18 
BULLETIN" 1466, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
For all families of the study, approximately two-thirds of all food 
used was furnished by the farm. The percentage of the total amount 
of food as well as the percentages of fuel and of all goods furnished 
by the farm are shown clearly in Figure 3. The percentages of the 
Average Value 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- 
PURCHASED £913.80 
FURNISHED BY FARM £683.70 
AVERAGE SIZE OF HOUSEHOLD, 4.8 PERSONS 
AVERAGE SIZE OF FAMILY, hM PERSONS 
Fig. 3. — The value of food furnished is more than twice the value of rent and almost 
twice the value of both rent and fuel. The value of fuel purchased is less than one- 
fourth of the value of all goods purchased 
total, as well as the average amounts furnished, varied from 49.5 
per cent, or $350.10 worth for the New England States, to 74.5 per 
cent, or $514.70 worth for the Southern States. 
Data gathered for this study include the quantities as well as the 
values of the different kinds of foods, such as milk, butter, poultry 
