UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 769 
Contribution from the Bureau of Chemistry 
CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
February 10, 1919 
THE PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
OF FATS AND OILS IN THE 
UNITED STATES 
By 
HERBERT S. BAILEY, Chemist ia Charge, Oil, Pat, and Wax 
Laboratory, in Collaboration with B. E. REUTER, Chief, 
Fats and Oils Division, U. S. Food Administration 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Importance of Fats and Oils ..... 1 
Domestic Production and Importation . 2 
Terminology and Technology of Oil Trade 8 
How to Safeguard Our Oil and Fat 
Supply , . io 
Vegetable Oils ••*..•.... 10 
Animal Fats and Oils ....... 32 
Refuse Fats and Trade Wastes .... 41 
Fat and Oil Derivatives or Secondary 
Products . . 43 
Summary • 44 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1919 
