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BULLETIN 410, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



It is interesting to note here the average distance the farmer has 

 to go to buy his groceries. The average distance to town for the 

 farmers visited in New Jersey was 1.9 miles; in Maine. 2.4 miles; in 

 North Dakota, 4.5 miles; and in California. 3 miles 



ANIMAL PRODUCTS. 



This group of food items constitutes 57.8 per cent of the total 

 value of food consumed by the families visited. In none of the 

 sections visited does this group furnish less than 50 per cent of the 

 total food used, and in the North Dakota area it amounted to 63.6 

 per cent of the total. There is a variation of less than 10 per cent 

 in the different areas for this group, indicating that this class of food 

 is the most nearly indispensable. It is interesting to note, however, 

 that the percentage furnished by the farm for this group varies from 

 46.1 to 97.3 per cent, the average for all sections being 76.6, as is 

 shown in Table VI. The farm unquestionably should furnish the 

 major part of the food products for this group. 



Table VI. — Proportion of value of groceries, animal products, fruits, and vegetables 

 bought and furnished by farm (950 families). 



Location of regions in which 

 study was made (county 

 and State). 



Groceries. 



Bought. 



Fur- 

 nished 



by 



farm. 



Animal products. 



Bought. 



Fur- 

 nished 



by 



farm. 



Fruits. 



Bought. 



Fur- 

 nished 



by 



farm. 



Vegetables. 



Bought. 



Fur- 

 nished 



by 



farm. 



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 



Per cent. 



100.0 

 92.8 

 96.0 

 97.8 



100.0 

 76.0 

 89.7 

 98.7 

 97.0 

 98.7 

 98.4 

 99.2 



100.0 

 96.1 



Per cent. 



7.2 

 4.0 

 2.2 



24.0 

 10.3 

 1.3 

 3.0 

 1.3 

 1.6 



Per cent. 

 42.2 

 27.6 

 36.6 

 33.2 

 44.6 



2.7 



5.7 

 14.2 



8.4 

 2L2 



4.3 

 10.9 

 21.8 

 53.9 



Per cent. 

 57.8 

 72.4 

 63.4 

 66. « 

 55.4 

 97.3 

 94.3 

 85.8 

 9L6 

 78.8 

 95.7 

 89.1 

 78.2 

 46.1 



Per 



cent. 

 22.4 

 23.6 

 25.1 

 25.2 

 35.4 

 2.0 

 10.9 

 98.9 

 38.2 

 26.8 

 44.5 

 38.6 

 84.2 

 38.2 



Per cent. 

 77.6 

 76.4 

 74.9 

 74.8 

 64.6 

 98.0 

 89.1 

 1.1 

 6L8 

 73.2 

 55.5 

 6L4 

 15.8 

 61.8 



Per cent. 



15.7 



16.3 



12.3 



15.4 



5.3 



3.9 



1.0 



66.1 



16.2 



6.3 



27.0 



27.6 



4.5 



70.9 



Per cent. 

 84.3 

 83.7 

 87.7 

 84.6 

 94.7 

 98.1 

 99.0 

 33.9 

 83.8 

 93.7 

 73.0 

 72.4 

 95.5 

 29.1 



Average, all families ... 95. 7 



4.3 



23.4 



76.6 



36.7 



63.3 



20.6 



79.4 



In Table VII this group is divided into three divisions, namely, 

 meat products, dairy products, and poultry products, giving the 

 average value of the amount consumed annually per person and 

 per family. The table shows that the dairy products used, which 

 include cream, milk, butter, and cheese, run slightly less in value 

 than the meat products, which include beef, pork, mutton, lard, 

 and fish. The poultry products consumed amount to about one- 

 half as much as either of the other two groups. Practically none 

 of the poultry products is bought and only 14 per cent of the dairy 

 products; but one- third of the meat consumed is bought. 



