Oleomargarine comes from coconut oil fat, an industry which has developed considerably in Denmark and Germany and also in the United States. Copra, or coprax--Other by-products.--Copra, or coprax as it is sometimes called, is the dried meat of the ripe coconut. It is obtained by breaking the nut into halves and drying them in the sun or artificially in kilns until the nut-meat is separated from the shell. The exportation of coconut oil from the Philippines since 1913 is shown in the following table: COCONUT OIL EXPORTED, 1913-1922 --------------+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------- | To all countries | To the United States +------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+----------+---------- | | | | | | | Year ended | Quantity | Value | Average |Percentage| Quantity | Value |Percentage December 31-- | | |value per| of total | | | of total | | | 1,000 | export | | | coconut | | | kilos | | | | oil --------------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+----------+---------- | Kilos | Pesos | Pesos | | Kilos | Pesos | | | | | | | | 1913 | 5,010,429| 2,292,678| 457.58 | 2.40 | 4,805,384| 2,190,876| 96.56 1914 | 11,943,329| 5,238,366| 438.60 | 5.38 | 11,896,975| 5,214,326| 99.54 1915 | 13,464,169| 5,641,003| 418.96 | 5.24 | 13,367,932| 5,609,263| 99.44 1916 | 16,091,169| 7,851,469| 487.94 | 5.61 | 15,307,429| 7,388,748| 94.11 1917 | 45,198,415| 22,818,294| 504.85 | 11.93 | 45,045,690|22,755,319| 99.72 1918 | 115,280,847| 63,328,317| 549.33 | 23.42 |113,524,729|62,198,528| 98.22 1919 | 139,942,612| 73,719,504| 526.78 | 32.59 | 85,376,904|45,797,329| 62.12 1920 | 77,571,405| 46,537,773| 599.93 | 15.40 | 71,944,801|43,366,086| 93.18 1921 | 90,292,242| 32,103,036| 355.55 | 18.22 | 80,504,458|27,907,379| 86.98 1922 | 107,208,191| 31,468,971| 293.63 | 16.46 |106,645,477|31,288,505| 99.43 --------------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+-----------+----------+---------- [Copra meal] Another by-product of the coconut oil is known as copra meal. It is the meal remaining after most of the oil has been expressed. This is used as cattle feed in Germany and Denmark. [Soap]