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BIILLETIISr 1036, 17. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 7. — Relative quantities of domestic and imported creosotes used by the treating 

 plants of the United States, 1909 to 1918 (1). 



Year. 



Total 



Domestic 



Per cent 



Imported 



Per cent 



creosote usted. 



creosote. 



of total. 



creosote. 



of total. 





Gallons. 



Gallons. 





Gallons. 





1909 



51,4,26,212 



13, 862, 171 



27 



37, 569, 041 



73 



19ir 



63,266,271 



18, 184, 355 



29 



45,081,916 



71 



1911 



• 73,027,335 



21, 510, 629 



29 



51,516,706 



71 



1912 



83,666,490 



31, 135, 195 



37 



52, 531, 295 



63 



1913 



108,373,359 



41, 700, 167 



38 



66,673,192 



62 



1914 



79, 334, 606 



28, 026, 870 



35 



51, 307, 736 



65 



1915 



80, 859, 442 



1 43, 358, 435 



54 



37,501,007 



46 



1916 



90, 404, 749 



2 46, 754, 818 



52 



43, 649, 931 



48 



1917 



75, 541, 737 



3 57, 282, 596 



76 



18, 259, 141 



24 



1918 



52, 776, 386 



^ 50, 610, 650 



96 



2, 165, 736 



4 



1 41,333,890 gallons coal-tar creosote and 2,024,545 gallons water-gas tar. 



2 45,318,735 gallons coal-tar creosote and 1,436,083 gallons water-gas tar. 



3 54,305,204 gallons coal-tar creosote and 2,977,392 gallons water-gas tar. 

 * 47,787,998 gallons coal-tar creosote and 2,822,652 gallons water-gas tar. 



