VALUE OF FOOD, FUEL, AND USE OF HOUSE. 



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Table XXVI. — Average annual value of food, fuel, and household labor per person 

 chargeable to the cost of board on the farm {950 families). 



Location of regions in which study was 

 made (county and State). 



Average value per person. 



Food. 



Fuel. 



House 

 labor. 



Total cost of board 

 per person. 



Annual. 



Monthly, 



Percent- 

 age paid 

 out in 

 cash. 



Oxford, Me 



LamoUle, Vt 



Otsego, N.Y 



Bucts, 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 



Average, all families 



$95 

 75 

 94 

 75 



120 



92 

 91 

 80 

 106 

 100 

 107 

 103 



$32 

 23 

 34 

 25 

 38 

 20 

 15 

 25 

 29 

 32 

 38 

 35 

 32 

 36 



$132 

 104 

 135 

 104 

 162 

 113 

 108 

 120 

 125 

 117 

 150 

 138 

 145 

 142 



$11. 00 

 8.67 

 11.25 

 8.67 

 13.50 

 9.41 

 9.00 

 10.00 

 10.42 

 9.75 

 12.50 

 11.50 

 12.08 

 11.83 



30 



129 



10.68 



A very interesting fact brought out in Table XXVI is the propor- 

 tion of the cost of board actually paid out in cash. This percentage 

 varies from 15 to 49. The proportion is about one-third in the eastern 

 sections studied, about one-fourth in the corn-belt States areas, and 

 still less in the southern areas. This amount paid out is the fact which 

 most vitally interests the farmer. 



Interesting facts are brought out in this connection relative to total 

 hired help boarded. For example, in New Jersey hired help averaged 

 0.6 person per family; in Maine, 0.4; in North Dakota, 1.1; and in 

 California 0.3. In other words, in New Jersey the average family 

 boarded 1 man for 7 months ; in Maine, 1 man for 5 months ; in North 

 Dakota, 1 man for 13 months; and in CaHfomia 1 man for 4 months. 



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