VALUE OF FOOD^ FUEL, AND USE OF HOUSE. 



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family, the average consumption of food per person, and the per- 

 centage of the food bought and furnished by the farm. There seems 

 to be a shght tendency for the owner famihes to be larger than the 

 tenant families, though it is not sufficiently marked to warrant fur- 

 ther mention of it, the average of the 601 owner families visited being 

 4.8 persons and that of the tenant families 4.7 persons. 



The difference between the two groups in the consumption of food 

 per person is more pronounced. With the exception of the Maine 

 and Iowa areas, the owner famihes use more food per person than 

 the famihes renting farms. The average consumption per person of 

 all the famihes living on their own farms is $100.60 and that of the 

 tenant famihes is $90.57, a difference of $10 per person and $48 per 

 family. The reason for this difference is probably, in part, that the 

 owner famihes are as a class better off than the tenant families. 



The tenants seem to buy a slightly greater proportion of their food 

 than do the owners. This fact does not hold true in aU the areas, 

 but the average for the 11 areas studied shows that the owner fami- 

 hes buy 40 per cent of the food they use and the tenants about 43 

 per cent. This shght variation may not have any significance, but 

 it is probably true that for a series of years the fruit trees and gardens 

 on the average tenant farm do not receive the attention they do on 

 the farms operated by owners. The tenant's first care is his rent, 

 and he may devote more time to his crops and live stock than to the 

 farm food products for family use. 



Table XIX. — Comparison of food used on ownea and on rented farms, showing part 

 bought and part furnished by the farm. 



County and State. 



Tenure. 



Number 

 of fami- 

 lies. 



Average 

 size of 

 family. 



Total 

 consump' 

 tion per 

 person. 



Percentage of total 

 food- 



Bought. 



Fur- 

 nished by 

 farm. 



Oxford, Me 



Otsego, N.Y 



Gloucester, N. J — 



Gaston, N.C 



Troup, Ga 



McLennan, Tex 



Champaign, Ohio. . 

 Montgomery, Iowa. 



Cloud, Kaas 



Cass, N. Dak 



Santa Clara, Cal 



Allfamilies. 



!0\vners . 

 Tenants. 

 O^vners . 

 Tenants. 

 rOwners. 

 \Tenants. 

 /Owners, 

 t Tenants. 



Owners . 



Tenants. 



Owners . 



Tenants. 



Owners. 



Tenants. 



Owners . 



Tenants. 



Owners. 



Tenants. 

 /Owners. 

 I Tenants. 

 /Owners. 

 (Tenants. 



/Owners. 

 ITenants. 



139 

 9 

 45 

 10 

 94 

 32 

 44 

 11 

 30 

 14 

 21 

 23 

 25 

 19 

 32 

 14 

 29 

 17 

 71 

 38 

 65 

 19 



601 

 206 



4.5 

 3.0 

 4.0 

 4.0 

 4.4 

 5.5 

 4.4 

 4.9 

 5.7 

 4.9 

 5.7 

 5.4 

 4.0 

 4.2 

 4.5 

 3.5 

 4.4 

 4.7 

 0.5 

 5.7 

 4.9 

 5.1 



594. 72 

 97.87 

 93.95 

 93.24 



122. 50 

 73.13 

 93.80 

 71.81 

 89.82 

 84.22 

 93.88 

 83. 70 

 92.39 

 90. 93 

 102. 71 

 111.30 



103. 73 

 92.90 



109. 85 

 101.08 

 103. 27 

 95.97 



4.8 

 4.7 



100.60 

 90.57 



52.6 

 62.2 

 49.2 

 49.8 

 51.9 

 55.4 

 10.3 

 24.3 

 20.6 

 25.2 

 43.6 

 43.7 

 33.0 

 34.2 

 32.2 

 35.4 

 35.5 

 34.1 

 41.5 

 43.4 

 04.7 

 04.8 



40.1 

 42.9 



47.4 

 37.8 

 50.8 

 50.2 

 48.1 

 44.6 

 83.7 

 75.7 

 79.4 

 74.8 

 56.4 

 50.3 

 67.0 

 65.8 

 67.8 

 64.6 

 64.5 

 65.9 

 68.5 

 56.6 

 35.3 

 35.2 



59.9 

 57.1 



