2 BULLETIN" 410^ U. S. DEPABTMEIvrT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Annual value of food, fuel, and use ofhou^e^'— 



A j: -1 <^„,o[F^iriiishedbYfarm.. $424 (66 per cent). 

 Average per family, I642{g^^gj^^ 218 (34 per cent). 



Annual value of food — 



[Animal products. 58 per cent 



Groceries 25 per cent 



Vegetables 11 per cent 



Fruits 6 per cent 



From farm . . 58 per cent. 

 Bought 42 per cent. 



Average per family, $448 . 



Annual value of fuel — 



fWood (9.4 cords).. $36,801.^ , 

 Average perfaonily, $62. Coal (2.6 tons).... 17.85 ^'^^Jf^"^" ' l\ "^'^ ^^^ " 



loil (55 gallons)... 6.33^^^"^* 46 per cent. 



Annual value of use of house — 

 Average per family, $132. 

 Annual value of housework — • 



fFxirnislied by family. . $217 (95 per cent). 



Average per family, *z,^o-iT-r. , m /r a.\ 



" ^ -^ [Hired 11 (5 per cent). 



It was found that the average annual value of meats (other than 

 poultry) consumed per family was $107.25; of poultry products, 

 $55.40; and of dau-y products, $98.36. (The quantity of dairy prod- 

 ucts consumed was equivalent to 2,640 quarts of milk.) 



Meats constitute the most important group of foods. As it 

 increases relative to the other gTOups the total value of food con- 

 sumed per family increases. Those famihes having a relatively 

 greater consumption of either groceries, vegetables, or dairy products 

 use relatively less meats, and their total consumption of food is less 

 in value. 



Families Hving on their own farms reported higher consumption of 

 food and a larger proportion of food derived directly from the farm 

 than did those hving on rented farms. 



The avrerage quantity of fruit canned annually per family was 122 

 quarts; of vegetables, 32 quarts. 



The cost of board (as of hired hands) in food, fuel, and housework 

 was shown to be $129 per year. Thirty-one per cent of this repre- 

 sents cash outlay. 



SOURCES OF DATA. 



The data presented in this bulletin were collected during the 

 summers of 1913 and 1914. The results of the 1913 study have been 

 pubhshed in Farmers' Bulletin 635, What the Farm Contributes 

 Directly to the Farmer's Living. In that study records were taken 

 from 483 farm families distributed over 10 areas in as many States. 

 Four additional areas were visited during the summer of 1914, A 

 greater number of families per area were visited in this study than in 

 that of 1913, thus permitting more detailed analysis of the data. The 

 data from all areas are included in the tables only where the number 

 of records were sufficient to do justice to the study. 



