48 BULLETIN 1443, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 18. — Replies to the question as to type of market patronized 
Total 
num- 
ber of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
Group 
Unit 
combi- 
nation 
meat 
and 
gro- 
cery 
Unit 
straight 
meat 
market 
Stall in 
public 
mar- 
ket 
Chain 
combi- 
nation 
meat 
and 
gro- 
cery 
store 
Chain 
straight 
meat 
market 
Whole- 
sale 
meat 
market 
Depart- 
ment 
store 
meat 
market 
Farm- 
ers' 
market 
Cooper- 
ative or 
com- 
missary 
American white: 
686 
721 
728 
557 
57.2 
52.6 
50.4 
45.6 
30.6 
34.0 
33.5 
36.1 
9.9 
9.5 
10.6 
13.1 
1.9 
2.9 
3.8 
3.6 
0.3 
.7 
1.3 
.9 
0.1 
.1 
0.1 
.3 
.5 
""o'Y 
.2 
0.1 
Middle class 
Well-to-do class 
Wealthy class 1 
Total American 
2,692 
51.9 
33.4 
10.5 
3.0 
.R 
.2 
. I 
,1 
Colored: 
Poor class- 
189 
173 
97 
43 
49 
169 
240 
106 
166 
49 
148 
53.4 
56.1 
39.2 
9.3 
26.5 
36.7 
35.4 
22.6 
59.6 
16.3 
34.5 
16.4 
19.6 
46.4 
90.7 
47.0 
52.1 
52.9 
77.4 
20.5 
83.7 
64.8 
19.6 
19.1 
3.1 
7.4 
2.9 
10.3 
| 
3.2 
Middle class 
:::::::: :::::::: 
2.3 
Foreign: 
English. 
1.0 
Finnish 
French 
26.5 
4.7 
11.3 
- 
6.5 
4 
Polish 
19.9 
( 
.7 
|- 
' Replies from 13 cities; Baltimore, Jacksonville, and New Haven not included. 
Table 19. — Replies by cities to the question as to type of market patronized 
[Middle class and well-to-do class American white replies combined] 
Total 
num- 
ber 
of 
replies 
Percentage replying— 
City 
Unit 
combi- 
nation 
meat 
market 
and 
grocery 
store 
Unit 
straight 
meat 
market 
Stall 
in 
public 
market 
Chain 
combi- 
nation 
meat 
and 
grocery 
store 
Chain 
straight 
meat 
market 
Whole- 
sale 
meat 
market 
Depart- 
ment 
store 
meat 
market 
Farm- 
ers' 
market 
Cooper- 
ative or 
com- 
missary 
Baltimore 
84 
72 
99 
93 
97 
99 
84 
100 
94 
85 
97 
83 
96 
89 
80 
97 
45.2 
29.1 
68.6 
51.5 
26.8 
76.8 
34.5 
86.0 
25.5 
83.5 
9.3 
89.2 
26.1 
34.9 
68.7 
67.0 
16.6 
66.7 
13.2 
45.2 
72.2 
20.2 
53.6 
12.0 
73.4 
15.3 
38.1 
3.6 
47.9 
46.0 
13.8 
3.1 
35.8 
2.8 
6.1 
1.2 
1.2 
Binghamton 
Birmingham-. 
„- 1.4 
_ __ 1 __ 
11.1 
1.0 
3.3 
L__ 
1.0 | 
3.0 
11.9 
2.0 
I 
Minneapolis 
1.1 
i ! 
1.2 
48.5 
""I6T 
13.5 
15.0 
27.8 
I 1 
3.1 
3.6 
15.6 
'"'2.1' 
2.1 
1.0 
3.6 
! ! 
Oklahoma City 
Philadelphia 
Pittsburgh 
r i 
5.6 
.; -.„:::: 
-. 
All cities 
1,449 
51.6 
33.6 
10.2 
3.4 
1.0 
.2 
0) « 
0) 
i Less than 0.1 per cent. 
