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Table 34. — Replies to the question: How do you purchase meat? 
Total 
number 
of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
Group 
House- 
wife 
personally 
Phone 
orders 
Husband 
buys 
Children 
Servants 
Various 
American white: 
700 
732 
745 
533 
68.8 
65.7 
53.0 
37.1 
4.4 
16.0 
34.1 
52.7 
12.3 
10.4 
8.5 
3.6 
10.9 
4.9 
1.3 
.2 
0.3 
3.3 
3 
Middle class 1 ... 
.5 
4.3 
2.6 
2.1 
Wealthy class 2 , 
Total American white 
2,710 
57.4 
25.2 
9.0 
4.5 
1.1 
2.8 
Colored: 
Poor class. 
202 
197 
50 
45 
50 
150 
226 
61 
150 
50 
149 
70.8 
74.6 
88.0 
82.2 
42.0 
70.0 
73.4 
78.7 
88.0 
42.0 
54.4 
1.0 
1.0 
12.0 
4.4 
32.0 
10.0 
1.8 
14.8 
.7 
20.0 
20.1 
15.3 
13.2 
10.9 
6.6 
.5 
.5 
Middle class. 
4 1 
Foreign: 
English 3 
Finnish 
8.9 
6.0 
4.7 
11.7 
1.6 
4.5 
2.0 
14.0 
8.8 
4.9 
8.6 
26.0 
2.0 
French , ... 
6.0 
12.0 
German 
1 3 
Italian 4 . 
4. 9 
Jewish 6 
Polish 15 
2.7 
Russian 
6.0 
22.8 
6.0 
.7 
1 Replies from 15 cities, Philadelphia not included. 
'Replies from 12 cities, Blnghamton, Birmingham, Denver, Fargo, Grand Forks, Lincoln, Minneapolis, 
New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Washington, 
e Replies from Pittsburgh. 
4 Replies from Baltimore, Binghamton, Denver, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco. 
5 Replies from Baltimore, Binghamton, and Pittsburgh. 
Table 35. — Replies by cities to the question: How do you purchase meat? 
[Middle class and well-to-do class American white replies combined] 
Total 
number 
of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
City 
House- 
wife per- 
sonally 
Phone 
orders 
H" b sban4 hlldren 
Servants 
Various 
94 
89 
99 
97 
100 
101 
99 
100 
100 
103 
100 
100 
98 
100 
97 
74.5 
49.5 
51.5 
60.8 
43.0 
28.7 
61.6 
56.0 
65.0 
73.8 
36.0 
66.0 
83.6 
62.0 
78.4 
14.9 
23.6 
24.2 
21.6 
38.0 
45.6 
25.2 
28.0 
29.0 
20.4 
44.0 
24.0 
7.2 
24.0 
5.1 
5.3 
5.3 
21.3 
16.1 
13.4 
14.0 
18.8 
7. 1 
1.1 
4.1 
2.1 
4.0 
6.9 
6.1 
4.5 
Birmingham 
4. 1 
2.1 
1.0 
14. j 2. 
4.0 1.0 
3.8 1.0 
6. 1.0 
4. 5. 
2. 4. 1 
5. | 2. 
7.2 j 6.2 
1.0 
1.0 
3.0 
10.0 
1.0 
3.1 
7.0 
3.1 
All cities 
1,477 
59.3 
25.1 
9. 4 3. 1 
.3 
2.8 
