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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1466 
Washington, D. C. 
Issued November, 1926 
THE FARMER'S STANDARD OF LIVING 
A Socio-Economic Study of 2,886 White Farm Families 
of Selected Localities in 11 States 
By 
E. L KIRKPATRICK, Associate Agricultural Economist 
Division of Farm Population and Rural Life 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Definition of Standard of Living 1 
Explanation of Study 4 
Values of Goads Used 13 
Comparisons for Different Groups <!f Families 30 
Relation of Selected Factors to the Standard of Living 35 
Use of Average Values of Goods in Planning far More Rational Family Living in the 
Farm Home 61 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1926 
