2 6 BULLETIN 410^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTITEE. 



Table XVIII. — Average annual consumption of various articles of food {950 families). 



Articles and units. 



Average of 150 families visited in 

 three Southern States. 



Quantities con- 

 sumed. 



Per 

 person. 



Per 

 family. 



Percentage of 

 total. 



Bought. 



Fur- 

 nished 

 by farm. 



Average of 800 families visited in 11 

 Northern and Western States. 



Quantities con- 

 sumed. 



Per 

 person. 



Per 

 family. 



Percentage of 

 total. 



Bought. 



Fur- 

 nished 

 by farm. 



Groceries: 



Bananas dozen.. 



Bread bought... pounds. . 



Buckwheat do 



Cocoa do 



CoCee do 



Corn meal do 



Flour do 



Graham flour do 



Lemons dozen. . 



Oatmeal pounds . . 



Other cereals do 



Oranges dozen.. 



Raisins pounds. . 



JRice do 



Salt do.... 



Sirups gallons. , 



Sugar pounds. . 



Tea do... 



Meat products: 



Beef do 



Fish do... 



Lard bought do 



Pork do... 



Poultry produc ts: 



Poultry do 



Eggs dozen. , 



Dairy products: 



Butter pounds. . 



Buttermilk quarts . 



Cheese pounds. , 



Cream quarts. , 



Milk do... 



Honey pounds . 



Fruits: 



Apples bushels. 



Berries quarts. 



Cherries do 



Grapes pounds. 



Peaches do 



Pears do 



Pineapples number. 



Plums pounds- 

 Vegetables: 



Beans pecks. 



Beets do 



Cabbage heads. 



Carrots pecks. 



Cucumbers do . . . 



Melons number. 



Onions pecks. 



Peas do 



Potatoes, Irish.. bushels. 

 Potatoes, sweet .pounds. 



Squash do 



Sweet corn dozen. 



Tomatoes pecks. 



Turnips do... 



1.3 

 4.5 



6.5 

 23.9 



.3 



7.7 



97.9 



250.3 



1.7 



39.0 



502.1 



1,253.4 



.5 

 3.8 



.8 



.6 

 3.2 

 5.7 

 4.4 

 3.0 

 60.3 



.3 



16.1 



1.5 



2.9 



132.1 



58.0 

 30.8 



45.6 



388.6 



1.0 



2.6 

 20.0 



3.9 



3.3 

 16.7 

 28.9 

 22.5 

 15.6 

 305.5 



1.4 



83.8 



7.6 



15.3 



672.9 



296.8 

 157.2 



233.1 



1,984.1 



5.3 



1.8 

 15.4 



331.1 

 9.3 



8.7 

 72.7 



5.7 

 90.4 

 15.3 



25.5 



457.7 



73.3 



4.0 



.6 



13.3 



20.2 

 2.9 

 64.5 



.1 



11.7 



1.7 



1.5 



2.0 



195.6 



.5 



58.7 

 8.3 

 7.8 



10.2 

 994.7 



7.1 

 4.4 

 4.3 



35.0 

 21.9 



22.8 



100 

 100 



100 

 100 

 41 

 90 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 66 

 100 

 100 



75 

 100 

 100 



7 



93 



34 



93 



100 

 100 



100 

 100 



7 



67 



100 



74 

 97 

 71 



100 

 100 

 87 

 62 

 79 

 66 



3.0 



41.6 

 4.9 

 1.1 

 8.2 



10.9 



195.1 



2.0 



1.4 



15.4 

 5.2 

 2.0 

 5.4 

 4.6 



12.5 

 1.8 



86.8 

 1.5 



59.5 



10.8 



5.5 



114.3 



45.4 

 33.6 



.30.6 



3.9 



6.6 



196.9 



1.3 



3.0 

 10.6 

 7.4 

 5.9 

 21.8 

 11.2 

 1.1 

 5.4 



2.7 

 .7 



11.1 

 .2 

 1.2 

 6.5 

 1.2 

 1.2 

 7.1 



22.0 

 3.8 

 5.5 

 3.7 

 1.6 



13.8 

 194.8 

 21.1 



5.7 



38.4 



50.4 



913.2 



10.2 



6.4 

 69.7 

 23.8 



9.3 

 24.8 

 21.8 

 60.4 



8.2 

 402.5 



7.4 



283.9 

 51.7 

 26.2 



536.8 



207.1 

 156.8 



143.4 



100 





100 





56 

 100 



44 



100 





89 

 93 

 100 



11 



7 



97 

 100 



3 



100 





98 

 100 



2 



100 





100 





86 

 100 



14 



100 





54 

 100 



46 



100 





17 



83 

 100 



18.5 



32.6 



917.5 



6.0 



13.7 

 48.4 

 33.5 

 27.3 

 103.2 

 54.7 

 5.2 

 26.8 



12.4 

 3.5 



51.4 



.9 



5.6 



30.6 

 5.8 

 5.4 



33.5 

 103.2 



17.7 



26.2 



21.3 

 7.1 



81 

 2 

 3 



59 



28 

 36 

 27 

 38 

 74 

 45 

 100 

 46 



28 

 12 

 26 



54 



72 

 88 

 74 

 100 

 91 

 67 

 57 

 80 

 86 

 15 



82 



RELATIVE CONSUMPTION OF FOOD BY FAMILIES ON OWNED AND RENTED FARMS. 



For all areas where the niunber of tenants was sufficient to 

 warrant the division, the famihes were divided into two groups, 

 those 'living on their owm farms and those renting farms. Table 

 XIX shows figures for these divisions, givuig the average size of 



