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The imports of horse hair in 1910 were 5,410,930 pounds; in 1911, 

 4,542,930 pounds ; in 1912, 5,381,730 pounds ; in 1913, 5,147,923 pounds ; 

 . and in 1914, 3,738,836 pounds. European and South American coun- 

 tries have supplied 87 per cent of this product in the last five years — 

 44.4 per cent came from Europe and 42.6 per cent from South Amer- 

 ica. The imports from Argentina exceeded those of any other 

 country and amounted to an average of more than 1,228,000 pounds 

 annually. 



The average annual imports of bristles for the five years 1905-1909 

 were more than 2,800,000 pounds, and during the next five years, 

 1910-1914, these imports increased to more than 3,600,000 pounds. 

 China and the United Kingdom supplied 61.2 per cent during the 

 five-year period, 1905-1909, and 69.2 per cent during 1910-1914. 

 Large quantities also came from France, Germany, Hongkong, and 

 Russia. 



Sausage casings. — Sausage casings exported in 1875 were valued 

 at $135,000, which increased to more than $1,900,000 in 1893, to 

 nearly $4,000,000 in 1908, and for the five years 1910-1914 the value 

 ranged from a little less than 4 million to 5|- million dollars, of which 

 Germany and the Netherlands received about 60 per cent during 

 1910-1914. The quantity exported is only shown for the last five 

 years, and ranged from 26 million to 40 million pounds. Imports of 

 sausage casings for the last five years were valued at an average of 

 $2,634,735 annually, of which $1,637,347, or 62.1 per cent, came from 

 the United Kingdom. Three other countries — Argentina, the Nether- 

 lands, and Germany — each supplied large quantities of this product. 



Bones, hoofs, and horns. — The bones, hoofs, horns, horn tips, 

 strips, and waste exported in 1895 were valued at $288,000. The next 

 10 years this had decreased to $181,000, and again decreased to $109,- 

 000 in 1914. This product was consigned chiefly to Belgium, France, 

 Italy, and the United Kingdom. 



The imports of unmanufactured bones, hoofs, and horns for the last 

 five years have annually averaged over $1,000,000. These have been 

 supplied chiefly by cattle-producing countries, such as Argentina, 

 Canada, Mexico, and Uruguay. Argentina supplied 42.2 per cent of 

 this product during the last five years. The cleaned bones imported 

 for the last three years were valued at $18,512 in 1912, $40,612 in 



1913, and $5,023 in 1914. The greater portion of these were sup- 

 plied by Belgium and Canada. 



Dried blood. — The dried blood imported in 1904 was valued at 

 $23,671, and the value of this product did not exceed $100,000 until 

 1910, when it was valued at $221,587, and increased to $391,816 in 



1914. Argentina, Australia, and the United Kingdom have been the 

 source of more than half of this article during the last five years. 



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