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BULLETIN 1466, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
It is almost $50 above the average for the 1,130 families of the 
Southern States, $1,551. 
The total value of all goods used by the New England families is 
highest but the average size of these families is smallest. The aver- 
age size of household for the New England States is about medium, 
DISTRIBUTION OF THE AVERAGE VALUE OF GOODS AMONG 
THE PRINCIPAL GROUPS OF GOODS, FURNISHED BY THE FARM 
AND PURCHASED, FOR HOUSEHOLD USE, DURING ONE YEAR 
2,886 FARM HOMES OF SELECTED LOCALITIES IN 11 STATES 
1922 - 1924 
UNCLASSIFIED #2.70 
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL GOODS USED, $1,597.50 
AVERAGE SIZE OF HOUSEHOLD, 4.8 PERSONS 
AVERAGE SIZE OF FAMILY, 4.4 PERSONS 
Fig. 2. — The value of food is approximately two-fifths, the value of clothing, rent, and 
operation goods approximately two-fifths, and the value of all other goods slightly less 
than one-fifth of the value of family living 
however. No attempt will be made to account in full for the higher 
average value of goods reported as used by the New England fami- 
lies. The higher value of food is doubtless due in part to higher 
prices reported for many of the different kinds of foods furnished 
and purchased near the larger cities of the East. The higher value 
for fuel may be due in part to the use of more fuel and to the higher 
