TABLE 6.-Total consumption of the principal fats in the United States, 1921-47 1 Includes farm and creamery butter. 2 In addition to pure vegetable shortening this item also includes cooking fat compounds containing animal fats. 3 Preliminary. Sillion pounds 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 CHART 2 Total Consumption of the Principal Edible Fats in the United States 1921-47 Butter Lard Vegetable TABLE 7.-Per capita consumption of the principal fats in the United States 1912-47 Source: Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 1947 butter and oleomargarine data adjusted by the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation for more recent production data than were available for the published BAE estimates. The National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, March 1948. TABLE 8.-Creamery butter and oleomargarine annual United States production, 1930-47 Source: Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Uncolored TABLE 9.-Oleomargarine production by types, in the United States 1 This also includes nut types. ? This is also reported to have included small quantities of oleomargarine made exclusively from animal oil from 1918 through 1925. 3 This total represents the sum of the quantities shown for each type and is the total as reported by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The total reported by the Bureau of Internal Revenue is considered to be more accurate, but it is not broken down by types. 4 Preliminary. Source: Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture. |