UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
SUPPLEMENT TO 
BULLETIN No. 769 f 
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Contribution from the Bureau of Chemistry 
CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief 
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Washington, D. C. 
October 29, 1919 
THE PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION OF FATS 
AND OILS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
By Herbert S. Bailey, Chemist in Charge, Oil, Fat, and Wax Laboratory, in collabo- 
ration with B. E. Reuter, Chief, Fats and Oils Division, U. S. Food Administration. 
Since Department of Agriculture Bulletin 769 was issued new 
statistics on the production, importation, and exportation of fats 
and oils in the United States have become available. The following 
tables, which contain the most recent figures on the fat and oil situa- 
tion, have therefore been prepared to supersede the tables originally 
printed. They have been compiled from data collected by the 
Fats and Oils Division of the United States Food Administration, 
and turned over by that division to the United States Department of 
Agriculture. This publication completes the report of the fats and 
oils survey conducted by the Government during 1917 and 1918. 
Unless otherwise stated, all figures cover the calendar year. 
Table 1. — Production of vegetable oils in the United States. 
Oil. 1912 
1914 
1916 
1917 
1918 
Pounds. 
Castor 23, 359, 000 
Coconut i 31 , 729, 000 
Coquito ! 
Pounds. 
20,423,000 
38, 272, 000 
Pounds. 
22, 766, 000 
104, 727, 000 
803,000 
109,963,000 
1,492,430,000' 
531,586,900 
729, 000 
1,462,000 
8,619,000 
28,534,000 
752, 000 
223, 000 
129, 000 
3, 974, 000 
9, 920, 000 
2,249,000 
Pounds. 
22, 902, 000 
. 188,488,000 
Pounds. 
14, 184, 000 
341,235,000 
Corn 2 
72, 832, 000 
1,435,401,000 
461,656,000 
360,000 
966, 000 
3,200,000 
454, 000 
320,000 
90,000 
91,810,000 
1, 789, 777, 000 
507,422,000 
306, 000 
1,128,000 
402,000 
1,006,000 
435, 000 
19,000 
30,000 
118,021,000 
1, 343, 849, 000 
482, 199, 000 
1, 098, 000 
963, 000 
6,453,000 
50,499,000 
667, 000 
232, 000 
304, 000 
81,000 
42, 074, 000 
1,268,000 
111 065 000 
Cottonseed 3 
1,283,823,000 
375,452,000 
1,296,000 
618 000 
Linseed 
Mustard seed 
Olive 
Palm kernel 2 
3, 784, 000 
95,934,000 
586, 000 
139, 000 
299, 000 
Peanut 2 
Raisin seed 
Rapeseed 
Sesame 
Shea nut 
Soy bean 2 
2, 764, 000 
1,568,000 
79,861,000 
409, 000 
Miscellaneous 
1,114,000 
Total 
2,031,481,000 
2, 455, 362, 000 
2,318,866,000 
2, 259, 098, 000 
2,308,685,000 
1 Figures represent total production of edible and inedible oil. 
ble oil, there may be some duplication in these figures. 
* Figures represent total production o[ edible and inedible oil. 
8 Figures represent total production of crude oil only. 
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As the edible oil is made from the inedi- 
