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BULLETIN 1382, tT. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 2j-^Averupe expenditures per family for the different groups of items for 
the year ended December 81, HW-K as shown by value of materials furnished 
by the farm and materials purchased; 861 farm families of selected localities 
of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas 
All families (861) 
Owner families (411) 
Item 
Fur- 
nished 
Pur- 
chased 
Total 
Fur- 
nished 
Pur- 
chased 
Total 
$383. 80 
$248. 00 
254. 70 
2.00 
28.50 
158. 00 
67.00 
84.30 
16.70 
36.90 
3.10 
$631. 80 
254. 70 
139. 90 
28.50 
172. 90 
67. 00 
84.30 
16.90 
36. 90 
3.10 
$427. 60 
$224. 30 
283. 90 
.40 
33.40 
192. 30 
75.00 
130. 10 
16.90 
44.70 
2.70 
$651. 90 
Clothing . . _ 
283. 90 
137. 90 
184. 90 
185. 30 
Furniture and furnishings 
33.40 
14.90 
18.60 
210.90 
Maintenance of health 
75.00 
130. 10 
.20 
.20 
17. 10 
44.70 
2.70 
Total 
536.80 
899. 20 
1, 436. 00 
631. 30 
1,003.70 
1, 635. 00 
Tenant families 
(321) 
Cropper families (129) 
Item 
Fur- 
nished 
Pur- 
chased 
Total 
Fur- 
nished 
Pur- 
chased 
Total 
$387.00 
$272. 20 
246. 80 
4.40 
26. 60 
147. 90 
66.50 
51.10 
18.20 
36. 90 
3.50 
$659. 20 
246. 80 
109. 80 
26.60 
159. 10 
86. 50 
51. 10 
18.30 
36.90 
3.50 
$235. 80 
$263. SO 
181. 10 
.80 
17.70 
7a 20 
42.70 
21.20 
12. 50 
12.20 
3.30 
$499. 60 
Clothing 
181. 10 
105. 40 
69.30 
70. 10 
17.70 
11.20 
13.00 
86. 20 
42.70 
21.20 
Personal 
.10 
.30 
12.80 
12.20 
3.30 
Total 
503.70 
874. 10 
1, 377. 80 
318. 40 
628. 50 
946. 90 
EXPENDITURES AND GOODS USED 
TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR ALL PURPOSES 
The averages of all expenditures for all families by tenure groups 
is given in Table 2. Of the total value of goods used, $1,436, 37.4 
per cent, or $536.80, were furnished by the farm and 62. G per cent 
or $899.20 were provided by direct purchase. 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE AVERAGE EXPENDITURES AMONG THE VARIOUS GROUPS 
OF ARTICLES USED 
The proportion that the average expenditure for each of the sev- 
eral groups of. articles is of the total expenditures appears in Table 3. 
These proportions are determined from the average expenditures for 
the different groups of articles as given in Table 2. 
Expenditures for food cover 4-1 per cent of all expenditures for 
all purposes. Expenditures for clothing, constituting 17.7 per 
cent of all expenditures, are about two-fifths as large as expendi- 
tures for food. Operating costs, comprising 12 per cent of all ex- 
penditures, are less than one-third of the expenditures for food. 
About one-third of the operating costs, $53.80, is for fuel, over one- 
fourth of which, $14.90 worth, is furnished by the farm. Rental 
charge for use of the house is about one-fifth of the expenditures 
for food. Houses represented by this rental charge average 5.3 
