PKODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF FATS AND OILS. 
in this country, the total production is about 6,000,000,000 pounds, 
or 30,000,000 tons. The data upon which these summaries are 
based are derived from figures compiled by the Fats and Oils Divi- 
sion of the Food Administration and various other Government 
agencies, and are given in detail in Tables 1 to 7. 1 
Table 1. — Production of vegetable oils in the United States. 
Oil. 
1912 
1914 
1916 
1917 
Pounds. 
5, 145, 000 
31, 729, 000 
Pounds. 
5, 449, 000 
38,272,000 
Pounds. 
9, 302, 000 
104, 727, 000 
803, 000 
109, 963, 000 
1,492,430,000 
752,000 
464, 595, 000 
729,000 
1,461,000 
8, 619, 000 
28, 534, 000 
223, 000 
129,000 
3,974,000 
9,920,000 
Pounds. 
6, 188, 000 
188, 488, 000 
72, 832, 000 
1, 435, 401, 000 
320, 000 
364,625,000 
360, 000 
966,000 
3, 200, 000 
454, 000 
90,000 
91,810,000 
1,789,772,000 
435, 000 
406, 669, 000 
306, 000 
1, 128, 000 
402, 000 
1,006,000 
19,000 
30,000 
118,021,000 
1,343,674,000 
667,000 
Linseed ", 
400, 266, 000 
1, 098, 000 
Olive 
963, 000 
6,453,000 
50, 287, 000 
232,000 
304,000 
81,000 
2, 764, 000 
42,074,000 
5,000 
41,000 
118, 000 
346, 000 
534,000 
Total .' 
1,966,613,000 
2,338,185,000 
2, 236, 507, 000 
2,159,335,000 
Table 2.— Production of animal and fish fats and oils in the United States. 
Product. 
1912 
1914 
1916 
1917 
Bone grease 
Cod and cod liver oil 
' Garbage grease 
Herring oil. 
Lard 
Menhaden oil 
Miscellaneous oils 
Neat's foot oil 
Neutral lard 
Oleo stock 
- Packers' and Tenderers' greases. . . 
Sperm oil 
Tallow 
Whale oil 
■ Wool grease and recovered grease 
All other fish oils 
Total 
Pounds. 
29,267,000 
372, 000 
29,812,000 
1,888,000 
731, 164, 000 
40,787,000 
2,639,000 
5,201,000 
51,414,000 
122,568,000 
122,312,000 
3,832,000 
201,334,000 
931,000 
7,481,000 
815,000 
Pounds. 
41,926,000 
394, 000 
39,935,000 
1,512,000 
890,765,000 
17,966,000 
2,037,000 
5,184,000 
51,303,000 
143,247,000 
167,403,000 
1,934,000 
221,073,000 
632,000 
9,723,000 
1,123,000 
Pounds. 
34,061,000 
366,000 
49,873,000 
1,476,000 
1,091,967,000 
20,810,000 
3,260,000 
7,268,000 
76,163,000 
152,476,000 
172, 693, 000 
3,906,000 
265,424,000 
1,691,000 
14,630,000 
1,709,000 
Pounds. 
30,668,000 
439,000 
56,229,000 
1,637,000 
873, 798, 000 
19, 627, 000 
2,575,000 
8, 345, 000 
52,712,000 
153,188,000 
162, 707, 000 
3,285,000 
259,509,000 
1, 193, 000 
7,702,000 
2, 837, 000 
1,351,867,000 
1,596,157,000 
774,000 1,636,451,000 
Table 3.— Total production of fats and oils in the United States. 
Product. 
1912 
1914 
1916 
1917 
Vegetable oils 
Pounds. 
1,966,613,000 
1,351,867,000 
Pounds. 
2,338,185,000 
1,596,157,000 
Pounds. 
2,236,507,000 
1,898,774,000 
Pounds. 
2, 159, 335,000 
1,636,451,000 
Animal fats 
Total 
3,318,480,000 
3,934,342,000 
4, 135, 281, 000 
3,795,786,000 
Butter * (farm) 
1,660,000,000 
3 581,000,000 
1,613,736,000 
652, 382, 000 
879, 610, 000 
609, 398, 000 
733, 222, 000 
636, 278, 000 
Butter 2 (factory) 
Total 
2,241,000,000 
2,266,118,000 
1,489,008,000 
1,369,500,000 
■ Grand total 
5,559,480,000 
6,200,460,000 
5,624,289,000 
5,165,286,000 
i The figures given in these and subsequent tables were compiled bv the Fats and Oils Division of the 
United States Food Administration, from a careful survey made during 1917 and 1918. 
a These figures represent the average butter fat content of butter, or 83 per cent of the total butter 
produced. 
3 Estimated. 
