds in 

 1914. The United Kingdom has been the best market for this article, 

 receiving about 90 per cent in 1895 and about 40 per cent in 1914. 

 Other countries receiving large quantities during recent years were 

 Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, and Chile. 



Mutton.— The exports of mutton in 1877 amounted to 349,000 

 pounds. This was increased to 1,440,000 pounds in 1879, to 3,356,000 

 in 1885, then gradually decreased to 101,463 pounds in 1892. In- 

 creased again to more than 2 million pounds in 1894 and to 6 million 

 pounds in 1903. During the last five years the exports have ranged 

 from 1,989,000 pounds in 1910 to 4,685,000 pounds in 1914. Twenty 

 years ago the United Kingdom was the best market for this class of 

 meat, but during the last five years Canada has been the better 

 market, receiving a little more than one-half during that period. A 

 large quantity was also consigned to the United Kingdom and 

 Panama. 



The fresh mutton and lamb imported in 1914 amounted to 12,710,905 

 pounds and was valued at $1,114,730. Argentina supplied 5 million 

 pounds; Australia and New Zealand, 4 million pounds; Uruguay, 2 

 million pounds; and the United Kingdom, 1,305,000 pounds. 



Miscellaneous meats. — The canned-meat products exported in 1900 

 were valued at $1,724,000. This article has not fluctuated much in 

 value since that time, the average annual exports being slightly more 

 than $1,000,000, amounting in 1914 to $1,350,000. During the last 

 five years about one-half of this product has been consigned to the 

 United Kingdom. 



Exports of canned sausage meat during 1913 and 1914 amounted 

 to a little more than 1 million pounds, of which about one-half was 

 sent to Cuba ; also large quantities were consigned to the Philippine 

 Islands and British South Africa. Sausage meats, other than canned, 

 for 1913 amounted to nearly 7 million pounds, and decreased to a 

 little less than 5 million pounds in 1914. This product was consigned 

 chiefly to France, Canada, Cuba, and Belgium. This item included 

 the canned sausage exported in 1901 and amounted to nearly 10 mil- 

 lion pounds, decreasing to 8 million pounds in 1912. 



The value of poultry and game exported in 1895 was $17,898, which 

 increased to $1,397,000 in 1906 and decreased to $914,000 in 1914. 



