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and decreased to 23 million pounds in 1914. The five principal coun- 
tries to which this was consigned during the last five years, in their 
order, were United Kingdom, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ger- 
many, Belgium, and British West Indies. 
Fresh beef. — The fresh beef exported in 1877 amounted to 49 
million pounds, which increased to 352 million pounds in 1901, and 
decreased to 6 million pounds in 1914. From 1894 to 1911 practi- 
cally all of this product was consigned to the United Kingdom. For 
1912 the United Kingdom received one-half and Panama one-third; 
for 1913 and 1914 Panama received about three-fourths. 
The imports of fresh beef and veal in 1900 were 337,000 pounds, 
valued at $17,000; in 1910, 949,000 pounds, valued at $64,000; in 
1914, 180,137,000 pounds, valued at $15,424,000. During 1914 Argen- 
tina supplied 60 million pounds; the United Kingdom, 58 million 
pounds; Uruguay, 26 million pounds; Australia and New Zealand, 
21 million pounds; and Canada, 16 million pounds. 
Beef fats and oils. — Oleo oil exported in 1882 amounted to 20 
million pounds, increased to 212 million in 1908, and decreased to 
97 million pounds in 1914. A little more than one-half of the total 
exports have been consigned to the Netherlands during the last 20 
years, part of which were probably reshipped from the Netherlands 
to other countries. Other countries to which large consignments 
were sent were Germany, Denmark, Norway, and the United King- 
dom. The value of this product increased from 3 million dollars in 
1882 to 19 million dollars in 1908, and decreased to a little more than 
10 million dollars in 1914. 
Oleomargarine.— The oleomargarine exported in 1882 amounted 
to more than 2 million pounds, which increased to nearly 12 million 
pounds in 1906, and decreased to 2J million pounds in 1914. During 
the last five years nearly all of this product was consigned to North 
American countries, chiefly the subtropical countries of the West 
Indies and the Central American States. 
Stearin. — The export data of stearin from animal fats are only 
available for 1913 and 1914, the exports being 3,745,000 pounds for 
1913, and 2,724,000 pounds for 1914. Canada received about one- 
third of this product and the remainder was consigned chiefly to 
Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Cuba. 
Oleo stearin. — During the five years ending with 1914 the imports 
of oleo stearin averaged 6,705,522 pounds annually, of which five 
countries supplied 88 per cent. The five countries and the average 
annual imports from each in their order were Argentina 1,579,160 
pounds, United Kingdom 1,282,708 pounds, the Netherlands 1,082,289 
pounds, Italy 999,727 pounds, and France 956,366 pounds. 
Tallow. — The beef tallow exported during the five-year period 
1852-1856 amounted to 7 million pounds annually, which increased to 
