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BULLETIN 410, TJ. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table XXI. — Average annual consumption of fuel and oil per family; percentage of fuel 

 bought and furnished by farm (950 families). 





Coal. 



"Wood. 



Total fuel. 



Oil. 



Location of regions in whicli 

 study was made (coimty 

 and State). 



Tons. 



Value. 



Cords. 



Value. 



Value. 



Bought. 



Fur- 

 nished 



farm. 



Gal- 

 Ions. 



Value. 



Oxford, Me 



0.9 



.1 



2.5 



4.9 

 4.7 



S6.39 

 1.01 

 16.00 

 26.90 

 30.69 



13.5 

 14.3 

 12.3 

 6.2 

 5.6 

 14.0 

 17.8 

 6.1 

 12.0 

 7.5 

 4.8 

 4.9 

 5.6 

 7.4 



846.40 

 65.40 

 54.80 

 19.00 

 20.91 

 43.58 

 51.60 

 19.30 

 32.50 

 38.80 

 22.40 

 12.20 

 38.75 

 42.58 



$52.79 

 66.41 

 70.80 

 45.90 

 51.60 

 43.58 

 51.60 

 36.65 

 56.20 

 59.50 

 159.77 

 2 31.00 

 100.75 

 45.42 



Per ct. 



74 

 4 

 24 

 61 

 70 

 4 



89" 



46 

 40 

 49 

 42 

 83 

 56 



Per ct. 

 26 

 96 



76 

 39 

 30 

 96 

 100 

 11 

 54 

 60 

 51 

 58 

 17 

 44 



63.0 

 39.0 

 66.6 

 63.0 

 92.0 

 22.0 

 34.5 

 55.4 

 50.0 

 46.7 

 56.0 

 81.4 

 61.3 

 53.0 



$7.56 



Lamoille, Vt 



4.61 



Otsego, N.Y 



5.79 



Bucks, Pa 



6.37 



Gloucester, N. J 



9.20 



Gaston, N.C 



3.10 



Troup, Ga 







5.18 



MnT.p.nnaTij Tot 



2.0 

 5.7 

 3.0 

 3.9 

 1.4 

 3 6.8 

 .3 



17.35 

 23.70 

 20.70 

 29.57 

 12.70 

 62.00 

 2.84 



7.58 



Champaign, OMo 



4.88 



Jefferson, Wis 



5.78 



Montgomery, Iowa 



6.92 



Cloud, Kans 



7.21 



Cass, N. Dak 



7.97 



Santa Clara, Cal 



6.36 







Average, all families. . . 



2.6 



17.85 



9.4 



36.30 



55.14 



46 



54 



55.3 



6.33 



1 Includes S7.80 worth of cobs. 



2 Includes S6.10 worth of cobs. 



3 3.7 tons hard coal and 3.1 tons soft coal. 



The consumption of wood per family and per person is shown 

 in Table XXII. The average quafitity of wood used per family is 

 9.4 cords. The farm supphed, on an average, 8.2 cords and 1.2 

 cords were bought. The farm thus furnishes 87 per cent of the 

 wood used for the famihes visited. The farm wood lot, the orchard, 

 and scattered trees on the farm furnish the wood for the wood stove. 



Table XXII. — Annual consumption of wood per family and per person {950 families). 



Location of regions ia which study was made (county and 

 State). 



Consumption per family. 



Bought. 



Fur- 

 nished by 

 farm 



Con- 

 sumption 



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 



Montgomer J', Iowa 



Cloud, Kans 



Cass, N. Dak 



Santa Clara, Cal 



Average, aU families 



Cords 

 13. 

 14. 

 12. 



6. 



5. 

 14. 



Cords 

 0. 



17.8 





6.1 



4.8 1 



12.0 



.7 



7.5 



.6 



4.8 





4.9 



.1 



5.6 



3.1 



7.4 



3.9 



Cords. 

 12. 

 13. 

 12. 



5. 



4. 

 13. 

 17. 



1. 

 11. 



6. 



4. 



4. 



2. 



3. 



Cords. 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 3.1 

 1.2 

 1.2 

 3.1 

 3.3 

 1.1 

 2.9 

 1.1 

 1.7 

 1.1 

 .9 

 1.5 



1.2 



2.0 



