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BULLETIN- 1036, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 7. — Relative quantities of domestic and imported creosotes vised by the treating 
plants of the United States, 1909 to 1918 (1). 
Year. 
Total 
Domestic 
Per cent 
Imported 
Per cent 
creosote used. 
creosote. 
of total. 
creosote. 
of total. 
Gallons. 
Gallons. 
Gallons. 
1909 
51,426,212 
13, 862, 171 
27 
37, 569, 041 
73 
1910 
63, 266, 271 
18, 184, 355 
29 
45,081,916 
71 
1911 
73,027,335 
21,510,629 
29 
51, 516, 706 
71 
1912 
83, 666, 490 
31, 135, 195 
37 
52, 531, 295 
63 
1913 
108, 373, 359 
41, 700, 167 
38 
66, 673, 192 
62 
1914 
79, 334, 606 
28, 026, 870 
35 
51, 307, 736 
65 
1915 
80, 859, 442 
1 43, 358, 435 
54 
37, 501, 007 
46 
1916 
90, 404, 749 
2 46, 754, 818 
52 
43, 649, 931 
48 
1917 
75, 541, 737 
3 57, 282, 596 
76 
18, 259, 141 
24 
1918 
52, 776, 386 
* 50, 610, 650 
96 
2, 165, 736 
4 
1 41,333,890 gallons coal-tar creosote and 2,024,545 gallons water-gas tar. 
2 45,318,735 gallons coal-tar creosote and 1,436,083 gallons water-gas tar. 
3 54,305,204 gallons coal-tar creosote and 2,977,392 gallons water-gas tar. 
4 47,787,998 gallons coal-tar creosote and 2,822,652 gallons water-gas tar. 
