BULLETIN 410, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 

 Table IV. — Average annual value of the food of 930 farm families. 



Coimty and State. 



Number 

 of fami- 

 lies. 



Food consumed per family. 



Bought. 



Furnished 

 by farm 



Total. 



Per cent of food 

 consumed. 



Bought. 



Furnished 

 by farm. 



Total 

 consump- 

 tion per 

 person. 



Oxford, Me 



Lamoille, Vt 



Otsego, N. Y 



Bucks, Pa 



Gloucester N. J... 



Gaston, N. C 



Troup, Ga 



McLennan, Tex. . . 

 Champaign, Ohio. . 



Jefferson, Wis 



Montgomery, Iowa 



Cloud, Kans 



Cass, N. Dak 



Santa Clara, Cal... 



All families.. 



148 

 49 

 53 

 43 



126 

 55 

 50 

 44 

 44 

 51 

 46 

 46 



109 

 84 



S198. 55 

 169. 17 

 186. 71 

 190. 32 

 297. 41 

 71.28 

 104. 43 

 213.47 

 124.98 

 143. 25 

 146.43 

 157. 41 

 279. 28 

 323. 51 



S224. 87 

 192. 43 

 189. 60 

 201. 69 

 264. 94 

 330. 65 

 376.03 

 275. 62 

 248. 28 

 209.44 

 297. 28 

 292.48 

 384.95 

 176. 40 



S423. 42 

 361. 60 

 376. 31 

 392. 01 

 562. 35 

 401. 93 

 480. 46 

 489.09 

 373. 26 

 352. 69 

 443. 71 

 449. 89 

 664. 23 

 499. 91 



53.2 

 46.8 

 49.6 

 48.6 

 52.9 

 17.7 

 21.7 

 43.6 

 33.5 

 40.6 

 33.0 

 35.0 

 42.0 

 64.7 



186. 16 



261. 76 



447. 92 



41.6 



46.8 

 53.2 

 50.4 

 51.4 

 47.1 

 82.3 

 78.3 

 66.4 

 66.5 

 59.4 

 67.0 

 65.0 

 58.0 

 35.3 



58.4 



75.34 

 94.08 

 75.40 



120. 26 

 89.32 

 88.97 

 92.30 

 91.07 

 80.16 



105. 67 

 99.97 



107. 03 



101. .57 



94,00 



CLASSES OF FOOD. 



The different items of food. used fall naturally into certain groups. 

 In order to facilitate the discussion, the different articles of food 

 have been divided into four classes, namely, groceries, animal products, 

 fruits, and vegetables. 



Groceries do not include all articles bought, but only those most 

 generally bought, such as coffee, flour, sugar, bread, sirups, soda, etc. 

 In this class are also included lemons, oranges, bananas, and raisins. 

 The farmer naturally associates these with grocery items, and on 

 most farms they really do not take the place of other fruits. 



Animal products include all meats, eggs, butter, milk, cream, lard, 

 cheese, and honey. 



Fruits include all fruits, fresh, dried, and canned, except those 

 listed under groceries. 



Vegetables include aU vegetables, fresh, dried, and canned. 



Table V shows the relative importance of the different classes of 

 foods for the different areas, animal products bemg easily the most 

 important in value with 57.8 per cent of the total, followed by gro- 

 ceries with 24.8 per cent, vegetables 11 per cent, and fruits 6.4 per 

 cent. 



The last three classes may be termed the farm products group. 

 They include those items of food which are distinctly farm products. 

 They constitute approximately 75 per cent of the total value of the 

 food consumed. Instead of 75 per cent of the food consumed being 

 furnished by the farm, however, we find only 58 per cent of it is 

 furnished (see Table IV) , showing that nearly one-fourth of the farm 

 products consumed by farm families are bought rather than taken 

 from the home farm. It is not intended to imply by this statement 

 that all should be raised. The most important articles bought in 

 this group are meat and butter. The meat bill could, no doubt, be 



