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BULLETIN 410, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XIII. — Relation of the relative quantity of groceries consumed to that of other 

 classes of food and the total consumption of food. 



NEW JEKSEY. 





Num- 

 ber of 

 fami- 

 lies. 



Aver- 

 age 

 size 



family. 



Average percentage ol total consumption. 



Total 



Groceries, per 

 cent of total. 



Gro- 

 ceries. 



Fruits. 



Vege- 

 tables. 



Meat 

 prod- 

 ucts. 



Poultry 

 prod- 

 ucts. 



Dairy 

 prod- 

 ucts. 



Fur- 

 nished 



by 



farm. 



Bought. 



sump- 

 tion 

 per 



person. 



20 and less 



21 to 28 



29 and over... 



32 

 55 

 39 



4.7 

 4.8 

 4.5 



17.9 

 24.9 

 32.5 



4.8 

 5.2 

 5.2 



12.5 

 13.2 

 12.3 



40.9 

 32.5 

 27.2 



11.2 

 9.7 

 9.8 



12.7 

 14.5 

 13.0 



49 

 49 

 42 



51 

 51 

 58 



$133. 44 

 122. 60 

 105.59 



MAINE. 



24 and less 



25 to 30 



31 and over... 



56 



4.2 



20.9 



7.3 



9.4 



59 



4.8 



27.3 



7.4 



10.2 



33 



4.2 



34.1 



6.6 



10.4 



25.8 

 24.4 

 19.9 



11.2 



25.1 



50 



50 



9.2 



21.3 



47 



53 



7.7 



21.1 



40 



60 



89.56 

 80.84 



SIZE OF FAMILY AND FOOD PER PERSON. 



The number of persons in the family bears a direct relation to the 

 value of food consumed per person. Table XIV shows that this 

 variation is not limited to the total consumption, but applies also to 

 the quantity bought and that furnished by the farm. The families 

 were divided into three groups, the first group consisting of families 

 of 2 and 3 persons, the second of families of 4 and 5 persons, and the 

 third of famiUes of 6 persons and more. The value of total consump- 

 tion per person for the first group averages $114; for the second 

 group, $96; and for the third, $84. The values of supphes bought 

 per person for those groups in the same order average $49, $40, and 

 $35, and the values of food furnished by farm are $65, $56, and $49, 

 respectively. The relative value bought and furnished, however, 

 does not vary in the dififerent groups; that is, the percentage of the 

 total consumption bought and furnished by the farm is about the 

 same for large families as for small families. The value of the con- 

 sumption of the different classes of food is also relatively the same, 

 indicating that there is more economical utilization of food products 

 in large families than in small families. 



