UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Washington, D. C. 
February, 1927 
PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF FATS, FATTY OILS, AND WAXES IN 
THE UNITED STATES 1 
By George S. Jamieson, . Chemist, in charge Oil, Fat, and Wax Investigations 
Bureau of Chemistry 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Introduction 1 
General methods of production 2 
Vegetable oils : 
Cottonseed oil 4 
Coconut oil 9 
Palm-kernel oil 10 
Palm oil 10 
Cohune oil 11 
Coquito oil 11 
Babassu oil 11 
Corn oil 12 
Olive oil 13 
Peanut oil 14 
Soy-bean oil 16 
Castor oil 17 
Sesame oil 19 
Sunflower-seed oil 19 
Fixed oil of mustard seed 19 
Rapeseed (colza) oil 20 
Cacao butter 20 
Shea-nut oil or butter 20 
Almond oil 21 
Apricot-kernel oil 21 
Grape-seed and raisin-seed oils 21 
Chinese vegetable tallow 21 
Japan wax or tallow 22 
Bayberry tallow (myrtle wax) 22 
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Vegetable oils — continued. 
Linseed oil 22 
China-wood or tung oil 23 
Candlenut or lumbang oil 25 
Perilla oil 25 
Hempseed oil 26 
Poppy-seed oil 26 
Animal fats and oils 27 
Milk fat 27 
Lard 27 
Beef tallow 28 
Mutton tallow 28 
Whale oil 28 
Porpoise oils 29 
Bone fat 29 
Neat's-foot oil 29 
Fish oils 30 
Fish-liver oils 30 
Waxes : 
Beeswax . 31 
Carnauba wax 32 
Candelilla wax 32 
Montan wax 32 
Sugar-cane wax 33 
Wool wax (grease) 33 
Sperm oil (wax) 33 
Production and consumption statistics — 34 
INTRODUCTION 
The life and the progress of a nation depend in no small measure 
upon its supply of fats and fixed, or fatty, oils. Not only are these 
substances an essential part of our diet, but they play an important 
role in many industries as well. Oils and fats are used in the manu- 
facture of soap, glycerine, paints, varnishes, lubricants, and water- 
proofings. Our requirements for them continually increase as the 
population grows and industries expand. 
1 This bulletin is a revision of and supersedes Department Bulletin 769. 
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