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BULLETIN 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
duced, the domestic price for coconut oil has increased. At present 
a comparatively small amount of the world's supply of copra is going 
to Germany, England, and Holland, very large importers before the 
war began, and much of it has been diverted to American manufac- 
turers. This, to some extent, has helped to keep the price of coco- 
nut oil from reaching the high figure it might otherwise have attained 
because of our greatly increased domestic consumption. 
MANUFACTURE AND USE. 
The coconut oil produced in tropical countries where the coconuts 
grow is often made by very crude methods. Nevertheless, much of 
it reaches the American market in as good condition as that pressed 
at home. This is due to the fact that since we raise no coconuts in 
the continental United States, the raw material used in our oil mills is 
imported from overseas. Copra is dried in the sun or over smoky 
fires, largely by native labor. Such methods, of course, offer every 
opportunity for the oil to become rancid before the meats are prop- 
erly cured. Moreover, copra is often shipped by slow sailing- vessels, 
and, being a comparatively cheap cargo, it is stowed in damp holes 
where it sweats and still further decomposes. A number of modern 
plants for both drying and pressing coconuts have recently been put 
into operation in the Philippines, and the product from these mills 
reaches this country in a much better condition than that produced 
by the natives. 
Table 9. — Consumption of fats and oils by the soap industry in 1917. 
VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS. 
Pounds. 
Chinese vegetable tallow 6, 417, 000 
Chinese nut oil 115, 000 
Coconut oil 168, 602, 000 
Corn oil 15, 997, 000 
Cottonseed oil 126, 390, 000 
Linseed oil 1, 006, 000 
Olivooil 1,731,000 
Palm kernel oil 4, 762, 000 
Palm oil i - 27,345,000 
Peanut oil 15, 126, 000 
Rapeseed oil . 5, 972, 000 
Sesame oil 5, 000 
Shea nut oil 2, 487, 000 
Soy bean oil 124, 058, 000 
All other vegetable oils 9, 692, 000 
Total... 509,705,000 
ani::al and fish fats and oils. 
Bone grease 
Garbage grease . 
Herring oil 
Lard 
Lard, neutral... 
Menhaden oil.. 
37, 032, 000 
63, 118, 000 
4, 104, 000 
7, 481, 000 
166 
2, 279, 000 
Pounds. 
Neat's foot oil and stock 118, 000 
Recovered grease 12, 680. 000 
Sperm oil 17, 000 
Tallow 362, 297, 000 
Tankage grease 15, 475, 000 
Whale oil 5, 732, 000 
Wool grease 233, 000 
All other fish and animal oils 9, 257, 000 
Total 
SECONDARY FATS AND OILS. 
Acidulated soap stock 
Cottonseed foots 
Cottonseed foots (distilled). 
Fatty acids 
Fatty acids (distilled) 
Grease stearin 
Lard oil 
Oleooil 
Olive oil foots 
Red oil 
Nonclassified x totals 
519, 823, 166 
25, 086, 000 
67,369,000 
8, 872, 000 
35,050,000 
39,465,000 
19, 146, 000 
1,436,000 
108, 000 
4, 761, 000 
12, 812, 000 
25,000,000 
Total 239, 105, 000 
Grand total 1, 268, 633. 166 
Firms under this head failed to classify consumption of fats and oil? 
