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298 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1947-1948.
Commodities- Tons.
Steam coal (bunker) 2,066
All other........... 61,436
Coke ................ *43,029
Petroleum coke .... 43,029
Lead concentrates .... 165
Petroleum, crude ..... 218,894
Asphalt, petroleum.... 71,553
Salt ............... "10,805
Common .......... 7,134
Rock ............. 3,671
Sulphur (brimstone).. 554,522
Products of mines t... '7,257
Barytes ........... 105
Bentonite .......... 1,040
Clay t ............. 2,724
Diatomaceous earth. 2,030
Emery # ........... 3
Fire clay........... 206
Gilsonite .......... 864
Magnesite ......... 108
Sand, glass making. 124
Slate t ............ 2
Talc .............. 51
Total products of
mines . 1,022,279
Products of Forests.
Posts, poles and piling "285
Poles, wooden 285
Lumber, shingles and
lath ..... .... 6,256
Dimension stock.... 66
Lumber:
Ash ............ 29
Birch ........... 118
Cypress ......... 65
Elm ............. 42
Fir .............. 702
Gum ........... 58
Hardwood ....... 2,123
Hickory ......... 74
Maple ........... 337
Oak ............. 1,818
Pine ............ 665
Tupelo 56
Shuttle blocks,
wooden .. ...... 103
Box, crate and coop-
erage materials .. *2,879
Box shooks, wooden 124
Barrel staves,
wooden ........ 2,673
Heading, wooden ... e2
Veneer and built-up
wood ........... *15,485
Built-up wood...... 15,485
Rosin ............... 3,120
Turpentine ..... .... 1,165
Products of forests t .. '864
Handle blanks...... 392
Pencil slats ........ 335
Cork # ............ 25
Pine tar............ . 12
Total products of
forests ........ 30,154
Manufactures and
Miscellaneous:
Petroleum oil, refined.*3,704,970
Alkylate ........... 20,8,877
Gasoline .......... 2,572,572
Kerosene ......... 75F,365
Mineral spirits...... 4,S61
Naphtha ........... 88,233
Refined oils ....... 62
Fu el a n d residual
oils t ............'7,131,465
Fuel oil.......... 3,172,502
Fuel oil (bunker)... 1,048,138
Gas oil..... ..... 2,784,222
Gas oil (bunker).... 126,603
Lubricating oils and
greases .......... "127,214
Lubricating grease.. 3,545
Lubricating oil ..... 121,398
All other ........ 2,271
Petroleum products t.. 4,611
Parafin wax........ 3,239
All other ......... 1,372
Vegetable oils ........ '17
Soybean oil ........ 17
Sugar (beet or cane). *4,411
Cane, refined ...... 4,411
Table syrups and edi-
ble molasses ... *3Commodities-
Corn syrup.........
Iron, pig...........
Iron and steel, sixth
class . .......
Iron and steel billets
Rails, fastenings, frogs
and switches
Rails, iron and steel
Iron and steel pipes
and fittings......
Fittings ...........
Pipe ..............
Tubing, seamless,
steel ...........
Iron and steel nails
and wire.........
Nails ............
Nails and spikes....
Staples ...........
Wire, barbed .
Wire, iron and steel
Iron and steel, fifth
class ............
Angles ...........
Band or hoop.......
Bars ..............
Channels ..........
Plates .............
Reinforcement bars.
Rods ..............
Sheets ............
Skelp ..............
Structural .........
Tin plate...........
All other .........
Lead and zinc........
Lead bars..........
Pig lead ...........
Zinc ingots.........
Pig zinc ...........
Slab zinc ..........
Machinery and boilers.
Boilers, steam .....
Crushers ....
lectric machinery ..
Engines $ .........
Excavators ........
Graders .........
Machines and parts
Pumps, power .....
Road rollers .......
Road scrapers .....
Textile machinery #.
Air compressors ..
Engines and parts t
Gas engines and
parts ............
Mining machinery...
W e l1 - drlling ma-
chinery.......
Mixing machinery..
Pumps, power and
parts ...........
All others .....
Cement, Portland ..
Brickt and building
tile .........
Brick, fire .........
Plaster and dry calso-
m ine ............
Plaster # ..........
Plaster, wall .......
Pipe, sewer, clay.....
Tractors and parts....
Railway-car wheels ..
Automobiles and auto
trucks, K D......
Trucks and parts...
Trucks (army) .....
Automobiles and
parts ............
Trucks ............
Truck parts........
Automobile and truck
tires .. .....
Furniture, metal......
Furniture, other than
metal ...........
Beverages ...........
Beer .............
Brandy ............
Wine ..............
All other...........
Fertilizers t .........Z ons.
3
111
*11,168
11,168
'4,524
4,524
'1,980
109
1,678
193
'5,121
821
33
250
357
2,660
'52,794
404
602
18,776
1,062
1,327
4,724
766
12,386
664
3,137
3,237
1,098
*6,566
4,426
264
235
177
1,464
'4,810
101
32
19
1,088
118
171
579
72
21
256
36
2
1,334
278
20
80
58
128
417
56,174
*626
626
*242
24
218
259
3,693
1,405
'28,571
435
342
1,601
20,665
5,528
411
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*3,972Commodities- Tons.
Ammonia, sulphate
of ...... .... 101
Fertilizer compounds,
dry $ ....... 30,226
Potash (fertilizer).. 289
Potash, muriate of. 3,074
Potash, sulphate of. 181
All other .....
Newsprint paper...... 535
Printing paper ... 3,286
Alcohol, denatured or
wood ... ........ 1,451
Sulphuric acid........ 872
Explosives ......... 178
Cartridges .. 178
Cotton cloth and cot-
ton fabrics t ..... '571
Canvas ............ 14
Cloth .............. 87
Fabric ........... 16
Piece goods......... 433
Yarn ............ 11
All other .......... 10
Bagging and bags.... *1,381
Bags, jute ......... 911
Burlap ........... 92
All other . . 378
Canned food productqt *45,745
Catsup .. 8
Fish
Salmon .......... 754
Sardines ......... 1,621
Fruits
Apricots ......... 282
Cherries ......... 1
Cocktails, fruit... 129
Oli es .......... 39
Peaches ......... 764
Pears ........... 109
Plums .......... 3
Prunes ........ 6
All other........ 52
Jams, jAlies, pre-
serves .......... 2,411
Milk.
Evaporated ...... 9,309
Canned .......... 3,F66
Condensed ....... 6,195
Powdered, flaked. 1,756
Peanut butter ...... 612
Pickles .......... 8
Pork and beans..... 442
Sauces ............ 121
Soups ............. 3
Tomato juice....... 1,365
Vegetables
Asparagus ....... 27
Beans ........... 2
Beets ............ . 14
Corn ............ 38
Peas ............ 269
Spinach ......... 3
All other vegeta-
bles .... ....... 664
All other foods t
(canned) ........ 15,072
Paints in oil and var-
nishes .......... *313
Asphaltum varnish.. 15
All other .. ....... 298
Paper, wrapping 2,272
Paperboard, pulpboard
and wallboard.... *1,315
Cardboard ......... 111
Pulpboard ........ 60
Wallboard (paper).. 1,183
Building paper and
roofing material ... '5,208
Roofing composition 5,169
Shingles, asphalt ... 39
Soap and W a s h i ng
compounds ........ "1,170
Soapt ............ 1,170
Glass, Flat, Window.. 231
Glass, Bottles........ 3,365
Manufactures and mis-
cellaneous ....... '363,799
Ac i d s, except sul-
phuric .. ... 37
Airplanes and parts 88
Antimony metal .. 3
Batteries and parts. 59
Blankets ......... 20
Boats and parts t.. 4,515
Dolts, iron and steel 88
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