UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BULLETIN No. 410 



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OFFICE OP THE SECRETARY 



Contribution from Office of Farm Management 



W. J. SpUlman, Chief 



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Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



November 11, 1916 



VALUE TO FARM FAMILIES OF FOOD, FUEL, AND 



USE OF HOUSE. 



By W. C. Funk, Scientific Assistant. 



CONTENTS. 



Facts brought out 1 



Sources of data 2 



Regions studied 3 



The farmer's iucome 4 



The farmer's living 4 



Food 7 



Fuel 29 



Use of house on the farm 31 



The size of the house 32 



Household labor 33 



Value of board on the farm 34 



The aim of this bulletin is to determine the value of those things 

 which the farm furnishes to the farm family without money cost, 

 namely, the use of a 



house, food, and fuel. 

 To this end data were 

 seciu-ed from nearly 

 1,000 families, repre- 

 senting widely sepa- 

 rated sections in 14 

 States. Figures were 

 gathered covering the 

 value of all food, fuel, 

 and shelter, itemized 

 to show what part 

 was bought and what 

 part was furnished by 

 the farm. Data also were collected bearing on the value of house- 

 hold labor on the farm, 



FACTS BROUGHT OUT. 



Following is a brief summary of the more significant averages 

 estabUshed by this inquiry. The figures given are based on reports 

 from 950 f amiUes, averaging 4.8 persons per family. 



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Fig. 1.— Map of United States, showing locations of areas studied. 



