FOREIGN TRADE IN FARM AND FOREST PRODUCTS. 13 
The lard oil exported increased from 103,000 gallons in 1855 to 
1,963,000 gallons in 1879, and decreased to 111,000 gallons in 1914. 
During the five years, 1910-1914, the greater portion of this product 
was consigned to three countries, Germany, the United Kingdom, and 
Mexico. 
Lard compounds. — The lard compounds exported in 1893 were 
912,000 pounds. During the next 10 years, or in 1903, this product 
had increased 500 per cent, amounting to more than 46 million 
pounds, and continued to increase to more than 58 million pounds in 
1914. The United Kingdom has been the best market for this article, 
receiving about 90 per cent in 1895 and about 40 per cent in 1914. 
Other countries receiving large quantities during recent years were 
Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, and Chile. 
Mutton. — The exports of mutton in 1877 amounted to 349,000 
pounds. This was increased to 1,440,000 pounds in 1879, to 3,356,000 
in 1885, then gradually decreased to 101,463 pounds in 1892. In- 
creased again to more than 2 million pounds in 1894 and to 6 million 
pounds in 1903. During the last five years the exports have ranged 
from 1,989,000 pounds in 1910 to 4,685,000 pounds in 1914. Twenty 
years ago the United Kingdom was the best market for this class of 
meat, but during the last five years Canada has been the better 
market, receiving a little more than one-half during that period. A 
large quantity was also consigned to the United Kingdom and 
Panama. 
The fresh mutton and lamb imported in 1914 amounted to 12,710,905 
pounds and was valued at $1,114,730. Argentina supplied 5 million 
pounds; Australia and New Zealand, 4 million pounds; Uruguay, 2 
million pounds; and the United Kingdom, 1,305,000 pounds. 
Miscellaneous meats. — The canned-meat products exported in 1900 
were valued at $1,724,000. This article has not fluctuated much in 
value since that time, the average annual exports being slightly more 
than $1,000,000, amounting in 1914 to $1,350,000. During the last 
five years about one-half of this product has been consigned to the 
United Kingdom. 
Exports of canned sausage meat during 1913 and 1914 amounted 
to a little more than 1 million pounds, of which about one-half was 
sent to Cuba ; also large quantities were consigned to the Philippine 
Islands and British South Africa. Sausage meats, other than canned, 
for 1913 amounted to nearly 7 million pounds, and decreased to a 
little less than 5 million pounds in 1914. This product was consigned 
chiefly to France, Canada, Cuba, and Belgium. This item included 
the canned sausage exported in 1901 and amounted to nearly 10 mil- 
lion pounds, decreasing to 8 million pounds in 1912. 
The value of poultry and game exported in 1895 was $17,898, which 
increased to $1,397,000 in 1906 and decreased to $914,000 in 1914. 
